Sergei was arrested in May 2021 on charges of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" for his participation in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 against the election results and violence in the country by security forces. In September 2021, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction and released from custody in the courtroom.
Former political prisonersProbation
Sergey Alekseevich Shchitenko
- 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
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Sentences
Trial outcome 16.09.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Khavalko Dmitry
MoreState prosecutors18 october 2026
- Place:
- court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 16.09.2021
Julia Alexandrovna Bliznyuk
MoreJudges18 october 2026
- Place:
- court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 16.09.2021
- In custody:
- from 19.05.2021 to 16.09.2021
- Case categories:
- Protests 2020, Minsk
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 14.10.1977
- Was held in:
- SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public order
- 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
- 2021
19.05.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
16.09.2021
Trial outcome 16.09.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk
16.09.2021
Status change
Probation