Former political prisonersPardoned

Andrei Siarheyevich Zahorski

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrey is originally from Dokshitsy. After graduating from high school in 2006, he entered the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, studying in the Faculty of Computer Systems and Networks. He is registered in Kopishche. While studying, Andrey began working at EPAM. According to his LinkedIn, he most recently held the position of Lead Software Engineer, managing part of the development team on a project. It is unknown whether he recently lived in Belarus, but he traveled extensively.

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 01.04.2025
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.

Involved in repression

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Overseers25 april 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Overseers22 january 1980
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Overseers25 december 1994
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Artem Viktorovich Veselov
Artem Viktorovich Veselov
OverseersOthers7 august 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Overseers
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Andrei Siarheyevich Zahorski
In custody:
Hometown:
Kopische
Birthday:
04.06.1988
Was held in:
IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2025
  2. ~03.01.2025

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 01.04.2025

    Trial outcome 01.04.2025

    5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk Regional Court

  4. ~10.06.2025

    Appeal date unknown

    unknown

  5. ~15.07.2025

    Transfer

    IK-15 — In custody

  6. 2026
  7. 20.03.2026

    Status change

    Pardoned