Former political prisonersReleased

Maksim Henadzyevich Filipavets

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Maxim was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In November 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

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

Sentences

Trial outcome 28.11.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 31.01.2023

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Elena Nikolaevna Shilko

Judges20 april 1972

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 28.11.2022

Andrey Viktorovich Kovalchuk

Judges18 october 2026

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 31.01.2023

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 16.04.1991
Was held in:: SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Timeline

2021
30.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~08.10.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
~17.11.2022
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
28.11.2022
Trial outcome 28.11.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
2023
31.01.2023
Appeal 31.01.2023
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court