Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Mikalai Mikalayevich Halaukou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Nikolai 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 August 2022, he was found guilty of "discrediting Belarus," "insulting Lukashenko," and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.

He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 29.08.2022

3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.

Appeal 24.11.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Tatiana Anatolievna Secretaryeva

Judges8 july 1984

Place:: court of Osipovichi district
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 29.08.2022

Igor Fedorovich Zemtsov

Judges20 march 1975

Place:: Mogilev Regional Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 24.11.2022

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

Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev

Overseers26 september 1981

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

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Asipovichy
Birthday:: 12.12.1991
Was held in:: IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

2021
30.09.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
~01.08.2022
Transfer
SIZO-5 — In custody
29.08.2022
Trial outcome 29.08.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine, court of Osipovichi district
24.11.2022
Appeal 24.11.2022
the sentence was upheld, Mogilev Regional Court
2023
~05.01.2023
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody