On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Vladimir Vladimirovich Shemyakin
- 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 08.08.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 26.09.2025
the sentence was upheld.Involved in repression
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
MoreOverseers19 march 1977
- Place:
- Turma №8
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
MoreOverseers9 january 1978
- Place:
- IK-17
- 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 ~18.08.2025 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Salihorsk
- Birthday:
- 09.01.1969
- Was held in:
- IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public order
- Groups:
- Believers
Timeline
- 2025
08.08.2025
Trial outcome 08.08.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions
~18.08.2025
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
26.09.2025
Appeal 26.09.2025
the sentence was upheld
31.10.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
05.11.2025
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody