Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Andrei Aliaksandravich Kandratovich

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrei was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In July 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 01.07.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 20.09.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Nikolay Petrovich Rachinsky

Judges21 march 1972

Place:: Grodno Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 01.07.2022

Paul Ivanovich Kazakov

Overseers11 june 1977

Place:: Turma №1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Overseers9 january 1978

Place:: IK-17
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Lyubashevo
Birthday:: 27.08.1990
Was held in:: IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
~29.11.2021
Transfer
Turma №1 — In custody
2022
01.07.2022
Trial outcome 01.07.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Grodno Regional Court
20.09.2022
Appeal 20.09.2022
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court
~29.09.2022
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody