Former political prisonersForced displacement

Maria Batalionak

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

It is known that the KGB considers Maria to be involved in the "Urban Garden Maris Mar" project, which was recognized as an "extremist group."

Maria has a small child who is breastfed . Therefore, after her arrest, she continued to produce milk , and she had to express milk while in custody.

Citizen of Lithuania.

On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.

Sentences

Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 690 basic values fine.

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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Maria Batalionak
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
17.10.1989
Number of children:
1
Was held in:
SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Groups:
Foreign citizensParents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. ~31.10.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 2025
  4. ~09.10.2025

    Trial outcome date unknown

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 690 basic values fine

  5. 13.12.2025

    Status change

    Forced displacement