Former political prisonersReleased

Siarhei Alehavich Sliazhou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Sergei, a member of the BMZ strike committee, was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In November 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 24.11.2022

3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 10.02.2023

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Ruslan Vitalievich Tsaruk

Judges28 may 1978

Place:: Gomel Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 24.11.2022

Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky

Judges16 december 1973

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 10.02.2023

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Zhlobin
Birthday:: 18.09.1988
Was held in:: IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
~15.12.2021
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
2022
~25.02.2022
Transfer
IK-22 — In custody
24.11.2022
Trial outcome 24.11.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
2023
10.02.2023
Appeal 10.02.2023
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court