On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Valery Grigorievich Sakharchuk
- 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 21.08.2024
2 years 6 months imprisonment in a correctional colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 25.10.2024
unknown.Involved in repression
Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk
MoreJudges12 april 1983
- Place:
- Brest Lenin District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 21.08.2024
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
MoreOverseers9 january 1978
- Place:
- IK-17
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~09.04.2024 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Brest
- Was held in:
- IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
- Articles:
- Insulting the presidentPublic insult to the President of the Republic of Belarus
Timeline
- 2024
~09.04.2024
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
21.08.2024
Trial outcome 21.08.2024
2 years 6 months imprisonment in a correctional colony under general regime conditions, Brest Lenin District Court
25.10.2024
Appeal 25.10.2024
unknown, Brest Regional Court
~20.11.2024
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned