Former political prisonersReleased

Ignat Igorevich Sidorchik

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Ignat, a poet, actor and director, was arrested and convicted of creating the Telegram chat “Progulka” (Walk), in which he invited friends to a meeting on August 9, 2020, and shared information on how to use proxy servers and applications in the context of the Internet block, and, according to the prosecution, “took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order.”

He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 16.02.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Involved in repression

Dmitry Viktorovich Podlipsky
Dmitry Viktorovich Podlipsky
State prosecutors17 october 2026
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
16.02.2021
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Yuri Viktorovich Mashketov
Yuri Viktorovich Mashketov
Judges19 may 1988
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
16.02.2021
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Ignat Igorevich Sidorchik
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
25.08.1989
Was held in:
IUOT-49, Shklov, Volodiozhnaya 2b, 213002
Articles:
Groups:
Creative people

Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. 10.08.2020

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  3. ~19.08.2020

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  4. 2021
  5. 16.02.2021

    Trial outcome 16.02.2021

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

  6. 16.02.2021

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  7. 14.06.2021

    Transfer

    IUOT-49 — Penal labor facility