Former political prisonersReleased

Igor Vileorovich Rimashevsky

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

In 1987 he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Minsk. Since 1982 he has been a participant of national and international exhibitions. His paintings are in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Art Fund of the Republic of Belarus, the Webkunsthaus Gallery in Germany, the Schaer und Wildbolc Gallery in Switzerland, as well as in private collections in England, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Holland, France, Spain, Israel, Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, Italy, Japan, Ukraine, the USA, China, the Czech Republic, Syria, and Lebanon.

Rimashevsky and his wife Lyudmila Shchemeleva were detained around the beginning of October 2024 and two weeks later they were still not released.

He was released together with his wife after serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 2 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Vileorovich Rimashevsky
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
25.11.1959
Was held in:
SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Groups:
RetireesCreative people
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Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 05.10.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 2025
  4. ~25.08.2025

    Trial outcome date unknown

    1 year 2 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions

  5. ~25.08.2025

    Status change

    Released