Aleh Wolchak

Cyrillic ( Belarusian )
	Алег Волчак
Łacinka :	Aleh Volčak
Transl. :	Aleh Volčak
Transcr. :	Aleh Wolchak
Cyrillic ( Russian )
	Олег Константинович Волчек
Transl .:	Oleg Konstantinovič Volček
Transcr .:	Oleg Konstantinowitsch Woltschek

Aleh Wolchak (born August 2, 1967 in Minsk ) is a Belarusian human rights lawyer . In Minsk he headed the counseling center for the population , where he stood up for opposition members and their families or the relatives of those who had disappeared at risk of death.

Life

Aleh Woltschak has been working as a freelance lawyer since 1998. In 1997 he founded the advice center. The center was repeatedly closed and was working temporarily outside the legality . In 1999 Wolchak was arrested. The authorities accused him of “wanton hooliganism ” for taking part in a protest. They tortured Wolchak. Nevertheless, he has set up regional offices outside of Minsk.

In 2003, Aleh Woltschak, President of the NGO Legal Support for Citizens , was the representative of the family of Jury Sacharanka , the former Minister of the Interior, who had disappeared in May 1999.

Awards

Radebeul Courage Prize 2004

Web links

Беларусь: Как белорусский следователь Олег Волчек стал правозащитником (DW, October 5, 2012)
Demands of Woltschak ( Memento of July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ Ulfrid Kleinert, the chairman of the Radebeul Couragepreis association, when the award winner was announced.
^ Jean Viard, Hugues Nancy: "Security First" and Human Rights - Annual Report 2003 . Preface by Shirin Ebadi. Aube, FIDH and OMCT, 2004, ISBN 2-88477-076-3 , pp. 230 ( online ( memento of June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; accessed on February 17, 2015]).

personal data
SURNAME	Wolchak, Aleh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Woltschek, Oleg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belarusian human rights lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd August 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Minsk

[1] Ulfrid Kleinert, the chairman of the Radebeul Couragepreis association, when the award winner was announced.

[2] Jean Viard, Hugues Nancy: "Security First" and Human Rights - Annual Report 2003 . Preface by Shirin Ebadi. Aube, FIDH and OMCT, 2004, ISBN 2-88477-076-3 , pp. 230 ( online ( memento of June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; accessed on February 17, 2015]).