Former political prisonersPardoned

Vladislav Alexeyevich Anichkin

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Vladislav was arrested and convicted in the spring of 2024 for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in the fall of 2020, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.

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).

Sentences

Trial outcome 23.04.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 25.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Elena Igorevna Bogarevich
Elena Igorevna Bogarevich
State prosecutors17 october 2026
Place:
court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
23.04.2024
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Anastasia Vladimirovna Osipchik
Anastasia Vladimirovna Osipchik
Judges5 february 1985
Place:
court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
23.04.2024
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Sergey Fedorovich Khripach
Sergey Fedorovich Khripach
Judges16 april 1966
Place:
court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:
Appeal
Date:
25.06.2024
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Vladislav Alexeyevich Anichkin
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
09.01.1991
Was held in:
IUOT-24, 230025, Grodno, ul. Lidskaya, 29б
Articles:
Groups:
IT staff

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 28.03.2024

    Status change

    In custody

  3. 23.04.2024

    Trial outcome 23.04.2024

    3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk

  4. 23.04.2024

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  5. 25.06.2024

    Appeal 25.06.2024

    the sentence was upheld, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk

  6. 08.08.2024

    Transfer

    IUOT-24 — Penal labor facility