Former political prisonersForced displacement

Dmitriy Leonidovich Kuchuk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Leader of the liquidated Green Party.
Dmitry Kuchuk was detained near the Russian embassy, where the politician came to lay flowers, regarding the murder of Alexei Navalny. He tried to register during the “hopelessness” campaign, and made efforts to start a campaign to collect signatures for the release of political prisoners.

Dmitry Kuchuk became the seventh leader of the Green Party to be jailed.

On September 1, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Dmitry Kuchuk.

Sentences

Trial outcome 24.12.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown.

Involved in repression

Elena Nikolaevna Shilko
Elena Nikolaevna Shilko
Judges20 april 1972
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
24.12.2024
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Andrey Viktorovich Kovalchuk
Andrey Viktorovich Kovalchuk
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
25.02.2025
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Dmitriy Leonidovich Kuchuk
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
20.03.1974
Was held in:
IK-9, Gorki, 213410, ul. Dobroliubova, 16
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Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 16.02.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  3. 24.12.2024

    Trial outcome 24.12.2024

    6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine, Minsk City Court

  4. 2025
  5. 25.02.2025

    Appeal 25.02.2025

    unknown, Supreme Court

  6. 17.03.2025

    Transfer

    IK-9 — In custody

  7. 11.09.2025

    Status change

    Forced displacement