human rights defender
Vital Chopik
Actions and Campaigns
Vital Chopik
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
1983
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- NGO member
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
Vital Chopik, a resident of Brest, attended court sessions for politically motivated trials (a totally legitimate activity). As reported by state news agency BelTA, he recorded the proceedings and results of the trials, as well as information about witnesses and law enforcement representatives.
Detained since
Mar 12, 2024
Charge(s)
- Extremism
Sentence
7 years
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
After his arrest, Vital Chopik was taken by ambulance to hospital with signs of severe beating, and his face was yellow, possibly indicating liver damage from the beating. https://spring96.org/en/news/114894
Latitude: 52.105
Longitude: 23.704
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Brest
Location of detention - Facility
Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37
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Documented by
- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1983
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- NGO member
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Vital Chopik, a resident of Brest, attended court sessions for politically motivated trials (a totally legitimate activity). As reported by state news agency BelTA, he recorded the proceedings and results of the trials, as well as information about witnesses and law enforcement representatives.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Brest
- Location of detention - Facility
- Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 52.105
Longitude: 23.704
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Mar 12, 2024
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Sentence
7 years
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
After his arrest, Vital Chopik was taken by ambulance to hospital with signs of severe beating, and his face was yellow, possibly indicating liver damage from the beating. https://spring96.org/en/news/114894
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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