Maxim was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of blocking railway tracks and hanging scarecrows in Brest.
On February 1, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration
Maxim Pavlovich Silyuk
- 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 18.05.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.Involved in repression
Elena Vasilievna Tikhonovich
MoreState prosecutors16 november 1990
- Place:
- Brest Lenin District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 18.05.2021
Marina Evgenievna Tarasyuk
MoreState prosecutors17 october 2026
- Place:
- Brest Lenin District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 18.05.2021
Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk
MoreJudges12 april 1983
- Place:
- Brest Lenin District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 18.05.2021
Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich
MoreOverseers18 october 1975
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
MoreOverseers9 january 1978
- Place:
- IK-17
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Co-defendants
- In custody:
- from 26.11.2020 to 01.02.2023
- Case categories:
- Direct actionBrest 2020 Protests
- Hometown:
- Brest
- Birthday:
- 16.12.1987
- Number of children:
- 1
- Was held in:
- IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
- Articles:
- Deliberate be made unserviceable of a vehicle or tool of communicationDisorderly conduct
- Groups:
- Parents of minors
- 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
- 2020
26.11.2020
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
- 2021
18.05.2021
Trial outcome 18.05.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Brest Lenin District Court
19.06.2021
Transfer
SIZO-6 — In custody
16.07.2021
Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court
30.07.2021
Transfer
IK-17 — In custody