Former political prisonersPardoned

Vladislav Viktorovich Novozhentsev

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

The appeal hearing took place on December 22, 2023. The verdict entered into force.

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 19.10.2023

3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 23.12.2023

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov

Judges11 april 1967

Place:: Gomel Regional Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 23.12.2023

Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko

OthersOverseers29 june 1975

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko

Overseers25 april 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Overseers22 january 1980

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov

Overseers25 december 1994

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Artem Viktorovich Veselov

OverseersOthers7 august 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev

Overseers18 october 2026

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Hometown:: Gomel
Birthday:: 12.11.1981
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Articles:
Groups:: Creative people
Marks:

Timeline

2023
~15.08.2023
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
19.10.2023
Trial outcome 19.10.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
23.12.2023
Appeal 23.12.2023
the sentence was upheld, Gomel Regional Court
2024
10.01.2024
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned