human rights defender
Andrei Aliaksandrau
Actions and Campaigns
Organization affiliation
- BelaPAN news agency
- BY_help foundation
HRD's year of birth
1978
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Aliaksandrau faced charges—of ‘high treason’. Apparently, the reason for this was cooperation with the BY_help Foundation in “activities aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.”
Detained since
Jan 12, 2021
Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Extremism
- Other
- Treason
Sentence
14 years
Latitude: 55.54
Longitude: 28.58
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Navapolack
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8
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