Valery was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against the election results that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Former political prisonersReleased
Valeriy Vitalievich Kolentchits
- 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 22.01.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Elena Alexandrovna Zhivitsa
MoreJudges9 april 1990
- Place:
- court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 22.01.2021
- In custody:
- from ~16.10.2020 to 22.01.2021
from 03.06.2021 to 17.11.2023 - Case categories:
- Protests 2020, Minsk
- Hometown:
- Asipovichy
- Birthday:
- 25.06.1995
- Number of children:
- 1
- Was held in:
- IUOT-9, 210034, Vitebsk, ul. 3-ya Chepinskaya, 39
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public order
- Groups:
- WorkersParents of minors
Timeline
- 2020
~16.10.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2021
22.01.2021
Trial outcome 22.01.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
22.01.2021
Status change
Released pending appeal
03.06.2021
Transfer
IUOT-9 — Penal labor facility
- 2023
17.11.2023
Status change
Released