Former political prisonersReleased

Alexey Gennadievich Melnikov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Alexey was arrested on December 4, 2020, in connection with a criminal case on mass riots and convicted of participating in a protest that took place in August 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.

He is expected to be released on June 16, 2025.

Sentences

Trial outcome 16.03.2021

5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.

Trial outcome 04.10.2021

approximately 1340 rubles of compensation.

Trial outcome 19.10.2021

approximately 1600 rubles of compensation.

Involved in repression

Christina Egorovna Kochanova

State prosecutors23 march 1992

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 16.03.2021

Zhanna Anatolievna Khvoynitskaya

Judges7 january 1973

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 16.03.2021

Anna Dmitrievna Shlyakhtova

State prosecutors12 march 1994

Place:: court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 04.10.2021

Maria Nikolaevna Leshkevich

Judges17 april 1982

Place:: court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 04.10.2021

Michael Gavrilov

State prosecutors18 october 2026

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 19.10.2021

Marina Alexandrovna Savchuk

Judges18 october 2026

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 19.10.2021

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Overseers9 january 1978

Place:: IK-17
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 20.05.1991
Was held in:: IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Timeline

2020
~04.12.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
2021
16.03.2021
Trial outcome 16.03.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
~30.04.2021
Transfer
Turma №4 — In custody
04.10.2021
Trial outcome 04.10.2021
approximately 1340 rubles of compensation, court of the Soviet district of Minsk
19.10.2021
Trial outcome 19.10.2021
approximately 1600 rubles of compensation, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk