Viktar Ivanavich STANISHLAUCHYK

(Date of UN designation: 2020-12-17)

Former Deputy Head of the Police Department of the Sovetsky District of Minsk, Head of the Public Security Police; First Deputy Head of the Centre of Advanced Studies and Specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

In his former position as Deputy Head of the Police Department of the Sovetsky District of Minsk and Head of the Public Security Police, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the local police force under his command in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. According to witnesses, he personally supervised the detention of peaceful protesters and beatings of those unlawfully detained. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the First Deputy Head of the Centre of Advanced Studies and Specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Dans le cadre de ses anciennes fonctions de chef adjoint du département de police du district Sovetsky à Minsk et chef de la police de sécurité publique, il a été responsable de la campagne de répression et d’intimidation menée par les forces de police locales sous son commandement à la suite de l’élection présidentielle de 2020, en particulier d’arrestations arbitraires et de mauvais traitements, y compris la torture, de manifestants pacifiques, ainsi que d’intimidations et de violences à l’encontre de journalistes. Selon des témoins, il a personnellement supervisé la détention de manifestants pacifiques et le passage à tabac de manifestants illégalement détenus. Il continue de jouer un rôle actif dans le régime de Loukachenka en tant que premier chef adjoint du Centre d’études avancées et de spécialistes du ministère de l’intérieur.

Disqualified

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.