Former political prisonersForced displacement

Pavel Mikhailovich Nikitenko

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Detained for participating in protests, participating in Telegram channels and chats recognized as extremist, and for "insulting" government officials.

He was severely beaten during his arrest. A laboratory assistant at a technological college.

On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Pavel Nikitenko.

Sentences

Trial outcome 25.07.2022
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.11.2022
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Eugene Illarionovich Burunov
Eugene Illarionovich Burunov
Judges27 december 1978
Place:
Vitebsk Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
25.07.2022
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Tatiana Valentinovna Vasilevich
Tatiana Valentinovna Vasilevich
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
10.11.2022
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Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Overseers9 january 1981
Place:
IK-2
Type:
Correctional officer
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Pavel Mikhailovich Nikitenko
In custody:
Hometown:
Vitebsk
Birthday:
04.03.1987
Number of children:
1
Was held in:
IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
Articles:
Groups:
TeachersParents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. ~24.11.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-2 — In custody

  3. 2022
  4. 25.07.2022

    Trial outcome 25.07.2022

    4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Vitebsk Regional Court

  5. 10.11.2022

    Appeal 10.11.2022

    the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court

  6. 2023
  7. 13.03.2023

    Transfer

    IK-2 — In custody

  8. 2025
  9. 11.09.2025

    Status change

    Forced displacement