Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Andrei Mikalayevich Hapiyenka

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrei was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In September 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 21.09.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 09.12.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Ruslan Vitalievich Tsaruk

Judges28 may 1978

Place:: Gomel Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 21.09.2022

Alexei Lvovich Tetyukhin

Judges27 march 1958

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 09.12.2022

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Gomel
Birthday:: 16.11.1982
Number of children:: 3
Was held in:: IK №3
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Timeline

2021
30.09.2021
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
2022
21.09.2022
Trial outcome 21.09.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
09.12.2022
Appeal 09.12.2022
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court
~26.12.2022
Transfer
IK-3 — In custody
2023
24.02.2023
Status change
Released