Yuri was arrested in the spring of 2025 and later found guilty of "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral.
Political prisonersReleased pending appeal
Yuri Yuryevich Nesterov
- 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 date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from 20.03.2025 to ~03.10.2025
- Case categories:
- The Gayun Case
- Hometown:
- Baranovichi
- Birthday:
- 01.03.1987
- Mailing address:
- Released pending appeal
- Articles:
- Promoting extremist activities
- 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
- 2025
20.03.2025
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
~03.10.2025
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Brest Regional Court
~03.10.2025
Status change
Released pending appeal