Viasna Human Rights Centre
Belarus · Viasna
01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryBelarus
Age / Sex36 · male
Occupation—
Arrested inGrodno, Grodno Region
Held atPenal Colony No. 2
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Belarus · context
1,277documented cases
393 urgent · 116 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
101
Legal Profession
11
Medical
2
Culture
1
Case Summary
Dzmitryi Kolabau was detained in May 2024 and subsequently convicted by the Grodno Regional Court. He was charged with organizing mass disturbances, inciting social hostility, and slandering Alexander Lukashenko. He is currently serving a sentence in a general regime penal colony and is listed as an extremist and terrorist.
Native-Language SummaryBE • Original
Дзмітрый Колабаў быў затрыманы ў маі 2024 года і пазней асуджаны Гродзенскім абласным судом. Яго абвінавачвалі ў арганізацыі масавых парушэнняў парадку, распаленні варожасці і паклёпе на Аляксандра Лукашэнку. Зараз ён адбывае пакаранне ў калоніі агульнага рэжыму і ўнесена ў спісы экстрэмістаў і тэрарыстаў.
02Charges
Charges
03 count- 01Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- 02Inciting hostility
- 03Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Criminal Code Articles
03 articleArt. BY-342Art. BY-130Art. BY-367
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
May 1, 2024
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
ViasnaCase facts, charges, dates, and status.
PPW analysisRisk, surveillance & sentence estimates — probabilistic, not the source's reporting.
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Dzmitryi Kolabau (PPW case cmp1oqy9). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmp1oqy9x00961v9g3rw2fvt4. Original data from Viasna Human Rights Centre (https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/dzmitryi-kolabau).
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