Aleh Byabenin
Aleh Byabenin (Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-ru Oleg Bebenin) was a Belarusian journalist. He was the founder and director of the Minsk-based pro-democracy news website Charter 97.
On September 3, 2010, he was found hanged in a stairway.[1][2][3] Belarusian authorities immediately claimed that Byabenin had committed suicide.[1] He left no suicide note and none knew any health problems. His friend Dmitry Bandarenko, who saw the body, told that Byabenin's right ankle was badly wrenched and that he had unexplained bruises on his left hand, chest, and back.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Aleh Byabenin - Profile by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
- ^ a b The persecuation against independent voices must stop. The death of Aleh Byabenin must be investigated. The International Federation for Human Rights. 13 September 2010
- ^ Belarusian Colleagues Remember Byabenin As Talented Journalist Who Was 'High On Life'. RFE/RL. 6 September 2010