Former political prisonersReleased

Vital Viktaravich Lojka

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Vitaly was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In July 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.

He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 13.07.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 rubles of compensation.

Appeal 27.09.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Elena Mikhailovna Misnik

Judges19 july 1974

Place:: Minsk Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 13.07.2022

Peter Alexeyevich Listratenko

Judges17 october 2026

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 27.09.2022

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Overseers9 january 1978

Place:: IK-17
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Salihorsk
Birthday:: 22.01.1991
Was held in:: IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Timeline

2021
30.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~08.10.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
~15.06.2022
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
13.07.2022
Trial outcome 13.07.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 rubles of compensation, Minsk Regional Court
03.08.2022
Transfer
Turma №4 — In custody