Former political prisonersReleased

Anton Fiodaravich Somau

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Anton was arrested in September 2021 in connection with 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 "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment. The sentence is unknown, but is believed to be three years.

He was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 06.09.2022
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Andrey Vladimirovich Preis
Andrey Vladimirovich Preis
Judges29 october 1981
Place:
Vitebsk Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.09.2022
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Anton Fiodaravich Somau
In custody:
Case categories:
Zeltser's case
Hometown:
Vitebsk
Birthday:
21.09.1968
Was held in:
IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 30.09.2021

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  3. 2022
  4. 22.08.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-2 — In custody

  5. 06.09.2022

    Trial outcome 06.09.2022

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Vitebsk Regional Court

  6. ~30.12.2022

    Transfer

    IK-22 — In custody

  7. 2024
  8. 06.06.2024

    Status change

    Released