Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Oleg Antonovich Kulesha

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Oleg was arrested in June 2021 and later convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

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

Sentences

Trial outcome 06.10.2021
1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.12.2021
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Andrey Alexandrovich Manko
Andrey Alexandrovich Manko
State prosecutors2 february 1994
Place:
Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.10.2021
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Maria Victorovna Oliferuk
Maria Victorovna Oliferuk
Judges4 december 1984
Place:
Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.10.2021
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Catherine Nikolaevna Gruda
Catherine Nikolaevna Gruda
Judges16 october 1980
Place:
Brest Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
14.12.2021
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Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya
Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya
Judges16 july 1966
Place:
Brest Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
14.12.2021
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Valentina Stepanovna Kunitskaya
Valentina Stepanovna Kunitskaya
Judges25 march 1958
Place:
Brest Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
14.12.2021
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Igor Anatolevich Zhitko
Igor Anatolevich Zhitko
Judges3 september 1979
Place:
court of Pruzhany district
Type:
Administrative case
Date:
24.03.2023
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Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-6
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Fomich Shego
Alexander Fomich Shego
Overseers1 february 1991
Place:
SIZO-6
Type:
Correctional officer
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Anatoly Akudovich
Anatoly Akudovich
Overseers17 october 2026
Place:
SIZO-6
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich
Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich
Overseers18 october 1975
Place:
SIZO-7
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Heorhii Uladzimiravich Karpuk
Heorhii Uladzimiravich Karpuk
Overseers17 october 2026
Place:
SIZO-7
Type:
Correctional officer
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Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Overseers9 january 1981
Place:
IK-2
Type:
Correctional officer
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Oleg Antonovich Kulesha
In custody:
Hometown:
Pruzhany
Birthday:
05.10.1971
Was held in:
IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
Health problems:
Vision
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 10.06.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-7 — In custody

  3. 06.10.2021

    Trial outcome 06.10.2021

    1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Court of the Maskouski District of Brest

  4. 14.12.2021

    Appeal 14.12.2021

    the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court

  5. 2022
  6. ~15.01.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-6 — In custody

  7. ~20.01.2022

    Transfer

    IK-2 — In custody