Former political prisonersReleased

Nikita Olegovich Filchuk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Nikita was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Lida in August 2020. On August 12, he was detained and fined under an administrative article (10 basic units). In February 2021, he was detained again for the same events, but this time on a criminal case. After posting bail, he was released pending trial, and in June of the same year, he was sentenced to restricted freedom with direction.

According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 18.06.2021
3 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 24.08.2021
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Artem Valerievich Rowbo
Artem Valerievich Rowbo
State prosecutors1 october 1994
Place:
Lida District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
18.06.2021
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Vladimir Kazimirovich Fedorovich
Vladimir Kazimirovich Fedorovich
Judges26 october 1980
Place:
Lida District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
18.06.2021
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Nikita Olegovich Filchuk
In custody:
Case categories:
Lida protests 2020
Hometown:
Lida
Birthday:
18.07.2002
Was held in:
IUOT-7, Gomel, ul. Borisenko, 13, 246020
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 18.06.2021

    Trial outcome 18.06.2021

    3 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Lida District Court

  3. 24.08.2021

    Appeal 24.08.2021

    the sentence was upheld, Grodno Regional Court

  4. 16.09.2021

    Transfer

    IUOT-7 — Penal labor facility

  5. 2025
  6. ~06.01.2025

    Status change

    Released