Political prisoners

Vyacheslav Olegovich Demenchenko

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In 2021, Demenchenko graduated from the Faculty of Information Technology at Polotsk State University, after which he worked as an electronics engineer at the Novopolotsk Central District Hospital, from where he resigned in the fall of 2022.

Over the following years, there were notes on social networks that the guy lived in Grodno and Warsaw. The last time Demenchenko was online was at the end of 2023. After that, he was most likely arrested.

Demenchenko was accused of "causing harm to the national security of Belarus." He could have been sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison, but the sentence would have been in a penal colony in any case. The nature of the charge and the exact term are unknown.

Sentences

Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.

Vyacheslav Olegovich Demenchenko
In custody:
Case categories:
Return to Belarus
Hometown:
Shpakovschina
Birthday:
30.09.1993
Mailing address:
No information
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Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. ~09.11.2023

    Status change

    In custody

  3. 2025
  4. ~21.04.2025

    Trial outcome date unknown

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions