human rights defender
Valiantsin Stefanovic
Actions and Campaigns
Valiantsin Stefanovic
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Human Rights Center "Viasna"
HRD's year of birth
1972
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- NGO member
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
Valiantsin Stefanovic is a member of the Viasna Board and the vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). He is a well-known human rights expert and analyst advocating for non-discrimination and the abolition of the death penalty.
Valiantsin is a lawyer by education. At the age of 22, he was an observer at the first presidential elections in Belarus. He was one of the founders of Malady Front, a youth organisation that has been actively campaigning for democratic change in Belarus and against the authoritarian regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka since the late 1990s. Valiantsin joined Viasna in 1998 and became its deputy chairman two years later. He participated in various international conferences, meetings, human rights missions, and election monitoring missions in the OSCE countries.
Valyantsin's lifelong passion is music, especially rock. His wife, son and two little daughters are waiting for him to be released. Communication with him is currently very limited.
Detained since
Jul 14, 2021
Charge(s)
- Financing unrest
- Other
Sentence
9 years
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Arbitrary placement in the punishment cell (PKT) on a regular basis.
Communication is very limited.
Latitude: 53.831
Longitude: 30.391
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Viejna
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
Any other relevant documents
A birthday letter from Alice Mogwe, FIDH President, to Valiantsin Stefanovic https://belarus.fidh.org/A-birthday-letter-from-Alice-Mogwe-FIDH-President-to-Valiantsin-Stefanovic
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1972
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- NGO member
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Organization affiliation
- Human Rights Center "Viasna"
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Valiantsin Stefanovic is a member of the Viasna Board and the vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). He is a well-known human rights expert and analyst advocating for non-discrimination and the abolition of the death penalty.
Valiantsin is a lawyer by education. At the age of 22, he was an observer at the first presidential elections in Belarus. He was one of the founders of Malady Front, a youth organisation that has been actively campaigning for democratic change in Belarus and against the authoritarian regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka since the late 1990s. Valiantsin joined Viasna in 1998 and became its deputy chairman two years later. He participated in various international conferences, meetings, human rights missions, and election monitoring missions in the OSCE countries.
Valyantsin's lifelong passion is music, especially rock. His wife, son and two little daughters are waiting for him to be released. Communication with him is currently very limited.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Viejna
- Location of detention - Facility
- Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 53.831
Longitude: 30.391
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jul 14, 2021
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Financing unrest
- Other
- Sentence
9 years
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Arbitrary placement in the punishment cell (PKT) on a regular basis.
Communication is very limited.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Any other relevant documents
A birthday letter from Alice Mogwe, FIDH President, to Valiantsin Stefanovic https://belarus.fidh.org/A-birthday-letter-from-Alice-Mogwe-FIDH-President-to-Valiantsin-Stefanovic
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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