Former political prisonersForced emigration

Roman Arkadyevich Zabello

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

An architect and restorer who was detained on February 14, 2024, during mass arrests and searches of architects. It was later revealed that he was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Roman has two small children. The second child was born during his imprisonment. The author of the restoration of the Pobeda cinema, the Minsk factory kitchen, the Main Post Office, the Lida and Grodno breweries, an active participant in the campaign to protect Osmolovka.

Sentences

Trial outcome 28.06.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 25.03.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Victoria Valeryevna Shabunya
Victoria Valeryevna Shabunya
Judges27 february 1974
Place:
Court of the Central District of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
28.06.2024
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Co-defendants

Ilya Palonski
Ilya Palonski
Case No. XVCF79
Tatsiana Palonskaya
Tatsiana Palonskaya
Case No. XVCF79
Daria Sergeevna Mandik
Daria Sergeevna Mandik
Case No. XVCF79
Roman Arkadyevich Zabello
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
18.07.1988
Number of children:
2
Was held in:
SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
Articles:
Groups:
Parents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 14.02.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. ~21.04.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  4. 28.06.2024

    Trial outcome 28.06.2024

    3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, Court of the Central District of Minsk

  5. ~28.06.2024

    Status change

    Probation

  6. 2025
  7. ~18.02.2025

    Status change

    Forced emigration