Former political prisonersForced emigration

Hleb Viatoshkin

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

After graduating from the Department of Foreign Languages of the Gomel State University, Gleb began working as a bartender. Human rights activists learned about the detention of 24-year-old Vetoshkin by GUBOPiK officers from pro-government telegram channels on November 28 last year.

It was reported that he allegedly distributed extremist materials, and in August 2020 he participated in protests, insulted government officials and incited social hatred. After the arrest, a protocol was drawn up against Gleb under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials).

On June 8, 2023, the prosecutor's office filed an appeal to increase the punishment from 5 years of “home chemistry” to three years in prison. The representative of the prosecutor's office in court requested a year and a half of imprisonment with serving in a general regime colony. The Judicial Collegium of the Supreme Court upheld the prosecutor's request.

Sentences

Trial outcome 30.05.2023
5 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Prosecutor's protest 08.08.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Alexander Evgenyevich Piskunov
Alexander Evgenyevich Piskunov
Judges19 october 2026
Place:
Gomel Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
30.05.2023
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov
Judges11 april 1967
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
08.08.2023
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Hleb Viatoshkin
In custody:
Hometown:
Gomel
Birthday:
03.05.1993
Was held in:
SIZO-3, Gomel, ul. Knizhnaya 1A, 246144
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. ~27.11.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  3. 2023
  4. 30.05.2023

    Trial outcome 30.05.2023

    5 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, Gomel Regional Court

  5. ~30.05.2023

    Status change

    Probation

  6. ~14.06.2023

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  7. 08.08.2023

    Prosecutor's protest 08.08.2023

    1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Supreme Court