Andrey was arrested on August 11, 2020, in a criminal case of mass riots, opened after the start of mass protests against the results of the presidential elections. He was brutally beaten by GUBOPiK officers to give the testimony they needed. Andrey was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
Former political prisonersForced emigration
Andrey Valerievich Pazniak
- 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 05.02.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Elena Alexandrovna Zhivitsa
MoreJudges9 april 1990
- Place:
- court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 05.02.2021
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
MoreOverseers21 january 1980
- Place:
- IVS Okrestina
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~11.08.2020 to 05.02.2021
- Case categories:
- Protests 2020, Minsk
- Birthday:
- 16.11
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public order
- Groups:
- Administrators of TG-channelsIT staff
Timeline
- 2020
~11.08.2020
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~14.08.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2021
05.02.2021
Trial outcome 05.02.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
05.02.2021
Status change
Released pending appeal
~01.06.2021
Status change
Forced emigration