Former political prisonersForced displacement

Igor Ivanovich Satsyuk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Igor was convicted in the summer of 2023 for donating to initiatives deemed "extremist" 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 17.07.2023

3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 29.09.2023

unknown.

Involved in repression

Anastasia Pavlovna Popko

Judges13 december 1984

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 17.07.2023

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov

Judges11 april 1967

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 29.09.2023

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko

OthersOverseers29 june 1975

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko

Overseers25 april 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Overseers22 january 1980

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov

Overseers25 december 1994

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Artem Viktorovich Veselov

OverseersOthers7 august 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev

Overseers19 october 2026

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Donate
Hometown:: Brest
Birthday:: 08.11.1969
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Timeline

2023
27.03.2023
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
17.07.2023
Trial outcome 17.07.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
29.09.2023
Appeal 29.09.2023
unknown, Minsk City Court
30.10.2023
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
2025
13.12.2025
Status change
Forced displacement