human rights defender
Uladzimir Matskevich
Actions and Campaigns
Uladzimir Matskevich
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Medical assistance
Organization affiliation
- Flying University educational initiative
HRD's year of birth
1956
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Academic
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Economic, social and cultural rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Pardoned
HRD's bio and work
Uladzimir Matskevich is a philosopher, methodologist, public figure, and a co-founder of the Flying University educational initiative. He was finally charged under three articles of the Criminal Code: 'Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order' for the People's Ultimatum March on October 25, 2020; 'Creation of an extremist formation' for the Skhod online platform; and 'Insulting the president of Belarus' for a video posted on YouTube.
Detained since
Aug 4, 2021
Date of release
Sep 11, 2025
Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Defamation
- Extremism
Sentence
5 years
Latitude: 53.881
Longitude: 30.451
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Mahilioŭ
Location of detention - Facility
Prison No. 4. 212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A
Recent case update / evolution
On September 11, 2025, it was revealed that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Among those released was Uladzimir Matskevich.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1956
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Academic
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Organization affiliation
- Flying University educational initiative
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Uladzimir Matskevich is a philosopher, methodologist, public figure, and a co-founder of the Flying University educational initiative. He was finally charged under three articles of the Criminal Code: 'Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order' for the People's Ultimatum March on October 25, 2020; 'Creation of an extremist formation' for the Skhod online platform; and 'Insulting the president of Belarus' for a video posted on YouTube.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Mahilioŭ
- Location of detention - Facility
- Prison No. 4. 212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 53.881
Longitude: 30.451
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Aug 4, 2021
- Current Status
- Pardoned
- Date of release
- Sep 11, 2025
- Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Defamation
- Extremism
- Sentence
5 years
- Recent case update / evolution
On September 11, 2025, it was revealed that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Among those released was Uladzimir Matskevich.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Medical assistance
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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