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Detention of Pavel Pernikaŭ

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On 7 April 2022, Pavel Alexandrovich Pernikaŭ (Belarusian: Павел Аляксандравіч Пернікаў, romanized: Pavyel Alyaksandravich Pyernikaw), a 30-year-old Belarusian human rights activist and Wikipedia editor, was sentenced to two years imprisonment for "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" by making two edits to Wikipedia about political repression in Belarus and posting one article to the website of a human rights organization about torture and extra-judicial killings in Belarusian detention centers. Days after his imprisonment, he was recognized as a political prisoner by Belarusian human rights organizations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Detention of Pavel Pernikaŭ is the 3,088th most popular religious figure, the 345th most popular biography from Belarus and the 9th most popular Belarusian Religious Figure.

Pavel Pernikaŭ is most famous for being a prominent religious figure in Belarus who was detained in 2020 amid the government's crackdown on dissent following the presidential elections. His detention highlighted issues of religious freedom and human rights in the country.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Detention of Pavel Pernikaŭ ranks 3,088 out of 3,187. Before him are Bashar Warda, Juan Soto, Ellen White, Ted Haggard, Nouman Ali Khan, and José Fernández. After him are Aïda Yazbeck, Max Park, Aaron Ekblad, Hamza Yusuf, Joel Eriksson Ek, and Pat Cummins.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Detention of Pavel Pernikaŭ ranks 345 out of 368. Before him are Tatsiana Khaladovich (1991), Hanna Huskova (1992), Sergei Zhigalko (1989), Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (1982), Ihar Stasevich (1985), and Elvira Herman (1997). After him are Yelena Leuchanka (1983), Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (1989), Iryna Kryuko (1991), Hanna Prakatsen (1992), Sergei Azarov (1983), and Darya Naumava (1995).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belarus

Among religious figures born in Belarus, Detention of Pavel Pernikaŭ ranks 9. Before him are Michael Rohoza (1540), Kirill of Turov (1130), Chaim Kanievsky (1928), Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838), Tadevuš Kandrusievič (1946), and Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884).

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