Former political prisonersForced displacement

Andrey Sergeevich Voinich

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrei is an activist of the European Belarus movement, detained on September 25, 2020. He was one of the co-founders of the Zubr movement and has been repeatedly persecuted by the state. He was convicted of "preparing for mass riots."

On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Andrei Voynich.

Sentences

Trial outcome 25.05.2021
7 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 27.08.2021
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Irina Ramizovna Lancheva
Irina Ramizovna Lancheva
Judges12 july 1975
Place:
Mogilev Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
25.05.2021
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
OthersOverseers29 june 1975
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Overseers25 april 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Overseers22 january 1980
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Overseers25 december 1994
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Artem Viktorovich Veselov
Artem Viktorovich Veselov
OverseersOthers7 august 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Overseers
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Co-defendants

Andrey Sergeevich Voinich
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
15.04.1981
Number of children:
1
Was held in:
IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Health problems:
Arterial hypertension, Oncology, Diabetes mellitus, Cirrhosis of the liver
Articles:
Groups:
ActivistsParents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. 25.09.2020

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  3. ~05.10.2020

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  4. 2021
  5. 19.04.2021

    Transfer

    Turma №4 — In custody

  6. 25.05.2021

    Trial outcome 25.05.2021

    7 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, Mogilev Regional Court

  7. 27.08.2021

    Appeal 27.08.2021

    the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court