human rights defender

Andrei Khanevich

Actions and Campaigns

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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