Former political prisonersReleased

Mikalai Mikalayevich Serhiyenia

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Nikolai was arrested in September 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 August 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.

He was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 19.08.2022

1 year 8 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.

Appeal 04.11.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Tatiana Nikolaevna Falkovskaya

Judges11 july 1971

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 19.08.2022

Fedor Ivanovich Chubkovets

Judges17 october 2026

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 04.11.2022

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Loktyshi
Birthday:: 24.02.1974
Was held in:: SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
08.10.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
2022
19.08.2022
Trial outcome 19.08.2022
1 year 8 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine, Minsk City Court
04.11.2022
Appeal 04.11.2022
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court
11.11.2022
Status change
Released