Former political prisonersReleased

Yuri Valerievich Savitsky

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Yuri, a member of Viktor Babariko's initiative group, was detained and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk against the results of the presidential elections.

He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 21.01.2021

3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Involved in repression

Alexander Anatolevich Rudenko

Judges1 december 1981

Place:: court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 21.01.2021

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:: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 05.01.1988
Number of children:: 1
Was held in:: IUOT-7, Gomel, ul. Borisenko, 13, 246020
Articles:
Groups:: ActivistsParents of minors

Timeline

2020
10.08.2020
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
~14.08.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
2021
21.01.2021
Trial outcome 21.01.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
21.01.2021
Status change
Released pending appeal
03.06.2021
Transfer
IUOT-7 — Penal labor facility