Former political prisonersReleased

Aliaksandr Andreyevich Bialou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Alexander is an activist in the anarchist movement. He first studied construction at college, then majored in engineering geodesy at the Belarusian National Technical University. He has been passionate about sports since his youth: he played for a DIY league football team, practiced Muay Thai, and went mountaineering.

Early in the morning of July 29, 2021, Alexander was detained as he left his home. He was beaten and searched during his arrest, then taken to the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption, where he was tortured and beaten.

He was initially accused of actively participating in a protest on August 23, 2020, in Minsk, although by that time he had already served an administrative arrest for this incident.

In January 2022, Alexander and other defendants in the criminal case were charged with additional membership in an extremist group for subscribing to the Telegram channel "Pramen." At the time of their arrest, the channel "Pramen" had not yet been added to the list of extremist groups; this was only added in November 2021.

In April 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. In April 2025, Alexander's detention regime was tightened, and he was transferred to a prison regime. It was later revealed that the court had sentenced him to an additional six months in a general regime penal colony for "malicious disobedience to the administration's demands."

Released in the spring of 2026 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 22.04.2022
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Regime change trial 02.04.2025
unknown years of prison regime.
Trial outcome date unknown
6 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
State prosecutors17 june 1986
Place:
Minsk Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
22.04.2022
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Elena Mikhailovna Misnik
Elena Mikhailovna Misnik
Judges19 july 1974
Place:
Minsk Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
22.04.2022
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-6
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Fomich Shego
Alexander Fomich Shego
Overseers1 february 1991
Place:
SIZO-6
Type:
Correctional officer
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Anatoly Akudovich
Anatoly Akudovich
Overseers17 october 2026
Place:
SIZO-6
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Co-defendants

Aliaksandr Andreyevich Bialou
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
01.09.1996
Was held in:
IK-11, Volkovysk, Rokossovskogo, 118, 231900
Articles:
Groups:
ActivistsAnarchists
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 29.07.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. 2022
  4. 22.04.2022

    Trial outcome 22.04.2022

    5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk Regional Court

  5. 16.05.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-6 — In custody

  6. 29.07.2022

    Transfer

    IK-22 — In custody

  7. 2025
  8. 02.04.2025

    Regime change trial 02.04.2025

    unknown years of prison regime