Father Nikolai, 47, was detained along with his wife Elena, 46, and their son Nikita, 24, for participating in the 2020 protest.
Political prisoners
Nikolay Nikolaevich Lepeshko
- 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
Letter bank1Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 03.02.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.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

Tatiana Vladimirovna Okovitaja
MoreJudges4 april 1988
- Place:
- Court of the Central District of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 03.02.2025

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility

Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- In custody:
- from ~02.09.2024 to present time
- Case categories:
- Protests 2020, Minsk
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 02.06.1977
- Family members:
- Nikita Nikolaevich LepeshkoElena Igorevna Lepeshko
- Mailing address:
- SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public orderEvasion of payment of taxes and fees (the correction became invalid on 05/26/2021)
- Marks:
- 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
- 2024
~02.09.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2025
03.02.2025
Trial outcome 03.02.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, Court of the Central District of Minsk

















