Political prisoners

Viktar Hurko

Dissidentby since
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Detained for participating in protests in 2020.

On August 13, 2024, Judge Olga Lavrinovich will make a decision in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk "On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."

As of October 2025, it became known that Viktor was again detained and was being held in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.

Sentences

Trial outcome 14.03.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 13.08.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
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

Sergey Aleksandrovich Katzer
Sergey Aleksandrovich Katzer
Judges25 december 1982
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
14.03.2023
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Olga Anatolievna Lavrinovich
Olga Anatolievna Lavrinovich
Judges16 april 1988
Place:
court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
13.08.2023
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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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Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Who else is held in IK-22

Viktar Hurko
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
19.01.2001
Mailing address:
IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. ~01.11.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. 2023
  4. 14.03.2023

    Trial outcome 14.03.2023

    1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Moscow district of Minsk

  5. ~14.03.2023

    Status change

    Probation

  6. 13.08.2023

    Regime change trial 13.08.2023

    unknown, court of Oktyabrsky district of Minsk

  7. 2025
  8. ~27.08.2025

    Trial outcome date unknown

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions