Uladzimir Uladzimiravič Mackievič (also Uladzimir Matskevich; ; Vladimir Vladimirovich Matskevich, ; born 14 May 1956, Cheremkhovo,

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) is a Belarusian philosopher (

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), social and political activist. He was arrested on 4 August 2021 by the Belarusian authorities. Human rights organizations declared him a political prisoner.Release political prisoners Tatsiana Vadalazhskaya and Uladzimir Matskevich!
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Biography

His Belarusian parents were forcibly transferred to

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where Mackievič was born.Персона. Владимир Мацкевич: страна на военном положении
/ref> His family was soon rehabilitated and returned to Belarus in 1966. He graduated from the

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with a degree in psychology.Faces of EuroBelarus
/ref> He was strongly influenced by

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and the Moscow methodological circle. In the late 1980s, he lived in

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and participated in

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there. In 1994, he returned to Belarus. In 1990s, Mackievič participated in different electoral campaigns as a candidate and as a

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. He also consulted 3 parties that merged into the

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was also formed with his participation. Mackievič is a longtime critic of

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, in 2011 he characterized the political situation as a "personalist dictatorship that established martial law". He supported the

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after 2020 presidential election and called Lukashenko the "illegitimate president". In February 2021, Mackievič welcomed the appearance of the recently published strategy of the joint opposition but criticized much of its content. In 1994 and 1996, Mackievič participated in the development of two projects of educational reform by request of the Ministry of education of Belarus, but these projects weren't implemented. In 2007, Mackievič participated in the creation of NGO which is a member of the

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/ref> He also founded and led the Humanitarian Technologies Agency (). Mackievič together with a sociologist Tatsiana Vadalazhskaya created the "Flying university" () which focused on the development of critical thinking.Свобода и сомнения. Как в Минске работает университет, не похожий на другие
/ref> He was detained on 4 August 2021. Tatsiana Vadalazhskaya and several other activists related to him were detained on the same day. On 6 August, 8 Belarusian human rights organizations declared him a political prisoner in a joint statement. He was charged with "organizing of actions that grossly violate public order" under article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus. On 4 February 2022, Mackievič declared a hunger strike demanding to change the preventive measure to a

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not to leave, complete the investigation and set a date for the trial. He also threatened to start a dry hunger strike (refusal to take food and water) on February 15. He stopped his hunger strike on the eve of 16 February after he was visited by the interrogator. In 2011, he had more than 50 published works. Think belarus

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External links

Faces of EuroBelarus

''eurobelarus.info''
Library of EuroBelarus that includes several works written by Matskevich

"Uladimir Matskevich"
/ Aliaksandr Tamkovich (2014), pp.267-269 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackievič, Uladzimir Living people Belarusian politicians Belarusian political scientists Belarusian philosophers Belarusian educators 1956 births People from Cheremkhovo Political prisoners according to Viasna Human Rights Centre

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