Uladzimir Niaronski

Affiliated media: YouTube channel "Slutsk for Life" , Blogger

Incident date: May 8, 2020

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Viasna Human Rights Centre

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

Uladzimir Niaronski was detained on May 6 near Minsk when he was returning from Mogilev with his colleagues. The day before, they had organized a meeting with the audience of the Country for Life YouTube channel. Mogilev police called it a «mass unauthorized event», and on May 8, Oktyabrsky District Court of Mogilev sentenced Niaronski to 10 days of administrative arrest for allegedly organizing it. On May 16, it became known that Niaronski was already serving his sentence in Marjina Horka, where he was added another five days of arrest for participation in an «unauthorized rally».