Prof. Aliaksandr Danilevich arrested after calling for the immediate termination of the hostilities in Ukraine
Prof. Aliaksandr Danilevich, PhD in Law, a successful Belarusian lawyer and an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), was arrested on 20 May 2022 by the Belarusian police. At the end of February 2022, he co-signed a statement calling for the immediate termination of the hostilities in Ukraine.
To our knowledge, the professional reputation of Prof. Danilevich, who was also a member of the Disciplinary Committee of Rugby Europe, has always been impeccable. Therefore, it is particularly hard to understand that pre-trial restrictions in the form of detention have been immediately implemented after the investigation has started. We expresses our most serious concerns with respect to Prof. Danilevich’s situation and to the absence of publicly announced charges.
We join calls with our colleagues at the Sports Law & Policy Centre, the Italian Sports Law Association and across the world, for Prof.Danilevich to be released to be able to return to his legal practice.
