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Vitold Ashurak

Vitold Ashurak

1970–2021

Nationality
Soviet Union
Occupation
political activist

Vitold Ašurak (Belarusian: Вітольд Міхайлавіч Ашурак; Russian: Витольд Михайлович Ашурок; 13 October 1970 – 21 May 2021) was a Belarusian opposition political and ecological activist.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Shklou penal colony #17
    Dates unknown

Biography

Vitold Ašurak (Belarusian: Вітольд Міхайлавіч Ашурак; Russian: Витольд Михайлович Ашурок; 13 October 1970 – 21 May 2021) was a Belarusian opposition political and ecological activist. He took part in the protests against alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential elections, was sentenced to five years in prison. Belarusian human rights defender organizations recognized him as a political prisoner. He died shortly after being imprisoned under suspicious circumstances, from an unidentified cause.

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