Former political prisonersPardoned

Siarhei Skibinski

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Siarhei Skibinski is 41 years old. He is a designer. He was previously director of the design agency poligraf.by, which existed until 2020. Siarhei also runs his own design business as a sole proprietor, creating his own illustrations and projects. 

Siarhei will stand trial for “facilitating extremism” and taking part in protests.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned following another visit to Minsk by John Coale, special envoy of US President Donald Trump (as one of a group of 235 prisoners who were not deported and remained in Belarus).

Sentences

Trial outcome 18.10.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 31.01.2025
unknown.

Involved in repression

Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova
Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova
Judges4 october 1972
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
18.10.2024
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Ruslan Vitalievich Tsaruk
Ruslan Vitalievich Tsaruk
Judges28 may 1978
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
31.01.2025
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Siarhei Skibinski
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
07.08.1983
Was held in:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 24.01.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. ~20.05.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  4. 18.10.2024

    Trial outcome 18.10.2024

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court

  5. 15.11.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №4 — In custody

  6. 2025
  7. 31.01.2025

    Appeal 31.01.2025

    unknown, Supreme Court