He was accused of creating or participating in an extremist group, as well as participating in protests in 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released on June 3, 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Former political prisonersReleased
Ruslan Vatslavovich Sinkevich
- 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 14.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 21.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.Involved in repression
Elena Nikolaevna Shilko
MoreJudges20 april 1972
- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 14.09.2022
- In custody:
- from ~21.10.2021 to 03.06.2025
- Case categories:
- Protests 2020, Minsk
- Hometown:
- Oshmyany
- Birthday:
- 13.12.1991
- Was held in:
- IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public orderCreation of an extremist formation or participation in it
- 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
- 2021
~21.10.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2022
14.09.2022
Trial outcome 14.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
21.10.2022
Appeal 21.10.2022
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court
- 2023
~20.11.2023
Transfer
IK-2 — In custody
- 2025
03.06.2025
Status change
Released