Former political prisonersPardoned

Andrey Evgenyevich Primako

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

cultural activist. Andrei was detained on January 12 and the court of the Moscow district of Minsk sentenced him to 10 days of administrative arrest. After “days” he was no longer released. He was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk.

It is known from the case that Primak was registered in the “Victory Plan”.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).

Sentences

Trial outcome 12.06.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.08.2023
unknown.

Involved in repression

Eugene Viktorovich Pisarevich
Eugene Viktorovich Pisarevich
Judges14 may 1990
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
12.06.2023
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Sergey Viktorovich Gurov
Sergey Viktorovich Gurov
Judges11 february 1969
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
18.08.2023
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Andrey Evgenyevich Primako
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
14.01.1977
Was held in:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Articles:
Groups:
Activists
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. ~14.01.2023

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. 12.06.2023

    Trial outcome 12.06.2023

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court

  4. ~20.07.2023

    Transfer

    Turma №4 — In custody

  5. 18.08.2023

    Appeal 18.08.2023

    unknown, Supreme Court

  6. ~07.09.2023

    Transfer

    IK-17 — In custody