Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Aliaksei Mikalayevich Sopin

In November 2021, Aliaksei was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article "Insulting a judge or a people's assessor" for a comment, and was sentenced to restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.

In November 2024, an in absentia court hearing was held under special proceedings to consider a harsher type of punishment. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.

Sentences

Trial outcome 09.11.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 04.11.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).
Appeal 07.02.2025
unknown (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Anastasia Mikhailovna Leykovskaya
Anastasia Mikhailovna Leykovskaya
Judges22 december 1992
Place:
court of Pervomaisky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
09.11.2021
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Anna Igorevna Ignatyeva
Anna Igorevna Ignatyeva
Judges
Place:
court of Pervomaisky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
04.11.2024
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Faith Mikhailovna Golovkova
Faith Mikhailovna Golovkova
Judges20 august 1989
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
07.02.2025
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Aliaksei Mikalayevich Sopin
Hometown:
Minsk
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 09.11.2021

    Trial outcome 09.11.2021

    2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Pervomaisky district of Minsk

  3. ~09.11.2021

    Status change

    Probation

  4. ~24.12.2021

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  5. 2024
  6. 04.11.2024

    Regime change trial 04.11.2024

    unknown (trial in absentia), court of Pervomaisky district of Minsk

  7. 2025
  8. 07.02.2025

    Appeal 07.02.2025

    unknown (trial in absentia), Minsk City Court