He was convicted in early May 2026 for online comments. He was held in pretrial detention prior to his trial.
Political prisoners
Andrei Bahdanovich Matsiuk
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~05.01.2026 to present time
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 18.09.1980
- Mailing address:
- No information
- Articles:
- Deliberate actions oriented at inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord on the basis of racial, national, religious, linguistic or other social membershipCalls for actions aimed at the detriment of the external security of the Republic of Belarus
- Groups:
- Lawyers
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2026
~05.01.2026
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
~08.05.2026
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
~20.06.2026
Status change
In custody