Aleh Baradzin
fled Belarus
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 28 January 1979
Date of detention: 29 March 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Aleh Baradzin is a furniture production director from Homieĺ. On March 29, 2022, the KGB officers detained him for photographing two drunken Russian soldiers. As a result, Baradzin was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for being subscribed to "extremist" Telegram channels.
After being released from the detention center, Aleh Baradzin learned that a criminal case had been opened against him and fled Belarus with his family.
Taking pics of Russian troops considered extremism
