Former political prisonersForced displacement

Gennady Petrovich Ivanchikov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Gennady was convicted in March 2025 of "slandering Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Sentences

Trial outcome 04.03.2025

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Svetlana Vladimirovna Lupichenko

Judges18 october 2026

Place:: court of Buda-Koshelevsky district
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 04.03.2025

In custody:
Hometown:: Buda-Koshelevo
Birthday:: 15.11.1973
Was held in:: IK-8, 211388, Vitebsk region, Orsha, ul. Lenina, 195A
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Timeline

2025
04.03.2025
Trial outcome 04.03.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of Buda-Koshelevsky district
~04.03.2025
Status change
In custody
~04.05.2025
Transfer
IK-8 — In custody
13.12.2025
Status change
Forced displacement