Nasta Palazhanka

Nasta Palazhanka (Dashkevich) (Belarusian: Наста Палажанка, romanized: Nasta Pałažanka; born 1990) is an activist in the opposition youth movement in Belarus, which she joined at the age of 14.

[1] She has advocated for freedom and human rights in Belarus despite threats, harassment, and imprisonment.

[2] As of September 2011, she was engaged to another Young Front activist, Zmitser Dashkevich.

[4] The two married when Palazhanka visited him in Hrodno prison on 26 December 2012.

[5] In July 2022, Nasta and Zmitser Dashkevich were sentenced for participating in the 2020 protests.