On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Maksim Akulau
- 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 24.12.2024
unknown.Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown.Involved in repression
Angela Evgenievna Kostyukevich
MoreJudges15 august 1986
- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 24.12.2024
Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
MoreOthersOverseers29 june 1975
- Place:
- IK-15
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from 24.12.2024 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 14.01.1971
- Was held in:
- IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
- Articles:
- Promotion of extremist activity committed repeatedly or by a group of persons
- 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
- 2024
24.12.2024
Trial outcome 24.12.2024
unknown, Minsk City Court
24.12.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2025
25.02.2025
Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown, Supreme Court
~20.03.2025
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned