Yuri was arrested in May 2025 and convicted in November of that year of "assisting extremist activity." After the verdict was announced, he was released from custody pending the court's decision.
Political prisonersPenal labor facility
Yury Aliaksandravich Anisau
- 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 18.11.2025
5 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Appeal date unknown
unknown.Involved in repression
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
MoreOverseers19 march 1977
- Place:
- Turma №8
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in IUOT-21
- In custody:
- from 10.05.2025 to 18.11.2025
from ~16.03.2026 to present time - Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 21.04.1980
- Mailing address:
- IUOT-21, 247783, Gomel region, Mozyr, b-r Yunosti, 24
- Health problems:
- Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus
- Articles:
- Promoting extremist activitiesPromotion of extremist activity committed repeatedly or by a group of persons
- 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
- 2025
10.05.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
08.08.2025
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
08.11.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
18.11.2025
Trial outcome 18.11.2025
5 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Minsk Regional Court
18.11.2025
Status change
Released pending appeal