Former political prisonersReleased

Alexander Anatolyevich Newar

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

As of March 2026, Alexander was working in the sewing shop at the penal colony. He had been sent to solitary confinement several times; he had lost a significant amount of weight and was in poor psychological health.

He was expected to be released in June 2026.

Sentences

Trial outcome 20.11.2024

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 14.02.2025

unknown.

Involved in repression

Evgeniya Victorovna Melnik

Judges22 december 1987

Place:: court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 20.11.2024

Nikolay Alexeyevich Senko

Judges19 december 1972

Place:: Brest Regional Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 14.02.2025

Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik

Overseers16 november 1982

Place:: SIZO-6
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alexander Fomich Shego

Overseers1 february 1991

Place:: SIZO-6
Type:: Correctional officer

Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Overseers9 january 1978

Place:: IK-17
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: 2020 Pinsk protests
Hometown:: Pinsk
Birthday:: 15.04.1985
Was held in:: IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Timeline

2024
~09.08.2024
Transfer
SIZO-6 — In custody
20.11.2024
Trial outcome 20.11.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
2025
14.02.2025
Appeal 14.02.2025
unknown, Brest Regional Court
~03.03.2025
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody
2026
18.06.2026
Status change
Released