Former political prisonersReleased

Ivan Viktaravich Rahatniou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Ivan was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In August 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 25.08.2022

1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Svetlana Alexandrovna Bondarenko

Judges1 may 1985

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 25.08.2022

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 13.11.1989
Was held in:: SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Timeline

2021
~30.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~08.10.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
2022
25.08.2022
Trial outcome 25.08.2022
1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
19.10.2022
Status change
Released