Alexander was arrested in January 2021 in connection with the mass riots case and convicted on charges of participating in Telegram channels of a “radical orientation,” as well as intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka kiosks.
Political prisoners
Alexander Sergeevich Yurchik
- 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 19.07.2021
8 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.Appeal 23.11.2021
the sentence was upheld.Appeal 10.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.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
Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
MoreState prosecutors17 june 1986
- Place:
- court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 19.07.2021
Dmitriy Andreevich Ostapenko
MoreJudges20 february 1989
- Place:
- court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 19.07.2021
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
MoreOverseers19 march 1977
- Place:
- Turma №8
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
MoreOverseers26 september 1981
- Place:
- IK-1
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Co-defendants
Who else is held in IK-1
- In custody:
- from 16.01.2021 to present time
- Case categories:
- The case of «radical» chats
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 16.08.1969
- Mailing address:
- IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
- Articles:
- Deliberate destroying or damaging someone else's propertyParticipation in riots
- Groups:
- Believers
Timeline
- 2021
16.01.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
19.07.2021
Trial outcome 19.07.2021
8 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
~09.09.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
23.11.2021
Appeal 23.11.2021
the sentence was upheld, Minsk City Court
- 2022
~03.01.2022
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody