Maxim was arrested in December 2020 and convicted of setting fire to tires and hanging scarecrows in Brest.
He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration
Maxim Yurievich Pytel
- 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
3 years 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
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Co-defendants
- In custody:
- from 15.12.2020 to 26.08.2023
- Case categories:
- Direct actionBrest 2020 Protests
- Hometown:
- Brest
- Birthday:
- 23.03.1991
- Was held in:
- IK №3
- Articles:
- Disorderly conduct
- 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
15.12.2020
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
- 2021
18.05.2021
Trial outcome 18.05.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Brest Lenin District Court
16.07.2021
Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court
~02.08.2021
Transfer
IK-3 — In custody
- 2023
26.08.2023
Status change
Released