human rights defender
Pavel Belavus
Actions and Campaigns
Pavel Belavus
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Art Siadziba cultural initiative
- Symbal.by
HRD's year of birth
1987
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Economic, social and cultural rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Pavel Belavus is a cultural manager, the founder and former director of the Art Siadziba cultural initiative, the creator of the Symbal.by national symbols and souvenirs store, and one of the organizers of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic (had a crucial role for the subsequent formation of Belarusian statehood) in Minsk in 2018. Through his projects, Pavel has popularised the Belarusian language and culture.
Detained since
Nov 15, 2021
Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Extremism
- Subversion
- Treason
Sentence
13 years
Latitude: 54.216
Longitude: 30.307
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Škloŭ
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8
Any other relevant documents
European Parliament resolution of 24 November 2022 on the continuing repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus (2022/2956(RSP)) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0418_EN.html
U.S. Mission to the OSCE: On the Sentencing of Political Prisoners in Belarus https://osce.usmission.gov/on-the-sentencing-of-political-prisoners-in-belarus/
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1987
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Organization affiliation
- Art Siadziba cultural initiative
- Symbal.by
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Pavel Belavus is a cultural manager, the founder and former director of the Art Siadziba cultural initiative, the creator of the Symbal.by national symbols and souvenirs store, and one of the organizers of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic (had a crucial role for the subsequent formation of Belarusian statehood) in Minsk in 2018. Through his projects, Pavel has popularised the Belarusian language and culture.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Škloŭ
- Location of detention - Facility
- Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 54.216
Longitude: 30.307
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Nov 15, 2021
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Extremism
- Subversion
- Treason
- Sentence
13 years
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Any other relevant documents
European Parliament resolution of 24 November 2022 on the continuing repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus (2022/2956(RSP)) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0418_EN.html
U.S. Mission to the OSCE: On the Sentencing of Political Prisoners in Belarus https://osce.usmission.gov/on-the-sentencing-of-political-prisoners-in-belarus/
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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