On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Natallia Aliaksandrauna Vasilyeva
- 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
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal date unknown
unknown.Involved in repression
- In custody:
- from ~09.05.2025 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 29.02.1960
- Was held in:
- IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
- Articles:
- Deliberate actions oriented at inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord on the basis of racial, national, religious, linguistic or other social membershipCalls for actions aimed at the detriment of the external security of the Republic of BelarusInsulting the presidentInsulting of a government representative
- Groups:
- Retirees
- 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
~09.05.2025
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
~11.08.2025
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
~08.10.2025
Appeal date unknown
unknown
17.10.2025
Transfer
IK-4 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned