Former political prisonersForced displacement

Vitaly Viktorovich Giria

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Vitaly was detained and in the fall of 2024 found guilty of "participation in mass riots" and sentenced to imprisonment.

On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Sentences

Trial outcome 20.09.2024

3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 22.11.2024

unknown.

Involved in repression

Eugene Anatolevich Bregan

Judges26 march 1982

Place:: Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 20.09.2024

Sergey Aleksandrovich Berezyuk

Judges8 january 1973

Place:: Brest Regional Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 22.11.2024

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka

Overseers27 december 1979

Place:: SIZO-7
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Sergey Sergeevich Filimonov

Case No. EM0BAD

Igor Anatolyevich Voronovich

Case No. EM0BAD

Alexander Anatolyevich Shtyk

Case No. EM0BAD

Vladislav Vitalievich Piskunovich

Case No. EM0BAD

Evgeny Nikolaevich Melnichuk

Case No. EM0BAD

Dmitriy Valerievich Postnikov

Case No. EM0BAD

In custody:
Case categories:: Brest 2020 Protests The case of «mass riots», Brest, 2020
Hometown:: Brest
Birthday:: 05.08.2004
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Timeline

2024
~18.03.2024
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
20.09.2024
Trial outcome 20.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
22.11.2024
Appeal 22.11.2024
unknown, Brest Regional Court
~05.12.2024
Status change
In custody
2025
13.12.2025
Status change
Forced displacement

Vitaly Viktorovich Giria

Sentences

Involved in repression

Co-defendants

Timeline