Former political prisonersForced emigration

Andrey Ivanovich Semchuk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrei was arrested in February 2024 on charges of group actions grossly violating public order, and in August of that year, he was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral for participating in post-election protests that took place in 2020.

In February 2025, as part of a special case against Andrei, a court hearing was held in absentia on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Sentences

Trial outcome 02.05.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 25.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 12.02.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Dmitriy Ivanovich Sosnovsky
Dmitriy Ivanovich Sosnovsky
Judges22 december 1978
Place:
court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
02.05.2024
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Basil Vladimirovich Skok
Basil Vladimirovich Skok
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Grodno Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
25.07.2024
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Kirill Olegovich Efimovich
Kirill Olegovich Efimovich
Judges22 october 1998
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
12.02.2025
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Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Overseers11 june 1977
Place:
Turma №1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Co-defendants

Andrey Ivanovich Semchuk
In custody:
Hometown:
Hrodna
Birthday:
18.04.1974
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 16.02.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №1 — In custody

  3. 02.05.2024

    Trial outcome 02.05.2024

    2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno

  4. 02.05.2024

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  5. 25.07.2024

    Appeal 25.07.2024

    the sentence was upheld, Grodno Regional Court

  6. ~01.08.2024

    Status change

    Forced emigration