Aleh Bjabenin

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Aleh Byabenin ( Belarusian Алег Бябенін ; Russian Олег Бебенин / Oleg Bebenin * 14. June 1974 in Kostroma , † 2 or 3. September 2010 in the region Dzyarzhynsk in Minsk ) was a Belarusian journalist .

Life

Bjabenin studied journalism at the Belarusian State University in Minsk.

After working as deputy editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Imja in the 1990s, he became known as the editor of the anti -government website Charter97 , which he founded in 1998. The site continued to operate despite increasing pressure from Byabenin's Belarusian government and was an important mouthpiece for the opposition.

In April 1997 Bjabenin was kidnapped by the Belarusian secret service KGB and in September 1999 he was beaten by thugs hired by the KGB.

On March 16, 2010, Charter97 computers were confiscated in connection with a criminal case brought by a KGB official.

Bjabenin was found dead on September 3, 2010 around 5:30 p.m., a few months before the presidential election , in his weekend home near the Belarusian capital Minsk. The cause of death is still unclear. Before the election, there were more and more raids on civil rights activists and government critics arrested.

The date of death was noted in the death certificate as September 2, 2010, while an expert came to September 3, 2010 around 2 p.m. as the time of death. Bjabenin had told his family that he wanted to meet someone on the afternoon of September 2nd. The partner of the meeting is currently unknown.

The funeral took place on September 6th.

Bjabenin leaves behind his wife and two sons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d charter97.org : Найден мертвым у себя на даче журналист Олег Бебенин.Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  2. ↑ Belarusian government critic found dead . SZ-Online . Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved on September 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Index on Censorship": Aleh Byabenin's death is highly suspicious . charter97.org . Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ Zmitser Bandarenka: “Experts' opinions even on the date of death differ greatly” . charter97.org . Retrieved September 5, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Bjabenin, Aleh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Бябенін, Алег (Belarusian); Byabenin, Aleh (English transcription); Бебенин, Олег (Russian); Bebenin, Oleg (transcription of the Russian form of the name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Kostroma
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 2010 or September 3, 2010
Place of death near Minsk