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
Vasily Vadimovich Bachko
- 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 date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal date unknown
unknown.Involved in repression
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~17.03.2025 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Krylovo
- Birthday:
- 30.11.1996
- Articles:
- Calls for actions aimed at the detriment of the external security of the Republic of Belarus
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.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
- 2025
~17.03.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
~22.05.2025
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
~20.06.2025
Transfer
Turma №4 — In custody
~31.07.2025
Appeal date unknown
unknown
21.08.2025
Status change
In custody