Former political prisonersReleased

Leanid Leanidavich Astapenka

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Leonid was found guilty in January 2022 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

In November 2024, a court hearing was held for Igor Nikolaevich Volnich "on compensation for moral damages caused as a result of a crime." It is unknown whether this was the same claim for compensation awarded in January 2022, or whether this was a new incident.

Sentences

Trial outcome 19.01.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Trial outcome 12.11.2024
unknown rubles of compensation.

Involved in repression

Valentina Ivanovna Novikova
Valentina Ivanovna Novikova
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Mozyr district court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
19.01.2022
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Tatiana Leonidovna Kucherova
Tatiana Leonidovna Kucherova
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Mozyr district court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
12.11.2024
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Ihar Mikalayevich Volnich
Ihar Mikalayevich Volnich
Others5 june 1994
Type:
Other
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Leanid Leanidavich Astapenka
In custody:
Hometown:
Mazyr
Birthday:
27.09.1972
Was held in:
IUOT-55, ul. Socyalisticheskaya, 7, Minsk, 220021
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. 19.01.2022

    Trial outcome 19.01.2022

    1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation, Mozyr district court

  3. ~20.04.2022

    Transfer

    IUOT-55 — Penal labor facility

  4. 2023
  5. ~20.10.2023

    Status change

    Released

  6. 2024
  7. 12.11.2024

    Trial outcome 12.11.2024

    unknown rubles of compensation, Mozyr district court