Former political prisoners

Vitold Mikhailovich Ashurak

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

21.05.2021 Member of the Sei of the BNF party, coordinator of the Grodno region "Rukha za Svabodu". He was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 18 January 2021, and died in a penal colony in Škloŭ reportedly from cardiac arrest.

Vitold, an activist from Berezovka and a member of the BPF party, as well as the coordinator of the For Freedom movement, was detained in September 2020 and later convicted of participating in protests. He served his sentence until his death, which occurred under unclear circumstances. No criminal case was opened into his death, and the official version points to "cardiac arrest." The relatives and associates of the political prisoner consider his death to be violent, which is also confirmed by former political prisoners.

On May 21, 2021, Vitold died in penal colony No. 17 in Shklov.

Sentences

Trial outcome 18.01.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.04.2021
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Maksim Yurievich Filatov
Maksim Yurievich Filatov
Judges23 august 1979
Place:
Lida District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
18.01.2021
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Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Overseers11 june 1977
Place:
Turma №1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Vitold Mikhailovich Ashurak
In custody:
Case categories:
Lida protests 2020
Hometown:
Ogorodniki
Birthday:
13.10.1970
Was held in:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Articles:
Groups:
Activists

Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. ~19.09.2020

    Transfer

    Turma №1 — In custody

  3. 2021
  4. 18.01.2021

    Trial outcome 18.01.2021

    5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Lida District Court

  5. ~19.01.2021

    Transfer

    IK-17 — In custody

  6. 08.04.2021

    Appeal 08.04.2021

    the sentence was upheld, Grodno Regional Court

  7. 21.05.2021

    Status change

    Death