Political prisoners
Vitaly Yanovich Kostetsky
- 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 29.04.2025
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 01.07.2025
unknown.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
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 09.08.2024 to present time
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 08.09.1980
- Mailing address:
- No information
- Articles:
- Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it
- 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
- 2024
09.08.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2025
29.04.2025
Trial outcome 29.04.2025
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions
01.07.2025
Appeal 01.07.2025
unknown, Supreme Court
~15.07.2025
Status change
In custody