Zmitser Dashkevich

Zmitser Dashkevich (Belarusian: Зміцер Дашкевіч); born July 20, 1981 in Yelsk Raion, Homiel Voblast) is a Belarusian politician and one of the leaders of the unregistered youth opposition movement Malady Front.

Membership in unregistered organizations was considered a crime by new laws of the country and Zmister was sentenced for several years in Belarusian prison. The Amnesty international declared him a prisoner of conscience. Upon his release in 2008 he continues his political activity in Belarus.

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