human rights defender

Aliaksandr Danilevich

Actions and Campaigns

Organization affiliation

  • Danilevich Law Office

HRD's year of birth

1974

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Lawyer

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

Alexander is a father of two children and a practising Catholic. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Belarusian State University in 1996 with a specialisation in international law, and later completed an internship abroad.

Alexander speaks seven languages fluently. He is the first and only Belarusian arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. He was a head of the Belarusian Rugby Federation. Alexander is one of the students' favorite teachers and candidate of legal sciences.

He signed an anti-war appeal by Belarusian lawyers against the war in Ukraine.

Detained since

May 20, 2022

Charge(s)

  • Creating disturbances
  • Extremism

Sentence

6 years

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

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