Former political prisonersReleased

Yevgeny Igorevich Babak

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Evgeniy is a former assistant prosecutor of the Pervomaisky District of Minsk. In August 2020, he initiated an investigation into the actions of people in traffic police uniforms who beat up bikers. The investigation yielded no results, and he soon resigned from the prosecutor's office.

On June 10, 2021, Yevgeny was detained and convicted of "picketing by placing a white-red-white flag on a balcony." Later, the arrest period was extended for another 15 days, and then a criminal case was opened against him for group actions that grossly violate public order. He was additionally charged under the article on "incitement of hatred."

In May 2022, Evgeny was sentenced to imprisonment, and in September of the same year he was stripped of his title.

In the winter of 2025, he was released, having served his entire sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 12.05.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.07.2022
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Alina Sergeevna Kasyanchik
Alina Sergeevna Kasyanchik
State prosecutors12 march 1998
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
12.05.2022
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Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Judges8 january 1969
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
12.05.2022
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Tatiana Yaroslavovna Motyl
Tatiana Yaroslavovna Motyl
Judges20 january 1968
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Administrative case
Date:
11.06.2021
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Yevgeny Igorevich Babak
In custody:
Hometown:
Svetlogorsk
Birthday:
10.10.1991
Was held in:
IK №3
Articles:
Groups:
Civil servantsLawyers
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 10.06.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. 11.06.2021

    Administrative court

    Administrative arrest (15 days), court of the Moscow district of Minsk, judge Tatiana Yaroslavovna Motyl

  4. 25.06.2021

    Administrative court

    Administrative arrest (15 days)

  5. 2022
  6. 12.05.2022

    Trial outcome 12.05.2022

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court

  7. ~13.06.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-2 — In custody