Viasna Human Rights Centre
Belarus · Viasna
01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryBelarus
Age / Sex41 · male
Occupation—
Arrested inMinsk, Minsk region
Held at—
CategoryOther
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Belarus · context
1,277documented cases
393 urgent · 116 report torture
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Journalism
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Medical
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Case Summary
Pavel Szpak is a physicist with a PhD who was arrested upon returning to Belarus from Poland. He was convicted in a Minsk city court for organizing mass disturbances and inciting hostility. He faces a prison sentence in a general regime colony.
Native-Language SummaryBE • Original
Павел Шпак — фізик, кандыдат фізіка-матэматычных навук, які быў арыштаваны пасля вяртання ў Беларусь з Польшчы. Ён быў асуджаны ў Мінскім гарадскім судзе за арганізацыю дзеянняў, што груба парушаюць грамадскі парадак, і распальванне варожасці. Ён адбывае пакаранне ў калоніі агульнага рэжыму.
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- 02Inciting hostility or enmity
Criminal Code Articles
02 articleArt. BY-342Art. BY-130
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Sources
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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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Pavel Szpak (PPW case cmp1t3k3). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmp1t3k3500lu1v9gx4ovs3ta. Original data from Viasna Human Rights Centre (https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/pavel-szpak).
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