Former political prisonersForced emigration

Andrei Anatolyevich Ziankou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrei was arrested and convicted on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for his participation in a chain of vehicles during the "March of Heroes" protest held in Minsk on September 13, 2020. Andrei was identified from photos and videos.

Left Belarus.

In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Sentences

Trial outcome 20.01.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 19.02.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Anastasia Vasilevna Achalova
Anastasia Vasilevna Achalova
Judges15 october 1992
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
20.01.2022
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Valentina Anatolievna Desheva
Valentina Anatolievna Desheva
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
19.02.2025
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Andrei Anatolyevich Ziankou
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
20.07.1987
Number of children:
1
Articles:
Groups:
Parents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. ~20.11.2021

    Status change

    In custody

  3. 2022
  4. 20.01.2022

    Trial outcome 20.01.2022

    3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Leninsky district of Minsk

  5. 20.01.2022

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  6. ~06.02.2022

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  7. 2025
  8. 19.02.2025

    Regime change trial 19.02.2025

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of the Moscow district of Minsk