He was severely beaten during his arrest. He had thyroid cancer, which required a thyroidectomy. He requires ongoing maintenance medication.
Political prisoners
Aliaksandr Anatolyevich Famin
- 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
Letter bank1Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal date unknown
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

Sergey Viktorovich Baginsky
MoreJudges15 october 1969
- Place:
- Gomel Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance

Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
MoreOverseers26 september 1981
- Place:
- IK-1
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in IK-1
- In custody:
- from ~04.08.2025 to present time
- Hometown:
- Rechica
- Birthday:
- 12.06.1981
- Mailing address:
- IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
- Health problems:
- Oncology, Thyroid
- Articles:
- Promoting extremist activitiesPromotion of extremist activity committed repeatedly or by a group of persons
- Marks:
- 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
- 2025
~04.08.2025
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
- 2026
~21.01.2026
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
~28.04.2026
Appeal date unknown
unknown
~22.05.2026
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody



















































