human rights defender
Andrei Kuznechyk
Actions and Campaigns
Organization affiliation
- Radio Svaboda
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
Released on parole
HRD's bio and work
Andrei Kuznechyk is a freelance correspondent for Radio Svaboda, the Belarusian-language service of the U.S. Congress-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Detained since
Nov 25, 2021
Date of release
Feb 12, 2025
Charge(s)
- Extremism
Sentence
6 years
Latitude: 55.53
Longitude: 28.59
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
Recent case update / evolution
On February 12, 2025, journalist Andrei Kuznechyk was released with the help of the US State Department. He was pardoned by Lukashenka. The condition for Andrei's release was his departure from Belarus.
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