Former political prisonersForced emigration

Denis Valerievich Knyazev

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He was severely beaten during his arrest in September 2022. At first, Denis was convicted under administrative article 19.1. and awarded a fine of 30 basic units. After this, a criminal case was immediately opened for participation in the 2020 protests. On December 22, 2022, he was sentenced to “domestic chemicals,” but political persecution and threats against Denis did not stop. He was not registered, and in April 2023 he was again detained for 30 days and served in a temporary detention center in the Minsk region. The prosecutor issued the sanction. After his release, he was forced to leave Belarus.

Denis has a daughter born in 2011.

Sentences

Trial outcome 22.12.2022

3 years of restriction of freedom without direction

Involved in repression

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Denis Valerievich Knyazev
In custody:
Hometown:
Kotyagi
Birthday:
01.01.1987
Number of children:
1
Was held in:
SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Groups:
Parents of minors
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