Nakanishi Masatoshi
Prisoner
Date of detention: 9 July 2024
Charges indicted:
- Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code — Agent activity
Prison: Pre-trial detention center of KGB
Notes: Foreign citizens
Nakanishi Masatoshi is a citizen of Japan. On September 4, 2024, it became known that he was detained in Belarus. He was detained back in July 2024, but the details of his persecution were revealed only now on Belarusian television. Nakanishi is being held in the KGB prison on charges of “agent activity” (Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code). The Japanese citizen faces up to seven years in prison in Belarus.
Immediately after the story was published on Belarusian television, Tokyo protested to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. The Chief Secretary of the Japanese Cabinet of Ministers Yoshimasa Hayashi stated that the content of the program violated human rights.
