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 Sergeevich Bunevich
- 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 12.06.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.Involved in repression
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
MoreOthersOverseers29 june 1975
- Place:
- IK-15
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from 10.01.2025 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Luninyets
- Birthday:
- 18.11.1981
- Was held in:
- IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
- Articles:
- Incitement of racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discordCalls for actions aimed at harming the national 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
10.01.2025
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
12.06.2025
Trial outcome 12.06.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, Brest Regional Court
23.06.2025
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned