Former political prisonersForced displacement

Dmitry Frantsevich Belanovich

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Dmitry was arrested and convicted in the fall of 2024 under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" 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 11.11.2024

3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.

Appeal 31.01.2025

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Tatiana Valerievna Pirozhnikova

Judges1 august 1987

Place:: court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 11.11.2024

Svetlana Yuryevna Makarevich

Judges16 may 1973

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 31.01.2025

Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Overseers9 january 1978

Place:: IK-17
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

In custody:
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 12.10.1980
Was held in:: IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

2024
18.04.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
11.11.2024
Trial outcome 11.11.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine, court of the Moscow district of Minsk
06.12.2024
Transfer
Turma №4 — In custody
2025
31.01.2025
Appeal 31.01.2025
the sentence was upheld, Minsk City Court
~20.02.2025
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody