As an individual entrepreneur, he was engaged in the repair and maintenance of computer equipment.
Political prisoners
Valery Stepanovich Mefodienko
- 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
Letter bank5Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 22.10.2024
8 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 03.01.2025
unknown.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression

Yuri Pavlovich Urban
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- Place:
- Vitebsk Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 22.10.2024
Who else is held in IK-2
- In custody:
- from 10.08.2024 to present time
- Case categories:
- Donate
- Hometown:
- Vitebsk
- Birthday:
- 30.07.1976
- Mailing address:
- IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
- Articles:
- Financing of terrorist activitiesFinancing of extremist activitiesFinancing of extremist activities
- Groups:
- EntrepreneursIT staff
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.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
- 2024
10.08.2024
Transfer
SIZO-2 — In custody
22.10.2024
Trial outcome 22.10.2024
8 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Vitebsk Regional Court
- 2025
03.01.2025
Appeal 03.01.2025
unknown, Supreme Court
~27.01.2025
Transfer
IK-2 — In custody










































