Dzmitry Yeliseyeu

employee of BMZ released on bail

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 25 September 1986

Date of detention: 22 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason

Dzmitry Yeliseyeu is an employee of Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ).

He was detained on September 22, 2021. The man was held as part of a criminal investigation into "high treason" (Article 356 of the Criminal Code) involving several employees of Belarusian factories who supported local strikes and were part of the Rabochy Rukh labor rights group. This initiative was labeled as "extremist" on September 21.

On January 20, 2022, Dzmitry Yeliseyeu was released from Gomiel pre-trial detention center No. 3. His pre-trial restriction was changed and he was released on bail.

Nine more political prisoners remain in custody in this case.

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