He was detained in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation."
In April 2022, Yuri was transferred to prison regime.
Political prisoners
Yuri Valerievich Belko
- 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 bank6Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 19.07.2021
9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 912 rubles of compensation.Appeal 23.11.2021
the sentence was upheld.Appeal 10.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.Regime change trial 13.04.2022
3 years of prison regime.Regime change trial 25.06.2025
3 years of prison regime.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
Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
MoreState prosecutors17 june 1986
- Place:
- court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 19.07.2021
Dmitriy Andreevich Ostapenko
MoreJudges20 february 1989
- Place:
- court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 19.07.2021
Anton Gennadievich Dudal
MoreJudges11 august 1986
- Place:
- court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 13.04.2022
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
MoreOverseers21 january 1980
- Place:
- IVS Okrestina
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
MoreOverseers19 march 1977
- Place:
- Turma №8
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Co-defendants
Who else is held in Turma №8
- In custody:
- from 29.09.2020 to present time
- Case categories:
- The case of «radical» chats
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 15.03.1983
- Mailing address:
- Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
- Articles:
- Illegal actions in relation to firearms, ammunition and explosivesDeliberate destroying or damaging someone else's propertyParticipation in riots
- Groups:
- Believers
- Marks:
- Is at prison regime. Cell confinement where, unlike in a penal colony, inmates are kept within four walls at all times. This regime imposes the maximum number of restrictions on the convict.
Timeline
- 2020
29.09.2020
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~09.10.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
~19.10.2020
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
~02.11.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2021
19.07.2021
Trial outcome 19.07.2021
9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 912 rubles of compensation, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk