
Former political prisonersPardoned
Nikolai Viktorovich Statkevich
- 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

Judge of the Central District Court of Minsk. As a representative of state authorities, he is involved in politically motivated persecution of Belarusian citizens. On May 31, 2005, he found opposition activists Pavel Seviarynets and Nikolai Statkevich guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("Organization or active participation in group actions that violate public order") and sentenced each of them to three years of restricted freedom.
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