human rights defender
Andrei Khanevich
Actions and Campaigns
Andrei Khanevich
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Grodno Azot company
HRD's year of birth
1975
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Trade union leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Labour rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Andrei worked as a machine operator at Grodno Azot and was a leader of the primary trade union organisation of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Grodno Azot.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, the reason for bringing criminal proceedings against the trade union leader was his conversation with a journalist from Belsat TV, during which he ""passed on some information"" to her.
Andrei has three children.
Detained since
Nov 16, 2022
Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Other
Sentence
5 years
Latitude: 55.53
Longitude: 28.56
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
Any other relevant documents
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuing repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0508_EN.html
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Documented by
- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1975
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Trade union leader
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Labour rights
- Organization affiliation
- Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Grodno Azot company
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Andrei worked as a machine operator at Grodno Azot and was a leader of the primary trade union organisation of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Grodno Azot.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, the reason for bringing criminal proceedings against the trade union leader was his conversation with a journalist from Belsat TV, during which he ""passed on some information"" to her.
Andrei has three children.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- 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
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 55.53
Longitude: 28.56
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Nov 16, 2022
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Other
- Sentence
5 years
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Any other relevant documents
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuing repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0508_EN.html
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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