Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Uladzimir Khilmanovich

Grodno human rights activist and journalist Vladimir Khilmanovich has not lived in Belarus for two and a half years. But on December 1, 2023, a search was conducted in the apartment of Vladimir Khilmanovich’s wife, where he lived from 2014 to 2021, and a criminal case was opened.

Sentences

Trial outcome 19.08.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Appeal 25.10.2024
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Igor Vladimirovich Sobolev
Igor Vladimirovich Sobolev
Judges19 february 1969
Place:
Grodno Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
19.08.2024
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Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky
Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky
Judges16 december 1973
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
25.10.2024
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Uladzimir Khilmanovich
Hometown:
Hrodna
Birthday:
06.04.1967
Articles:
Groups:
Human rights activists
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. ~01.12.2021

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  3. 2024
  4. 19.08.2024

    Trial outcome 19.08.2024

    5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia), Grodno Regional Court

  5. 25.10.2024

    Appeal 25.10.2024

    the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court