Former political prisonersReleased

Vitaly Ivanovich Scherbich

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Vitaly worked in a private medical laboratory and was interested in airsoft, military history, science fiction, and motorcycles. He was detained at home on November 17, 2020, and convicted of "preparing for mass riots."

He was released in July 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 09.04.2021

4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.

Involved in repression

Olga Viktorovna Dindilevich

State prosecutors3 december 1991

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 09.04.2021

Angela Evgenievna Kostyukevich

Judges15 august 1986

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 09.04.2021

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

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

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

Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Overseers9 january 1978

Place:: IK-17
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 28.08.1977
Number of children:: 2
Was held in:: IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Articles:
Groups:: Healthcare workersParents of minors

Timeline

2020
~17.11.2020
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2021
~23.03.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
09.04.2021
Trial outcome 09.04.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
~18.05.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
~31.05.2021
Transfer
Turma №4 — In custody