Former political prisonersForced displacement

Nikolay Nikolaevich Hilo

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

An employee of the EU delegation to Belarus and a preacher of the Evangelical Christian Baptist Church. According to an EU official who wished to remain anonymous, Hilo was detained by the Belarusian KGB near the EU delegation building on 24 April 2024. After being held at Okrestina, he was taken into custody and is being held in the new pre-trial detention centre in Kolyadichi.

On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Nikolai Khilo.

Sentences

Trial outcome 30.12.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 07.03.2025
unknown.

Involved in repression

Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
30.12.2024
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Grintsevich
Nikolai Nikolaevich Grintsevich
Judges21 may 1966
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
07.03.2025
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Overseers26 september 1981
Place:
IK-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Nikolay Nikolaevich Hilo
In custody:
Hometown:
Gomel
Birthday:
17.10.1983
Was held in:
IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
Articles:
Groups:
Believers
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 24.04.2024

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  3. ~04.07.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  4. 30.12.2024

    Trial outcome 30.12.2024

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court

  5. 2025
  6. 07.03.2025

    Appeal 07.03.2025

    unknown, Supreme Court

  7. ~28.03.2025

    Transfer

    IK-1 — In custody