On 02/09/2024 an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
Political prisoners
Alexander Aleksandrovich Chumakov
- 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 04.12.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 09.02.2024
unknown.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.
Involved in repression

Zhanna Leonidovna Brysina
MoreJudges17 october 2026
- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 04.12.2023
Who else is held in IK-3
- In custody:
- from ~07.08.2023 to present time
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 07.02.1984
- Mailing address:
- IK №3
- Articles:
- Incitement of racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2023
~07.08.2023
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
04.12.2023
Trial outcome 04.12.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
- 2024
09.02.2024
Appeal 09.02.2024
unknown, Minsk City Court
~20.02.2024
Transfer
IK-3 — In custody































