Former political prisonersProbation

Catherine Alekseevna Bystryakova

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Pro-government Telegram channels claim that the girl had been abroad for several years.

In the "repentance video" she was forced to talk about how difficult it was for her in other countries of the world where she traveled, so she "made the decision to return to the territory of the Republic of Belarus in order to continue to live, work, develop and start a family on our Belarusian land."

Sentences

Trial outcome 24.10.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 14.02.2025
unknown.

Involved in repression

Inna Igorevna Sivets
Inna Igorevna Sivets
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
24.10.2024
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Alexander Anatolevich Rudenko
Alexander Anatolevich Rudenko
Judges1 december 1981
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
14.02.2025
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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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Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Catherine Alekseevna Bystryakova
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
06.06.1999
Was held in:
SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. ~26.08.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 24.10.2024

    Trial outcome 24.10.2024

    2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk

  4. 24.10.2024

    Status change

    Probation

  5. 2025
  6. 14.02.2025

    Appeal 14.02.2025

    unknown, Minsk City Court