human rights defender
Iryna Slaunikava
Actions and Campaigns
Urgent support needed
Medical assistance
Organization affiliation
- Belsat TV
HRD's year of birth
1970
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Pardoned
HRD's bio and work
Iryna Slaunikava, a former Belsat TV representative in Belarus, was detained at Minsk airport on October 30, 2021 as she and her husband were returning from vacation.
Detained since
Oct 30, 2021
Date of release
Sep 11, 2025
Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Extremism
Sentence
5 years
Latitude: 52.44
Longitude: 30.97
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 4
Recent case update / evolution
On September 11, 2025, it was revealed that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Among those released was Iryna Slaunikava.
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