Pavel Sheremet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pavel Sheremet

Belarusian journalist

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1971

Place of Birth: Minsk, Belarus

Date of Death: 20-Jul-2016

Profession: editor-in-chief, contributing editor, television presenter, human rights activist, journalist, presenter, television journalist

Nationality: Russia, Belarus

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Pavel Grigorievich Sheremet (Russian: ????? ??????????? ???????, Belarusian: ????? ????????? ???????, 28 November 1971 – 20 July 2016) was a Belarusian-born Russian and Ukrainian journalist who was imprisoned by the government of Belarus in 1997, sparking an international incident between Belarus and Russia.
The New York Times has described him as "known for his crusading reports about political abuses in Belarus" and "a thorn in the side of Lukashenko's autocratic government".
He was awarded the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award in 1999 and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Prize for Journalism and Democracy in 2002. Pavel Sheremet died in Kyiv on 20 July 2016 in a car explosion.
The Ukraine Prosecutor's Office have said the explosion was caused by a bomb and labelled the death of Sheremet a murder.