Former political prisonersReleased

Dmitry Ivanovich Poltorak

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Dmitry was convicted in August 2022 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in peaceful protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. Dmitry was captured on video by a journalist at the protests in the first days after the elections.

In May 2023, it became known that Dmitry was detained in a correctional facility and tried under an administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials," and sentenced to administrative arrest, which he served in the Gomel temporary detention facility.

In July of that year, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony; the outcome of the hearing is unknown.

Sentences

Trial outcome 05.08.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 08.11.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 11.07.2023
unknown.

Involved in repression

Elena Gennadyevna Zhukovich
Elena Gennadyevna Zhukovich
Judges22 july 1980
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
05.08.2022
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Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova
Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova
Judges4 october 1972
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
08.11.2022
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Andrey Aleksandrovich Lagunovich
Andrey Aleksandrovich Lagunovich
Judges29 november 1969
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Gomel
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
11.07.2023
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Svetlana Yuryevna Mozheiko
Svetlana Yuryevna Mozheiko
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Gomel
Type:
Administrative case
Date:
08.05.2023
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Dmitry Ivanovich Poltorak
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
01.06.1987
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. 05.08.2022

    Trial outcome 05.08.2022

    3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Soviet district of Minsk

  3. 05.08.2022

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  4. 08.11.2022

    Appeal 08.11.2022

    the sentence was upheld, Minsk City Court

  5. ~23.12.2022

    Transfer

    IUOT-7 — Penal labor facility

  6. 2023
  7. 06.05.2023

    Transfer

    IVS Gomel — In custody