On March 19, 2026, he 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
Nikolay Nikolaevich Lyutskevich
- 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
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal date unknown
unknown.Involved in repression

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
MoreOverseers19 march 1977
- Place:
- Turma №8
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility

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
- In custody:
- from ~15.05.2025 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 12.02.1973
- Was held in:
- IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
- 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 membershipInsulting the presidentPublic insult to the President of the Republic of BelarusInsulting of a government representative
- 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
~15.05.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
~25.08.2025
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions
15.09.2025
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
~22.09.2025
Transfer
Turma №4 — In custody
~17.10.2025
Appeal date unknown
unknown
