On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Alexander Sergeevich Barkun
- 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 05.09.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Involved in repression
Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
MoreJudges17 october 2026
- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 05.09.2024
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
MoreOverseers9 january 1978
- Place:
- IK-17
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from 09.06.2024 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 11.10.1978
- Was held in:
- IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
- Articles:
- Deliberate actions oriented at inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord on the basis of racial, national, religious, linguistic or other social membershipCalls for actions aimed at the detriment of the external security of the Republic of Belarus
- 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
- 2024
09.06.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
05.09.2024
Trial outcome 05.09.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
~26.09.2024
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned