Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Siarhei Siarheyevich Bushyk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Sergei was arrested in October 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 December 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment.

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

Sentences

Trial outcome 07.12.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova

Judges4 october 1972

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 07.12.2022

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

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:: Vawkavysk
Birthday:: 27.11.1984
Was held in:: IK №3
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

2021
01.10.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
~01.12.2022
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
07.12.2022
Trial outcome 07.12.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
2023
~03.01.2023
Transfer
IK-3 — In custody
20.02.2023
Status change
Released