Former political prisonersReleased

Siarhei Anatolyevich Silich

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Sergei, the director of a freight transport company, was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of blocking railway tracks and hanging scarecrows in Brest.

According to human rights activists, he was released in July 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 18.05.2021

4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 16.07.2021

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Elena Vasilievna Tikhonovich

State prosecutors16 november 1990

Place:: Brest Lenin District Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 18.05.2021

Marina Evgenievna Tarasyuk

State prosecutors17 october 2026

Place:: Brest Lenin District Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 18.05.2021

Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk

Judges12 april 1983

Place:: Brest Lenin District Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 18.05.2021

Nikolay Alexeyevich Senko

Judges19 december 1972

Place:: Brest Regional Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 16.07.2021

Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik

Overseers16 november 1982

Place:: SIZO-6
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alexander Fomich Shego

Overseers1 february 1991

Place:: SIZO-6
Type:: Correctional officer

Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich

Overseers18 october 1975

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Heorhii Uladzimiravich Karpuk

Overseers17 october 2026

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Correctional officer

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

Vital Antanovich Dziamski

Overseers20 july 1980

Place:: Temporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Brest
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Evgeny Mikhailovich Kombul

Case No. FCS8OQ

Maxim Pavlovich Silyuk

Case No. FCS8OQ

Maxim Yurievich Pytel

Case No. FCS8OQ

Natallia Fedorovna Barynava

Case No. FCS8OQ

Alina Anatolyeuna Muratava

Case No. FCS8OQ

Vladimir Nikolaevich Kotyubko

Case No. FCS8OQ

Marina Igorevna Silenok

Case No. FCS8OQ

Sergey Alexandrovich Krasovsky

Case No. FCS8OQ

In custody:
Case categories:: Direct action Brest 2020 Protests
Hometown:: Brest
Birthday:: 04.04.1982
Number of children:: 2
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Articles:
Groups:: EntrepreneursParents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

2020
10.11.2020
Transfer
Temporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Brest — In custody
~20.11.2020
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
2021
18.05.2021
Trial outcome 18.05.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Brest Lenin District Court
16.07.2021
Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court
~22.07.2021
Transfer
SIZO-6 — In custody

Siarhei Anatolyevich Silich

Sentences

Involved in repression

Co-defendants

Timeline