Former political prisonersReleased

Ryhor Vitoldavich Hryh

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Grigory was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In September 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "insulting Lukashenko," and "calling for sanctions," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in February 2025, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 12.09.2022

4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 12.12.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Nikolay Petrovich Rachinsky

Judges21 march 1972

Place:: Grodno Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 12.09.2022

Alexander Grigorievich Savchuk

Judges21 july 1981

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 12.12.2022

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Paul Ivanovich Kazakov

Overseers11 june 1977

Place:: Turma №1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize

Overseers9 january 1981

Place:: IK-2
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Ozery
Birthday:: 21.09.1969
Was held in:: IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~08.10.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
2022
~01.08.2022
Transfer
Turma №1 — In custody
12.09.2022
Trial outcome 12.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Grodno Regional Court
12.12.2022
Appeal 12.12.2022
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court