Former political prisonersForced displacement

Evgeny Vitalievich Semenov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Evgeny was detained on February 26, 2021. He was accused of publishing the personal data of GUBOPiK MIA employees Ivan Tarasik and Alexander Aleksa in a Telegram chat on December 28, 2020, while intoxicated. He added a threat to them and an offensive comment about their place of residence to this data.

In addition, Evgenia was found guilty under the articles “Theft” and “Evasion of serving a sentence” for failure to comply with the sentence of “house arrest” in the previous case.

On September 11, 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 Yevgeny Semenov.

Sentences

Trial outcome 07.07.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 8150 rubles of compensation.

Involved in repression

Vladimir Viktorovich Ryabov
Vladimir Viktorovich Ryabov
State prosecutors17 january 1995
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
07.07.2021
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Alexander Aleksandrovich Volk
Alexander Aleksandrovich Volk
Judges1 august 1979
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
07.07.2021
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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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Evgeny Vitalievich Semenov
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
04.03.1986
Was held in:
IK-11, Volkovysk, Rokossovskogo, 118, 231900
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 26.02.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. 07.07.2021

    Trial outcome 07.07.2021

    5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 8150 rubles of compensation, court of the Soviet district of Minsk

  4. ~01.11.2021

    Transfer

    IK-11 — In custody

  5. 2025
  6. 11.09.2025

    Status change

    Forced displacement