Before his arrest, Anatoly was an individual entrepreneur and an active participant in the entrepreneurial movement. He is also known as an environmental activist during the construction and launch of the Svetlogorsk bleached cellulose plant, when numerous emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere occurred. Recently, he has been working in one of the enterprises in the field of car service.
He was detained in April 2025 under Part 2 of Article 367 (slander against Lukashenko) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. On April 25, 2025, he was transferred to Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3.
He was previously detained on February 14, 2023. He was also detained in 2020. Then in November, he was detained after a memorial event in memory of Roman Bondarenko, who was killed in Minsk. Anatoly was fined 40 b.v. Even earlier, Zmitrovich was brought to administrative responsibility under Art. 23.34 (violation of the procedure for holding mass events). Then he received a fine of 25 b.v.
Trial outcome date unknown
10 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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Alexey was initiallysentenced toadministrativearrestunder Article19.11of the Code of Administrative Offenses . A criminal case was then opened under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (assistance to extremist activity).
Alexey Kaidash worked in Mozyr as a professional photographer, taking wedding, children's, portrait, portfolio, and menu and catalog photos.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under special regime conditions.
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administratorof roadViberchatsabout the trafficsituationin Rechitsa and Gomel.He was detainedatthe end of March 2025.Heworkedfor Belorusneft.
"The GUBOPiKtook it from the house harshly . They are slappingArticle 361 [ note : probablythey are talking about Article361-4ofthe Criminal Code ] for photos ofRussianequipmenttakenin 2022 ," a source told the publication "Flagstock".
Detained in early May 2025 in the "Gayun case" - for transmitting data to the "Belarusian Gayun" telegram channel about the movement of military equipment.
Trial outcome 20.11.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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Vasily was convicted under the article “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them” and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
26.12. 2024 was subjected to administrative punishment under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity). After which a criminal case was opened.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In 2021, Demenchenko graduated from the Faculty of Information Technology at Polotsk State University, after which he worked as an electronics engineer at the Novopolotsk Central District Hospital, from where he resigned in the fall of 2022.
Over the following years, there were notes on social networks that the guy lived in Grodno and Warsaw. The last time Demenchenko was online was at the end of 2023. After that, he was most likely arrested.
Demenchenko was accused of "causing harm to the national security of Belarus." He could have been sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison, but the sentence would have been in a penal colony in any case. The nature of the charge and the exact term are unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Oleg Loiko, an evangelical pastor from the Khoyniki district, is accused of transmitting information about the movement of Russian military equipment through Belarus.
48-year-old Oleg Loiko is the pastor of an evangelical Christian church in the village of Nebytov in the Khoyniki District. Last December, he was arrested for 10 days for "spreading extremism."
The pastor spent many years rehabilitating people with drug addictions through the "Return" mission. Thanks to his work, hundreds of people have returned to normal lives. He has previously received numerous glowing reviews from state media.
A church minister was sentenced to three and a half years in a maximum-security prison for providing information about the movement of Russian military equipment to the Belarusian Gayun monitoring project. The trial was held behind closed doors.
Pastor Oleg does not admit that he committed crimes and considers his conscience clear before God.
He was re-sentenced in October 2025.
Trial outcome 20.08.2025
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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