Former political prisonersReleased

Stsiapan Viktaravich Talkachou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Stepan was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In August 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 26.08.2022

2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 15.11.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Olga Ivanovna Gritskevich

State prosecutors18 december 1984

Place:: Brest Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 26.08.2022

Nina Vladimirovna Shestak

Judges1 may 1958

Place:: Brest Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 26.08.2022

Igor Vyacheslavovich Lyubovitsky

Judges21 july 1983

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 15.11.2022

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka

Overseers27 december 1979

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

Alexander Fomich Shego

Overseers1 february 1991

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Correctional officer

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize

Overseers9 january 1981

Place:: IK-2
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Brest
Birthday:: 12.06.1992
Was held in:: IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
04.10.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
~01.06.2022
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
26.08.2022
Trial outcome 26.08.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Brest Regional Court
15.11.2022
Appeal 15.11.2022
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court