human rights defender
Liudmila Chekina
Actions and Campaigns
Liudmila Chekina
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- TUT.BY
HRD's year of birth
1973
HRD's Gender
Woman
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
Liudmila Chekina is the former general director of TUT.BY, the largest Belarusian independent online media. She joined TUT.BY in 2008. At first, she was a legal adviser and then became a director. In 2017, Liudmila Chekina headed the TUT.BY Media company. Her colleagues say that she is a very patient and kind person who appreciates people, is always ready to help, and is looking for a solution to any situation.
Detained since
May 18, 2021
Date of release
Sep 16, 2026
Charge(s)
- Other
- Subversion
Sentence
12 years
Latitude: 52.43
Longitude: 30.94
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Homieĺ
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 4
Recent case update / evolution
On 16 September 2026, she was released as a result of negotiations between U.S. Special Envoy John Coale and the Lukashenka regime, along with 24 other political prisoners, and forcibly transferred to Lithuania.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1973
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Organization affiliation
- TUT.BY
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Liudmila Chekina is the former general director of TUT.BY, the largest Belarusian independent online media. She joined TUT.BY in 2008. At first, she was a legal adviser and then became a director. In 2017, Liudmila Chekina headed the TUT.BY Media company. Her colleagues say that she is a very patient and kind person who appreciates people, is always ready to help, and is looking for a solution to any situation.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Homieĺ
- Location of detention - Facility
- Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 4
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 52.43
Longitude: 30.94
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- May 18, 2021
- Current Status
- Pardoned
- Date of release
- Sep 16, 2026
- Charge(s)
- Other
- Subversion
- Sentence
12 years
- Recent case update / evolution
On 16 September 2026, she was released as a result of negotiations between U.S. Special Envoy John Coale and the Lukashenka regime, along with 24 other political prisoners, and forcibly transferred to Lithuania.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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