Former political prisonersReleased

Alexander Sergeevich Potapovich

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Alexander was accused of allegedly attempting to run over two Volkovysk police officers with a car after 11:00 p.m. on August 9, 2020, in order to interfere with their work during an unauthorized event. At the end of March 2021, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. However, the state prosecutor appealed the sentence, and on June 1 of the same year, the Grodno Regional Court changed the punishment to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 29.03.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Prosecutor's protest 01.06.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Sergey Mikhailovich Gavrilyuk
Sergey Mikhailovich Gavrilyuk
State prosecutors2 december 1973
Place:
Volkovysk district court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
29.03.2021
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Leonard Leonardovich Divnel
Leonard Leonardovich Divnel
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Volkovysk district court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
29.03.2021
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Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Overseers26 september 1981
Place:
IK-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Sergeevich Potapovich
In custody:
Case categories:
Volkovysk protests 2020
Hometown:
Vawkavysk
Birthday:
17.09.1997
Was held in:
IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 29.03.2021

    Trial outcome 29.03.2021

    2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Volkovysk district court

  3. 01.06.2021

    Prosecutor's protest 01.06.2021

    2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Grodno Regional Court

  4. 15.06.2021

    Transfer

    IK-1 — In custody

  5. 2023
  6. ~14.11.2023

    Status change

    Released