On 01.08.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Political prisoners
Dmitriy Grigorievich Baraban
- 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
Letter bank2Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 22.05.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 01.08.2024
unknown.Regime change trial 10.12.2025
unknown years of prison regime.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

Vitaly Nikolaevich Labotsky
MoreJudges21 october 1976
- Place:
- court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 22.05.2024
Who else is held in Turma №4
- In custody:
- from ~10.10.2023 to present time
- Hometown:
- Hrodna
- Birthday:
- 31.07.1976
- Mailing address:
- Turma №4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
- Articles:
- Participation in riotsSlander against the President of the Republic of BelarusSlander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Marks:
- Is at prison regime. Cell confinement where, unlike in a penal colony, inmates are kept within four walls at all times. This regime imposes the maximum number of restrictions on the convict.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
- 2023
~10.10.2023
Transfer
Turma №1 — In custody
- 2024
22.05.2024
Trial outcome 22.05.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
01.08.2024
Appeal 01.08.2024
unknown, Grodno Regional Court
~26.08.2024
Transfer
IK-2 — In custody
- 2025
10.12.2025
Regime change trial 10.12.2025
unknown years of prison regime



































