Former political prisonersReleased

Mikalai Mikalayevich Dzemchanka

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Nikolai was arrested on September 29, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In September 2022, he was convicted of "discrediting Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.

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

Sentences

Trial outcome 02.09.2022

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.

Appeal 28.10.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Alexander Aleksandrovich Zinchuk

Judges17 october 2026

Place:: court of Novobelitsky district of Gomel
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 02.09.2022

Galina Alekseevna Svyatko

Judges17 october 2026

Place:: Gomel Regional Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 28.10.2022

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Gomel
Birthday:: 25.08.1989
Was held in:: SIZO-3, Gomel, ul. Knizhnaya 1A, 246144
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Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
30.08.2022
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
02.09.2022
Trial outcome 02.09.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine, court of Novobelitsky district of Gomel
28.10.2022
Appeal 28.10.2022
the sentence was upheld, Gomel Regional Court
2023
~31.03.2023
Status change
Released