Ihar Iliyash

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 18 July 1988

Date of detention: 16 July 2021

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 1

Ihar Iliyash is a journalist.

Iliyash was detained on July 16, 2021 during mass searches of independent journalists in Minsk and other Belarusian cities. The journalist's apartment was searched, the equipment and books were confiscated, and then he was placed in a temporary detention center and was not released after 72 hours.

The journalist was released on July 26.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast

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