Maksim Znak

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Belarusian lawyer and political activist

PoliticiansBorn 1981 · age 45

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Fame46.5

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Languages12

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Also inDeutsch

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Maxim Znak, Olga Kovalkova, and Maria Kolesnikova during the first press conference of the Coordination Council of Belarus

Awards 1

2022Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law

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Issa AmroAlso won Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law Anwar al-BunniAlso won Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Alyeh HulakAlso won Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Politicians born in the 1980s 3

Alexei Didenko46.5

Remigijus Žemaitaitis46.5

Dimitar Stoyanov46.5

About this person

Maxim Aliaksandravič Znak is a Belarusian lawyer and politician, part of Viktar Babaryka's team, lawyer of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020-21 Belarusian protests in opposition to the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Along with fellow opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, Znak actively participated in the demonstrations and protests against the Lukashenko government after Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya had left the country. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Belarusian authorities. He was freed and exiled in 2025.