Vitaly was found guilty in October 2021 of "defamation of the President of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Former political prisonersReleased
Vital Mikhajlavich Markusheuski
- 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 19.10.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Vladimir Vladimirovich Poznyak
MoreJudges22 june 1979
- Place:
- court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 19.10.2021
- In custody:
- from 07.11.2021 to 11.01.2024
- Hometown:
- Hrodna
- Birthday:
- 19.05.1988
- Was held in:
- IUOT-43, 212003, Mogilev, ul. Cheliuskentsev, 76A
- Articles:
- Defamation against the President of the Republic of Belarus
- 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
- 2021
19.10.2021
Trial outcome 19.10.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
07.11.2021
Transfer
IUOT-43 — Penal labor facility
- 2024
11.01.2024
Status change
Released