Viasna Human Rights Centre
Belarus · Viasna
01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryBelarus
Age / Sex38 · male
Occupation—
Arrested inBierozav, Mogilev region
Held atCorrectional Institution of Open Type No. 49
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence2 yrs
Case Summary
Dzmitryi Szakalida was sentenced to 2 years of restricted liberty (chemical sentence) in a correctional institution of open type. He was convicted under Article 342 for involvement in actions violating public order. He is listed as an extremist.
Native-Language SummaryBE • Original
Дзмітрый Шакаліда быў асуджаны да 2 гадоў абмежавання волі («хіміі») у папраўчай установе адкрытага тыпу. Ён быў асуджаны па арт. 342 за ўдзел у дзеяннях, якія груба парушаюць грамадскі парадак. Ён уваходзіць у спіс экстрэмістаў.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. BY-342
03Analysis
AI Assessment
LOWTorture / ill-treatment riskLOW
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
04Sources
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Dzmitryi Szakalida (PPW case cmp1t1ge). Retrieved May 31, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmp1t1ge200le1v9gvfdhpfim. Original data from Viasna Human Rights Centre (https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/dzmitryi-szakalida).
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