Former political prisonersReleased

Aliaksandr Tarasavich Shmatau

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Alexander was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 04.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation.

Involved in repression

Natalia Vyacheslavovna Korablina
Natalia Vyacheslavovna Korablina
Judges27 january 1976
Place:
court of Pervomaisky district of Vitebsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
04.10.2021
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Ihar Mikalayevich Volnich
Ihar Mikalayevich Volnich
Others5 june 1994
Type:
Other
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Aliaksandr Tarasavich Shmatau
In custody:
Hometown:
Vitebsk
Birthday:
27.02.1971
Was held in:
IUOT-55, ul. Socyalisticheskaya, 7, Minsk, 220021
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 04.10.2021

    Trial outcome 04.10.2021

    2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation, court of Pervomaisky district of Vitebsk

  3. 27.10.2021

    Transfer

    IUOT-55 — Penal labor facility

  4. 2023
  5. ~27.10.2023

    Status change

    Released