Dzianis Ivashyn

Dzia­n­is Ivashyn, vol­un­teer edi­tor of the Inform­Na­palm inter­na­tion­al intel­li­gence com­mu­ni­ty and free­lance cor­re­spon­dent of Novy Chas news­pa­per, was detained by KGB offi­cers on 12 March 2021 in his apart­ment in Hrod­na. The jour­nal­ist has been charged with «obstruct­ing the work of a police­man» and «high trea­son.»

His fam­i­ly believes the deten­tion is con­nect­ed with Ivashyn’s inves­ti­ga­tion into the ser­vice of for­mer Ukrain­ian Berkut offi­cers in the Inte­ri­or Min­istry of Belarus.

On 14 Sep­tem­ber 2022, Dzia­n­is Ivashyn was sen­tenced to 13 years and 1 month in prison and a fine of $9,030.

The jour­nal­ist refused to coop­er­ate with the inves­ti­ga­tion and plead­ed not guilty. In jail, he was sub­ject­ed to all kinds of pres­sure.

Human rights activists rec­og­nized him as a polit­i­cal pris­on­er. Ivashyn was award­ed the Order of Paho­nia by the Belaru­sian People’s Repub­lic Coun­cil.

Sen­tence: 13 years and 1 month of impris­on­ment under Arti­cle 179 of the Crim­i­nal Code (ille­gal col­lec­tion and dis­sem­i­na­tion of infor­ma­tion about pri­vate life) and Arti­cle 356 (high trea­son).

Judge: Valer Ramanous­ki

Birth­day: 6 June 1979