Former political prisonersForced displacement

Pavel Georgievich Minchik

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Pavel was detained and in January 2025 he was sentenced to imprisonment under the articles “inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord” and “insulting Lukashenko.”

On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Sentences

Trial outcome 13.01.2025

unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 04.03.2025

unknown.

Involved in repression

Sergey Fedorovich Khripach

Judges16 april 1966

Place:: Minsk City Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 13.01.2025

Alexei Anatolevich Khlyshchenkov

Judges27 august 1982

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 04.03.2025

Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko

OthersOverseers29 june 1975

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko

Overseers25 april 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Overseers22 january 1980

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov

Overseers25 december 1994

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Artem Viktorovich Veselov

OverseersOthers7 august 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev

Overseers17 october 2026

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

In custody:
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 05.02.1981
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

2024
03.11.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
2025
13.01.2025
Trial outcome 13.01.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
04.03.2025
Appeal 04.03.2025
unknown, Supreme Court
31.03.2025
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
13.12.2025
Status change
Forced displacement