Andrei Hniot

Andrei Hniot, a Belaru­sian direc­tor who spent the last year in a deten­tion cen­ter and then under house arrest in Ser­bia, was released and «evac­u­at­ed» to the Euro­pean Union. On Novem­ber 2, he held a press con­fer­ence in Berlin with his lawyers, Maryia Kole­sa­va-Hudzili­na and Han­na Mat­siyeuskaya.

On August 27, the Court of Appeal in Ser­bia held a hear­ing on the appeal of the Belaru­sian film­mak­er and jour­nal­ist Andrei Hniot. This is the last instance that can block the deci­sion of the Ser­bian author­i­ties to extra­dite Hniot to Belarus or, con­verse­ly, agree with the deci­sion of the Supreme Court of Ser­bia.

The legal coun­sel request­ed that the extra­di­tion of the direc­tor be pro­hib­it­ed until the Euro­pean Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has con­sid­ered his case. How­ev­er, on August 19, the ECHR in Stras­bourg denied Andrei Hniot pro­tec­tion from extra­di­tion for the third time.

The Supreme Court of Ser­bia has ruled in favor of extra­dit­ing direc­tor, jour­nal­ist, and founder of the Free Asso­ci­a­tion of Ath­letes Andrei Hniot to Belarus. As the activist him­self informed Zerka­lo, the court found no rea­sons to pre­vent his extra­di­tion. We found out how he assessed the court’s deci­sion and what he plans to do […]