Former political prisonersProbation

Valery Ivanovich Vishchenya

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Valery was detained on April 29, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened after a protest action, the March of Heroes, which took place in Minsk on September 13, 2020. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."

In July 2022, his sentence was changed and he was transferred to “house arrest” due to health reasons.

Sentences

Trial outcome 12.07.2021

3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 60 rubles of compensation.

Regime change trial 05.07.2022

restriction of freedom until the end of the term.

Involved in repression

Timofey Sergeevich Nichiporuk

State prosecutors1 october 1998

Place:: Court of the Central District of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 12.07.2021

Dmitriy Sergeyevich Karsyuk

Judges12 july 1995

Place:: Court of the Central District of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 12.07.2021

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:: Lyuban
Birthday:: 12.07.1987
Number of children:: 4
Family members:: Anastasia Alexandrovna Rudakova
Was held in:: IUOT-9, 210034, Vitebsk, ul. 3-ya Chepinskaya, 39
Health problems:: Disability
Articles:
Groups:: People with disabilitiesParents of minors

Timeline

2021
29.04.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
12.07.2021
Trial outcome 12.07.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 60 rubles of compensation, Court of the Central District of Minsk
12.07.2021
Status change
Released pending appeal
05.09.2021
Transfer
IUOT-9 — Penal labor facility
2022
05.07.2022
Regime change trial 05.07.2022
restriction of freedom until the end of the term