Viasna Human Rights Centre
Belarus · Viasna
01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryBelarus
Age / Sex39 · male
Occupation—
Arrested inMinsk, Minsk region
Held atPenal Colony No. 2
CategoryActivism
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Reports of Torture or Ill-treatment.
Subjected to physical abuse or severe ill-treatment in detention. Violation of international law.
Case Summary
Dzmitryi Ivanchanka was detained on March 11, 2022, on charges including insulting the President and inciting hostility. He was reportedly subjected to severe physical abuse and electric shock by security forces during his arrest. He has been designated as a person involved in terrorist activities by the KGB. He is currently serving a sentence in a penal colony.
Native-Language SummaryBE • Original
Дзмітрый Іванчанка быў затрыманы 11 сакавіка 2022 года па абвінавачванні ў абразе прэзідэнта і распальванні варожасці. Паводле сведчанняў, падчас затрымання яго моцна збілі і катавалі электрашокерам супрацоўнікі ГУБАЗ. КДБ уключыў яго ў спіс асобаў, датычных да тэрарыстычнай дзейнасці. Сёння ён адбывае тэрмін у калоніі.
02Charges
Charges
04 count- 01Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
- 02Insulting a representative of authority
- 03Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- 04Inciting hostility
Criminal Code Articles
04 articleArt. BY-361Art. BY-369Art. BY-368Art. BY-130
03Analysis
AI Assessment
HIGHTorture / ill-treatment riskHIGH
ANALYSIS:Estimated from torture and ill-treatment indicators in available reporting. An absence of indicators is not confirmation of safe conditions — detention conditions in Belarus are systematically under-reported.
ModelXGB-Text
Accuracy94.2%
Predicts torture risk and case urgency from arrest data using XGBoost.
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
March 11, 2022
05Sources
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Dzmitryi Ivanchanka (PPW case cmmjnkup). Retrieved May 31, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmmjnkup400j21vya8trl2jii. Original data from Viasna Human Rights Centre (https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/dzmitryi-ivanczanka).
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