Former political prisonersReleased

Siarhei Piatrovich Yesmanovich

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Sergei was arrested in September 2021 in connection with 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 sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 22.11.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 17.02.2023

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Alexei Anatolevich Khlyshchenkov

Judges27 august 1982

Place:: Gomel Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 22.11.2022

Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky

Judges16 december 1973

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 17.02.2023

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Novoselki
Birthday:: 12.01.1986
Was held in:: SIZO-3, Gomel, ul. Knizhnaya 1A, 246144
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Timeline

2021
30.09.2021
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
2022
22.11.2022
Trial outcome 22.11.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
2023
20.01.2023
Status change
Released
17.02.2023
Appeal 17.02.2023
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court