On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Aliaksandr Markin
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 550 basic values fine.Involved in repression
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~05.05.2025 to 16.01.2026
- Case categories:
- The Gayun Case
- Hometown:
- Borisov
- Birthday:
- 13.12.2005
- Was held in:
- SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
- Articles:
- Promoting extremist activities
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2025
~05.05.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2026
~16.01.2026
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 550 basic values fine
16.01.2026
Status change
Probation
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned