A member of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's initiative group in Gomel was detained on June 7, 2020, and accused of participating in "mass riots" and plans to "seize buildings."
He is expected to be released in February 2026.
Former political prisonersReleased
Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalin
- 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 04.05.2021
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.Appeal 06.08.2021
the sentence was upheld.Involved in repression
Denis Alexandrovich Mikushev
MoreState prosecutors21 march 1980
- Place:
- court of Zheleznodorozhny district of Gomel
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 04.05.2021
Alexei Anatolevich Khlyshchenkov
MoreJudges27 august 1982
- Place:
- court of Zheleznodorozhny district of Gomel
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 04.05.2021
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
MoreOverseers9 january 1978
- Place:
- IK-17
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~07.06.2020 to 16.02.2026
- Hometown:
- Zhgun
- Birthday:
- 30.04.1984
- Number of children:
- 4
- Was held in:
- IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
- Articles:
- Capture of buildings and constructionsParticipation in riots
- Groups:
- ActivistsParents of minors
- 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
- 2020
~07.06.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2021
~31.03.2021
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
04.05.2021
Trial outcome 04.05.2021
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of Zheleznodorozhny district of Gomel
06.08.2021
Appeal 06.08.2021
the sentence was upheld, Gomel Regional Court
12.09.2021
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody