He was arrested in early April 2024. In a "confessional" video from April 4, 2024, he "confessed" to "waving his hand" to the crowd during the rally, saying "surround the riot police," and throwing stones.
Political prisoners
Evgeny Nikolaevich Melnichuk
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
Letter bank3Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 20.09.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 22.11.2024
the sentence was upheld.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression
Eugene Anatolevich Bregan
MoreJudges26 march 1982
- Place:
- Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 20.09.2024
Sergey Aleksandrovich Berezyuk
MoreJudges8 january 1973
- Place:
- Brest Regional Court
- Type:
- Appeal
- Date:
- 22.11.2024
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
MoreOverseers9 january 1978
- Place:
- IK-17
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Co-defendants
Who else is held in IK-17
- In custody:
- from ~04.04.2024 to present time
- Case categories:
- Brest 2020 Protests
- Hometown:
- Brest
- Birthday:
- 08.03.1990
- Mailing address:
- IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
- Articles:
- Participation in riots
Timeline
- 2024
~04.04.2024
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
20.09.2024
Trial outcome 20.09.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
22.11.2024
Appeal 22.11.2024
the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court
~29.11.2024
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody