Former political prisonersForced displacement

Dmitry Valerievich Golovach

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

A musician from the band TOR BAND was detained along with Yevgeny Burlo, and their wives were also arrested. Golovach's wife was fined, and Burlo's wife was sentenced to administrative arrest.

At the end of November 2022, Dmitry and Yevgeny were sentenced to 15 days in prison for the third time. TOR BAND became popular in Belarus during the 2020 protests. Many of their songs became hits across various platforms. TOR BAND's media products, social media, and logo were deemed "extremist," as were their aforementioned songs.

On September 16, 2026, he was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.

Sentences

Trial outcome 31.10.2023
9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 05.01.2024
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Sergey Aleksandrovich Solovsky
Sergey Aleksandrovich Solovsky
Judges1 august 1985
Place:
Gomel Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
31.10.2023
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Tatiana Valentinovna Vasilevich
Tatiana Valentinovna Vasilevich
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Gomel Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
05.01.2024
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Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Overseers26 september 1981
Place:
IK-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Co-defendants

Dmitry Valerievich Golovach
In custody:
Hometown:
Rahachow
Birthday:
01.06.1982
Was held in:
IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
Articles:
Groups:
Creative people
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. ~28.10.2022

    Transfer

    IVS Zhlobin — In custody

  3. 2023
  4. ~11.06.2023

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  5. 31.10.2023

    Trial outcome 31.10.2023

    9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, Gomel Regional Court

  6. 2024
  7. 05.01.2024

    Appeal 05.01.2024

    the sentence was upheld, Gomel Regional Court

  8. 23.01.2024

    Transfer

    IK-1 — In custody