human rights defender
Yuliya Yurhilevich
Actions and Campaigns
Yuliya Yurhilevich
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- The Legal counselling centre of the Kastrychnitski district of Hrodna
HRD's year of birth
1980
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Lawyer
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
Yulia is a a defense attorney who worked in Hrodna's Kastrychnitski district to provide legal counselling to and defend many political prisoners. In 2022, she was expelled from the Hrodna Regional Bar Association and left Belarus. She was detained at the end of August 2022 after returning to Hrodna.
Detained since
Aug 30, 2022
Charge(s)
- Extremism
Sentence
6 years
Latitude: 52.44
Longitude: 30.94
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Homieĺ
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1980
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Lawyer
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Organization affiliation
- The Legal counselling centre of the Kastrychnitski district of Hrodna
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Yulia is a a defense attorney who worked in Hrodna's Kastrychnitski district to provide legal counselling to and defend many political prisoners. In 2022, she was expelled from the Hrodna Regional Bar Association and left Belarus. She was detained at the end of August 2022 after returning to Hrodna.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Homieĺ
- Location of detention - Facility
- Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 52.44
Longitude: 30.94
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Aug 30, 2022
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Sentence
6 years
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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