Former political prisonersForced displacement

Andrey Viktorovich Subtelnyi

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrei was convicted in the summer of 2024 under the articles “inciting hatred or discord” and “calls for sanctions” and sentenced to imprisonment.

On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Sentences

Trial outcome 06.06.2024

3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 20.08.2024

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Svetlana Yuryevna Makarevich

Judges16 may 1973

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 06.06.2024

Edgar Vyacheslavovich Martirosyan

Judges18 october 2026

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 20.08.2024

Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko

OthersOverseers29 june 1975

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko

Overseers25 april 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Overseers22 january 1980

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov

Overseers25 december 1994

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Artem Viktorovich Veselov

OverseersOthers7 august 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev

Overseers18 october 2026

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

In custody:
Hometown:: Starye Dorogi
Birthday:: 31.05.1997
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

2024
~08.04.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
06.06.2024
Trial outcome 06.06.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
20.08.2024
Appeal 20.08.2024
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court
~16.10.2024
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
2025
13.12.2025
Status change
Forced displacement