In 2018, Matvey entered the Sukhoi Gomel State Technical University, majoring in Information Technology and Management in Technical Systems, and successfully graduated.
Political prisoners
Matsvei Piatrovich Baranau
- 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
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal date unknown
unknown.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in IK-22
- In custody:
- from 10.09.2025 to present time
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 07.04.2000
- Mailing address:
- IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
- Articles:
- Promoting extremist activitiesPromotion of extremist activity committed repeatedly or by a group of personsSlander against the President of the Republic of BelarusSlander against the President of the Republic of BelarusDiscrediting the Republic of BelarusInsulting the presidentCalls for actions aimed at the detriment of the external security of the Republic of Belarus
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.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
10.09.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2026
~16.03.2026
Trial outcome date unknown
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
16.03.2026
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
~27.07.2026
Appeal date unknown
unknown
21.08.2026
Transfer
IK-22 — In custody