human rights defender
Kiryl Pazniak
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
1977
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 (pre-trial)
HRD's bio and work
Detained since
Sep 4, 2025
Sentence
Kiryl was detained on September 4, 2025, the same day the YouTube channel “Platforma 375” was officially designated an “extremist formation.”
From 2021 to 2022, the channel hosted a series of debates between pro-government propagandists and opposition figures in exile. Kiryl Pazniak was one of the moderators of these debates.
Latitude: 53.800288
Longitude: 27.602851
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
v. Pashkovichy
Location of detention - Facility
Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1977
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- v. Pashkovichy
- Location of detention - Facility
- Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 53.800288
Longitude: 27.602851
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Sep 4, 2025
- Current Status
- In prison (pre-trial)
- Sentence
Kiryl was detained on September 4, 2025, the same day the YouTube channel “Platforma 375” was officially designated an “extremist formation.”
From 2021 to 2022, the channel hosted a series of debates between pro-government propagandists and opposition figures in exile. Kiryl Pazniak was one of the moderators of these debates.
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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