Ivan was found guilty in December 2021 of publicly insulting Lukashenko on social media and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Former political prisonersReleased
Ivan Mikalayevich Khviashchuk
- 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 15.12.2021
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Involved in repression
Svetlana Vladimirovna Lukyanova
MoreJudges18 october 2026
- Place:
- Dobrush District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 15.12.2021
- In custody:
- from 15.12.2021 to ~15.12.2022
- Hometown:
- Dobrush
- Birthday:
- 14.06.1986
- Was held in:
- SIZO-3, Gomel, ul. Knizhnaya 1A, 246144
- Articles:
- Insulting the president
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2021
15.12.2021
Trial outcome 15.12.2021
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Dobrush District Court
15.12.2021
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
- 2022
~15.12.2022
Status change
Released