human rights defender
Viachaslau Lazarau
Actions and Campaigns
Viachaslau Lazarau
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Belsat TV
HRD's year of birth
1976
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
Pardoned
HRD's bio and work
Vyachaslau Lazarau is a freelance videographer from Vitsebsk. He was charged for association with a non-state media, the Belsat outlet, recognized as an extremist formation in Belarus.
Detained since
Feb 9, 2023
Date of release
Sep 11, 2025
Charge(s)
- Extremism
Sentence
5 years and 6 months
Latitude: 53.9
Longitude: 30.25
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Mahilioŭ, Viejna
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
Recent case update / evolution
On September 11, 2025, it was revealed that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Viachaslau Lazarau was among those released.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1976
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Organization affiliation
- Belsat TV
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Vyachaslau Lazarau is a freelance videographer from Vitsebsk. He was charged for association with a non-state media, the Belsat outlet, recognized as an extremist formation in Belarus.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Mahilioŭ, Viejna
- Location of detention - Facility
- Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 53.9
Longitude: 30.25
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Feb 9, 2023
- Current Status
- Pardoned
- Date of release
- Sep 11, 2025
- Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Sentence
5 years and 6 months
- Recent case update / evolution
On September 11, 2025, it was revealed that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Viachaslau Lazarau was among those released.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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