Former political prisonersReleased

Dzmitry Eduardavich Pendzik

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Dmitry 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 August 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 25.08.2022

1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova

Judges4 october 1972

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 25.08.2022

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 16.02.1978
Was held in:: SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~08.10.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
17.08.2022
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
25.08.2022
Trial outcome 25.08.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
19.10.2022
Status change
Released