Former political prisonersPardoned

Allan Royo

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Citizen of Estonia.

On January 16, 2024, the KGB made a decision to recognize the "Fund of Belarus Friend LTD" as an "extremist organization." The department's decision listed people who were allegedly related to the fund: Belarusians Oleg Stefanovich and Alexander Syritsa, as well as Estonian Allan Royo.

On June 21, 2025, Allan was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's Special Representative, Keith Kellogg.

Sentences

Trial outcome 01.04.2025

6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 500 basic values fine.

Involved in repression

Angela Evgenievna Kostyukevich

Judges15 august 1986

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 01.04.2025

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik

Overseers16 november 1982

Place:: SIZO-6
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alexander Fomich Shego

Overseers1 february 1991

Place:: SIZO-6
Type:: Correctional officer

Anatoly Akudovich

Overseers18 october 2026

Place:: SIZO-6
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alexander Vyacheslavovich Syryca

Case No. KF8O9V

In custody:
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 15.04.1980
Number of children:: 3
Was held in:: SIZO-6, Baranovichi, Brestskaya ul. 258 B, 225413
Articles:
Groups:: Foreign citizensParents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

2024
~16.01.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
~30.05.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
2025
01.04.2025
Trial outcome 01.04.2025
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 500 basic values fine, Minsk City Court
14.05.2025
Transfer
SIZO-6 — In custody
21.06.2025
Status change
Pardoned

Allan Royo

Sentences

Involved in repression

Co-defendants

Timeline