Political prisoners
Nikolay Petrovich Demchenko
- 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
Letter bank2Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 30.09.2024
unknown.Appeal 10.12.2024
unknown.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression

Anatoly Grigorievich Sotnikov
MoreJudges13 may 1976
- Place:
- Gomel Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 30.09.2024
- In custody:
- from ~13.03.2024 to present time
- Hometown:
- Malye Nemki
- Birthday:
- 19.05.1988
- Mailing address:
- No information
- Articles:
- Deliberate actions oriented at inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord on the basis of racial, national, religious, linguistic or other social membershipSlander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
- 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
~13.03.2024
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
30.09.2024
Trial outcome 30.09.2024
unknown, Gomel Regional Court
10.12.2024
Appeal 10.12.2024
unknown, Supreme Court
- 2025
~21.01.2025
Status change
In custody
