Former political prisoners

Kirill Olegovich Keturko

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

20.10.2023 After fleeing Belarus, Kirill lived in Warsaw. He was detained in Warsaw on October 10, 2023 for online fraud. Eleven days later, Kirill was found hanged in a Polish prison on October 20. The preliminary version of the investigation is suicide. A criminal case has been opened on the fact of the death of the former Belarusian political prisoner in the Warsaw detention center under the article "incitement to suicide".

Student. Convicted for participating in protests in Grodno in August and September 2020. A year after the start of Kirill's term, they wanted to tighten the regime and send him to a penal colony. Therefore, he was forced to leave the Republic of Belarus.

After fleeing Belarus, Kirill lived in Warsaw. In October 2023, he disappeared and stopped responding to messages on Telegram. According to MOST, Kirill was detained in Warsaw on October 10, 2023, for online fraud. The source reported that the former political prisoner contacted a group of fraudsters who were most likely stealing money from bank accounts. The preliminary version of the investigation is suicide.

On November 16, 2023, it became known that a criminal case under the article "incitement to suicide" was opened into the death of a former Belarusian political prisoner in the Warsaw detention center. Evidence is being collected.

Sentences

Trial outcome 06.05.2022
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 27.04.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Elena Ivanovna Tretyakova
Elena Ivanovna Tretyakova
State prosecutors25 january 1987
Place:
court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.05.2022
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Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich
Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich
Judges16 september 1991
Place:
court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.05.2022
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Anna Borisovna Leusik
Anna Borisovna Leusik
Judges7 october 1973
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
27.04.2023
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Kirill Olegovich Keturko
In custody:
Hometown:
Hrodna
Birthday:
20.12.2003
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Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. 03.02.2022

    Status change

    In custody

  3. 06.05.2022

    Trial outcome 06.05.2022

    2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno

  4. ~06.05.2022

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  5. 2023
  6. ~30.03.2023

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  7. 27.04.2023

    Regime change trial 27.04.2023

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of Leninsky district of Grodno