Details of the verdict became known from prosecutor Pleskatsevich’s comment to Pinsk state TV (the name of the accused is not named, but he is the only one who was tried in Pinsk in 2024 under the article “unrest”). The prosecutor recounted the position of the accused: on August 9, 2020, he voted at the polling station, returned home and drank a lot (about a bottle of vodka), after which “out of interest he went to look at the protesters near the city executive committee building.” What exactly the man did next at the protests, for what reasons, he did not remember due to alcohol (in his words). But the video captured what the prosecution qualified as follows: “he took an active part [in the riots], namely, with his actions he supported the pogrom and attacked the police with other protesters.”
Political prisoners
Sergey Sergeevich Kulesh
- 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
Letter bank1Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 29.04.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.Appeal 12.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression

Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich Pleskatsevich
MoreState prosecutors16 october 1991
- Place:
- court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 29.04.2024

Evgeniya Victorovna Melnik
MoreJudges22 december 1987
- Place:
- court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 29.04.2024

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in IK-2
- In custody:
- from ~10.10.2023 to present time
- Case categories:
- 2020 Pinsk protests
- Hometown:
- Dobroslavka
- Birthday:
- 25.09.1988
- Mailing address:
- IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
- Articles:
- Participation in riots
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.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
- 2023
~10.10.2023
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
- 2024
29.04.2024
Trial outcome 29.04.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
12.07.2024
Appeal 12.07.2024
the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court
~24.07.2024
Transfer
IK-2 — In custody










































