Vitaly Shishov - report

Belarusian activist (1995–2021)

Vitaly Vasilyevich Shishov, or Vital Vasilyevich Shyshou, was a Belarusian political activist and dissident in exile, who disappeared, and was found dead in Ukraine in August of 2021. He was the head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an organization that helps people to escape repressions following the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. At the age of 26, Shishov went missing from his home in Kyiv and was found dead, hanging from a tree in a park near the place where he lived. His suspicious and unexpected death has raised public concerns about his possible assassination.