Former political prisonersPardoned

Dmitry Grigorievich Tsaruk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Dmitry is a designer, he was also involved in PR, media and social projects. He was part of the company "Fajno", which, among other things, developed the design of the bird lamp.

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 date unknown

unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Involved in repression

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka

Overseers27 december 1979

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Hometown:: Brest
Birthday:: 09.11.1988
Was held in:: SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
Articles:
Groups:: Creative people
Marks:

Timeline

2025
~24.07.2025
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
~19.12.2025
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, Brest Regional Court
~19.12.2025
Status change
Probation
2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned