Former political prisonersPardoned

Vital Viktaravich Kanurkin

Dissidentby since
Viasna since
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Vitaly worked as a lead programmer and then as a lead network administrator for the Grodno Regional Executive Committee's Administration.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).

Sentences

Trial outcome 26.07.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Basil Vladimirovich Skok
Basil Vladimirovich Skok
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Grodno Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
26.07.2024
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Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Overseers11 june 1977
Place:
Turma №1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Vital Viktaravich Kanurkin
In custody:
Hometown:
Hrodna
Birthday:
16.09.1981
Was held in:
IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
Articles:
Groups:
IT staff
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024

  2. 06.02.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №1 — In custody

  3. 26.07.2024

    Trial outcome 26.07.2024

    unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Grodno Regional Court

  4. ~20.08.2024

    Transfer

    IK-2 — In custody

  5. 2026

  6. 20.03.2026

    Status change

    Pardoned