Denis lives in Grodno, is married. He has been working as a volunteer editor of the Belarusian version of the InformNapalm International Investigative Community website since 2014, and as a freelance correspondent for the Novy Chas newspaper since 2018. Known for his investigations into the influence of the "Russian world" on Belarus and Syria, about the scandalous construction in Kurapaty, and also about the transfer of former Ukrainian Berkut soldiers to the power structures of Belarus.
On March 12, 2021, journalist Denis Ivashin was detained by KGB officers for interfering with the activities of the police. The security forces conducted a search in the journalist's apartment. Also that evening, a search was made at the home of Denis's mother, and on March 15 they came with a search to his 95-year-old grandmother.
In mid-March 2022, human rights activists also became aware that the KGB accused Ivashin of collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence. On August 15, the trial of the journalist's case began behind closed doors in the Grodno Regional Court.
The wife of the political prisoner said that they repeatedly tried to compromise Denis by transferring him to a cell with people who have a low social status behind bars. However, relatives note that Denis quickly adapts to external conditions, studies internal rules and traditions. In April 2023, it became known that the relatives of the political prisoner were allegedly threatened to stop any communication with him if they did not stop spreading information about Denis.
13 years 1 month in prison.
In July 2023, it became known that Denis was secretly tried and transferred to a strict prison regime.
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