Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Viachaslau Henadzyevich Smirnou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Vyacheslav was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" for posting leaflets with the texts "Adolf Grigoryevich Lukashenko" and "We need a corpse in a king's clothes, not a living idiot at the helm."

He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.

After his release, political persecution against Vyacheslav continued, and he was forced to leave Belarus.

Sentences

Trial outcome 27.10.2021

2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Involved in repression

Dyiana Valiantsinauna Klimovich

State prosecutors18 october 2026

Place:: court of Lyakhovichi district
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 27.10.2021

Tatiana Ivanovna Zherko

Judges22 january 1982

Place:: court of Lyakhovichi district
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 27.10.2021

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Hometown:: Dvorische
Birthday:: 15.06.1999
Family members:: Henadz Mikhajlavich Smirnou
Was held in:: IUOT-55, ul. Socyalisticheskaya, 7, Minsk, 220021
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Timeline

2021
27.10.2021
Trial outcome 27.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Lyakhovichi district
23.12.2021
Status change
In custody
2022
11.01.2022
Transfer
IUOT-55 — Penal labor facility
30.10.2022
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
09.11.2022
Transfer
IUOT-55 — Penal labor facility