Former political prisonersReleased

Ihar Aliakseyevich Novikau

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Igor was arrested in December 2021 on charges of "desecration of buildings and property damage" and "insulting Lukashenko" and placed in pretrial detention.

In February 2022, he was convicted of graffiti on building facades, two of which, according to the prosecution, contained insults against Lukashenko.

He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 16.02.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal date unknown

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Elena Nikolaevna Sherko

State prosecutors12 july 1987

Place:: Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 16.02.2022

Marina Alexandrovna Skalkovich

Judges18 december 1984

Place:: Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 16.02.2022

Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich

Overseers18 october 1975

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka

Overseers27 december 1979

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alexander Fomich Shego

Overseers1 february 1991

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Correctional officer

Heorhii Uladzimiravich Karpuk

Overseers18 october 2026

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Correctional officer

Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize

Overseers9 january 1981

Place:: IK-2
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Direct action
Hometown:: Brest
Birthday:: 01.10.1954
Was held in:: IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Timeline

2021
04.12.2021
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
2022
16.02.2022
Trial outcome 16.02.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
~01.04.2022
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld
~15.04.2022
Transfer
IK-2 — In custody
2023
~30.10.2023
Status change
Released