Vital Brahinets

BÉLARUS: Vital Brahinets continues to serve his 8-year prison sentence

17 January, 2025

Vital Brahinets is a Belarusian lawyer known for his defence of political prisoners in the Minsk region.

On 23 May 2022, Brahinets was arrested at his home to “verify his involvement in demonstrations”. He was charged with inciting hatred, undermining national security, creating an extremist group and disturbing public order.

After a trial behind closed doors, he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony on 2 February 2023.

Previously, in August 2022, Brahinets had been disbarred and deprived of his licence to practise as a lawyer for disciplinary reasons.

On this International Day for Lawyers in Danger, we call for the immediate release of lawyer Vital Brahinets.

#ProtectBelarusianLawyers #BelarusLegalFreedom

Further information about the lawyer : https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/vital-brahinec

Take action for cases of Belarusian endangered lawyers by sharing the OIAD’s campaign: https://protect-lawyers.org/2025-belarus/