Former political prisonersPardoned

Aliaksandr Viktaravich Kanavalchyk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Alexander was found guilty in December 2025 of "inciting hatred or discord" and "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.

Sentences

Trial outcome date unknown

3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko

Overseers25 april 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Overseers22 january 1980

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov

Overseers25 december 1994

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Artem Viktorovich Veselov

OverseersOthers7 august 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev

Overseers19 october 2026

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik

Overseers16 november 1982

Place:: SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 24.12.1979
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

2025
~26.06.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
~10.12.2025
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
2026
~20.01.2026
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned