
Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration
Dmitry Vasilievich Sushchik
- 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

Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Igor Nikolaevich Volchek has been handing down politically motivated sentences in administrative and criminal cases since 2017. On March 2, 2022, he sentenced Dmitry Sushchik to 1.5 years in prison for insulting Lukashenko. On December 6, 2022, he sentenced Vitaly Andreyev to 1 year in prison for insulting Lukashenko. He held trials behind closed doors.
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