Elena is from Minsk. She studied at BSU. Now she is retired. She leads a very active life - she goes to theaters, exhibitions and lectures, and also travels.
It is known that she was convicted for participating in the protests.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In 2020, Alexander and his wife took part in peaceful protests and supported Belarusian aid funds – “Country for Life” and BYSOL.
In August 2023, Alexander was summoned to the Financial Investigation Department for the first time, accused of transferring $20 to BYSOL. He paid $500 in "voluntary compensation" to the medical institution's account. In May 2024, he was detained by GUBOPiK officers for nine transfers totaling 90 euros to the "Country for Life" foundation made in 2021–2022. He paid 800 euros in "compensation" and was then forced to record a repentant video.
In June 2024, his wife was detained for participating in peaceful protests in 2020 and 2 months later was sentenced to house arrest. Alexander continued to be summoned for questioning, and on February 14, 2025, his criminal case under Articles 361-1 and 361-2 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activity" and "participation in an extremist group") was transferred to the Minsk City Court. The family was forced to urgently evacuate from the Republic of Belarus.
Elena is the wife of political prisoner Alexander Sharabayko, a bodybuilder from the deep, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.
His wife Elena was convicted of participating in a peaceful march, as were a number of residents of Glubokoe. Last fall, a police raid took place in the district center, during which security forces detained at least 20 people. During the inspection of the phones and computers of the detainees, the police identified several other participants in public protests from photographs.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Nikita, the younger brother of political prisoner Ihar Losik, was allegedly detained in April 2025 on charges of “assisting extremist activity” for allegedly forwarding several photographs of military equipment moving in 2022 to the Telegram channel “Belaruski Gayun”.
Nikita left Belarus before he began serving his sentence.
Writer and journalist Sasha Filipenko was forced to leave for Europe in 2020. Some of his publications have been translated into many languages and were on bestseller lists. The writer is engaged in promoting the Belarusian issue and has repeatedly appeared in Western media.
In November 2023, a search was conducted in the house of Sasha Filipenko's parents, his father, Alexander, was detained. Later, the Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk arrested him for 13 days.
In February 2024, Filipenko said that a criminal case had been opened against him, and that “two other cases were in the process of being opened.”
Alexander shared that the decision to open a criminal case against him states : "...through literature and other Internet resources, he insulted three professional groups... including patriotically minded citizens, which led to mass protests in Belarus...".
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