Igor was arrested and convicted in 2025 for "assisting extremist activity" in a criminal case opened after Belarusian security forces gained access to the chats of a bot used by the Gayun monitoring project, where users reported information about Russian troop movements.
Former political prisonersProbation
Ihar Siarheyevich Astapuk
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~18.03.2025 to 12.12.2025
- Case categories:
- The Gayun Case
- Hometown:
- Kobryn
- Birthday:
- 01.11.1992
- Was held in:
- SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
- Articles:
- Promoting extremist activitiesPromotion of extremist activity committed repeatedly or by a group of persons
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2025
~18.03.2025
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
~12.12.2025
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, Brest Regional Court
12.12.2025
Status change
Probation