Uladzislau Savin

Political prisoner

Date of birth: 18 August 1978

Date of detention: 8 April 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Part 4 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code — Fraud committed by an organized group or on a large scale
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 10 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 20 January 2023

Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich, Viktoryia Pakunova

Prosecutor: Vadzim Karachun

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Groups: Cultural workers

Uladzislau Savin is a producer and a blogger. He was accused of fraud on a large scale (Part 4 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code) and organizing and participating in unauthorized protest actions (Art. 342 of the Criminal Code). Allegedly, in 2015-2016, Savin failed to arrange the participation in the first reality show in Belarus that was promised to more than 100 people. Besides, he was accused of participating in three protest marches in 2020, and of organizing protests through videos on his Instagram page. Savin pleaded guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (protetsts), but he pleaded not guilty under Art. 209 (fraud).

On March 30, 2022, after four months of court proceedings, the Zavodski District Court of Minsk announced the verdict. The judge Anzhela Kastsiukevich sentenced Savin to eight years of imprisonment in an enhanced-security penal colony—the punishment requested by the state prosecution.

On October 26, 2022, a new criminal case against Savin was considered in the Baranavichy District and City Court. That time Savin was tried under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenka in a poem, in his appeal against the above sentence. The judge Viktoryia Pakunova sentenced him to two more years of imprisonment. The prosecution was represented by the Baranavichy interdistrict prosecutor assistant Vadzim Karachun.

As a result of the combined sentences, Savin is to serve seven and a half years of imprisonment in an enhanced-security penal colony.

Place of detention: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

Addresses of prisons:

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  • Pre-trial detention center No. 1
    223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
    54 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 7
    224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37
    18 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 8
    222163, Žodzina, vulica Savieckaja 22A
    26 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 6
    225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B
    3 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center of KGB
    220050, Minsk, Main Post Office, subscriber box 8
    4 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 3
    246003, Homieĺ, vulica Knižnaja 1A
    14 political prisoners
  • Prison No. 1
    230023, Hrodna, vulica Kirava 1
    23 political prisoners
  • Prison No. 4
    212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A
    49 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 17
    213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8
    77 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 9
    213410, Horki, vulica Dabraliubava 16
    8 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 2
    213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1
    54 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 2
    210026, Viciebsk, vulica Haharyna 2
    11 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 1
    211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8
    86 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 49
    213010, Škloŭ, vulica Maladziožnaja 2B
    6 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 3
    211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba
    90 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 15
    213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
    106 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 39
    222002, Krupki district, Krupki-2
    5 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 46
    213188, Kruhlaje, vulica Savieckaja, 96
    4 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 13
    211793, Hlubokaje, Saveckaja 205
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 29
    230415, Vaŭkavysk, vulica Rakasouskaha 118
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 48
    213765, Asipovičy, vulica Sumchanki 38
    1 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 43
    212003, Mahilioŭ, vulica Čaliuskincaŭ 76a
    6 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 4
    246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
    111 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 14
    222125, Minsk region, Barysaŭ district, s.n.p. Navasady, vulica Miru 1a
    13 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 22
    225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20
    64 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 7
    225136, Pružany district, Kuplina
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 17
    246020, Homiel, vul. Barysenka, 13, building 2
    5 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 9
    210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 39
    7 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 45
    225073, Brest region, Kamenetsky district, Sushki
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 6
    225889, Brest region, Kobrin district, Lushchyky
    5 political prisoners
  • Scientific And Practical Center For Mental Health
    220053, Minsk, Daŭhinaŭski trakt 152
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 21
    247783, Mazyr, buĺvar Junactva, 24
    10 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 11
    231900, Volkovysk, Rokossovsky str., 118
    13 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 47
    213470, Mogilev region, Mstislavl, Kalinina str., 31
    1 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 24
    230025, Grodno, Lidskaya str. 29 b
    6 political prisoners
  • Released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
    39 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 20
    247755, Homieĺ region, Mazyr district, Michalkoŭski sieĺsaviet, 70
    11 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 8
    211388, Viciebskaja vobl., Orša, vul. Lienina, 195A
    9 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 5
    213826, Babrujsk, 1-y Pierajezny zavulak, 10
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 25
    231707, Hrodna, vulica Lienina 12a
    2 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 24
    247526, vulica Vytvorčaja, 44, Zarečča, Rečyca district, Homieĺ region
    4 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 36
    220039, Minsk, Korotkevicha str., 14
    6 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 55
    220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 51
    220118, g. Minsk, vul. Kabushkina, 54A
    2 political prisoners
  • Temporary detention facility of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Rechitsa District Executive Committee
    247483, Homielskaja vobl., g. Rechitsa, vul. Savieckaja, 35
    1 political prisoners

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