Vadim was detained on September 27, 2020, during a protest in Grodno and convicted of “violence against a police officer.”
He was released in November 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration
Vadim Valerievich Khizhnyakov
- 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 30.03.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 1000 rubles of compensation.Appeal 17.06.2021
the sentence was upheld.Involved in repression
Sergey Mikhailovich Petrashko
MoreState prosecutors25 october 1988
- Place:
- court of Leninsky district of Grodno
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 30.03.2021
Gennady Aleksandrovich Mazailo
MoreJudges30 november 1989
- Place:
- court of Leninsky district of Grodno
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 30.03.2021
Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
MoreOverseers26 september 1981
- Place:
- IK-1
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~27.09.2020 to 16.11.2022
- Case categories:
- Grodno protests 2020
- Hometown:
- Hrodna
- Birthday:
- 16.05.1968
- Was held in:
- IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
- Articles:
- Violence or threat of violence against an officer of the internal affairs agencies
- Groups:
- Entrepreneurs
- 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
- 2020
~27.09.2020
Transfer
Turma №1 — In custody
- 2021
30.03.2021
Trial outcome 30.03.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 1000 rubles of compensation, court of Leninsky district of Grodno
17.06.2021
Appeal 17.06.2021
the sentence was upheld, Grodno Regional Court
~30.06.2021
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody
- 2022
16.11.2022
Status change
Released