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).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Eugene Vladimirovich Sitko
- 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
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Sentences
Trial outcome 10.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 03.12.2024
unknown.Involved in repression

Tatiana Victorovna Lavrenyuk
MoreJudges19 september 1988
- Place:
- Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 10.10.2024

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~17.06.2024 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Brest
- Was held in:
- IK-9, Gorki, 213410, ul. Dobroliubova, 16
- Articles:
- Insulting the president
Timeline
- 2024
~17.06.2024
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
10.10.2024
Trial outcome 10.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
03.12.2024
Appeal 03.12.2024
unknown, Brest Regional Court
~27.12.2024
Transfer
IK-9 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned
