Political prisoners
Vitaly Vladimirovich Petrenko
- 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 bank2Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 10.03.2025
2 years 6 months 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

Nikolay Petrovich Rachinsky
MoreJudges21 march 1972
- Place:
- Grodno Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 10.03.2025

Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
MoreOverseers26 september 1981
- Place:
- IK-1
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in IK-1
- In custody:
- from 10.03.2025 to present time
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 29.11.1978
- Mailing address:
- IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
- Articles:
- Deliberate actions oriented at inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord on the basis of racial, national, religious, linguistic or other social membershipSlander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Groups:
- Entrepreneurs
- Marks:
- 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
- 2025
10.03.2025
Trial outcome 10.03.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Grodno Regional Court
10.03.2025
Transfer
Turma №1 — In custody
- 2026
~20.05.2026
Appeal date unknown
unknown
~15.06.2026
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody




















































