Former political prisonersPardoned

Dmitry Mikhailovich Sonchik

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

It is known that Sonchik worked as a driver for a long time, and recently as a truck driver. Dmitry is interested in motorsports and amateur radio.

The video with Sonchik was released on May 7, 2024 on the GUBOPiK channel, he was detained upon returning from abroad. He was bombarded with comments in Telegram - they said that he left more than a thousand of them.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).

Sentences

Trial outcome 13.01.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Olga Antonovna Tsarik
Olga Antonovna Tsarik
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
court of the Partizansky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
13.01.2025
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Mikhailovich Sonchik
In custody:
Case categories:
Return to Belarus
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
15.05.1984
Articles:
Groups:
Service sector
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. ~06.05.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 2025
  4. 13.01.2025

    Trial outcome 13.01.2025

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of the Partizansky district of Minsk

  5. 05.02.2025

    Transfer

    Turma №4 — In custody

  6. 26.03.2025

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  7. ~01.04.2025

    Appeal date unknown

    unknown