Political prisoners

Vladimir, according to available information, a former riot police commander and deputy of the Pushkinsky electoral district No. 9 (agro-town of Kolodishchi) of the 27th convocation, was detained in December 2021 after an attempted attack on GOM-2 of the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs in Minsk on August 16, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated under the article "act of terrorism".

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, "an organized criminal group operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with the goal of committing extremist crimes. The group included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally." The case involves charges of attempted arson of the home of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."

Vladimir was convicted under several criminal articles to a long term of imprisonment, the first five of which were prison terms. He was also stripped of his military rank.

Denis was detained in December 2021 after an attempted attack on GOM-2 of the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs in Minsk on August 16, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated under the article "act of terrorism". In June 2023, he was convicted under the articles on "conspiracy to seize state power" and "creation of an extremist formation".

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."

Lyceum student of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Detained together with a citizen of the Russian Federation Anton Lysov. He is accused of setting fire to the car of the head of the Forensic examination Committee Alexei Volkov.

On March 31, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Detained for comments in social networks.

At the beginning of September, the telegram channel of the volunteer initiative “Lists of Detainees” published information about the detention of an entire family: Yan, Anastasia and Ales Papkovich.

Special forces burst into Jan's apartment. During the arrest, security forces shot a machine gun and wounded a dog that started barking at them.

For a month, Yan was in a KGB pre-trial detention center, where he was tortured and could not walk. In stories on BT, Yan was shown as a mercenary who was going to Ukraine. It is known that Yang did not admit his guilt at the trial. One of the witnesses at the trial stated that “they put pressure on him, and he signed everything they said.” As evidence of Yan’s guilt, his private correspondence with his wife, as well as friends who, according to the investigation, serve in Ukraine in Kalinovsky’s regiment were voiced.

Ian worked as a cash collector at Belgazprombank.

In March 2024, Yan was convicted under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and another 3 months of imprisonment was added to the existing sentence.

On November 11, 2022, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

On November 15, 2022, an appeal court hearing was held.

Valentin is accused of making offensive comments about Lukashenko, Karanik, and Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. Valery worked as a kindergarten guard.

On October 13, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

She worked as a lawyer for almost 18 years.

She defended political prisoners Ales Pushkin, Artem Boyarsky, Igor Banzer, Andrei Avsievich, Andrei Sokolovsky in court.

On February 23, 2022, she was expelled from the Grodno Regional Bar Association for systematic violations of the law. Yulia left Belarus, but returned to the country at the end of August 2022.

She was detained on the same day together with Pavel Mozheyko

Pavel and Yulia pleaded not guilty. Yurgilevich stated at the trial that she was being held in "bestial conditions" and was not allowed to get acquainted with the case.

The doctor of the 1st qualification category of the ultrasound specialist of the Smorgon Central District Hospital.

He was detained for insulting Lukashenko.

Alexey was arrested on June 30, 2021, as part of a criminal investigation into an incident at a Russian Navy communications facility near Vileika.

According to the prosecution's case presented in court, Alexei and Vadim Gulevich, "dressed in camouflage and armed with firearms, entered the military facility and planted explosive devices with a blast radius of up to 11 meters." One of them failed to detonate and was defused. An examination revealed that the devices were initiated with a delayed action.

The damages were estimated at over 26,000 rubles. In December 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony and a large fine.

In August 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of changing the sentence, as a result of which Alexei was transferred to a prison regime.

According to investigators, he was detained for transmitting data to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. His wife is Ukrainian. He lived in Ukraine and returned to Belarus in 2021 because of his sick parents. He was detained by the KGB, they tortured him all night to make him confess that he had previously fought in Ukraine, they called his wife and promised to send him his head. After that, Yaroslav was released. A year later, he was detained again, now he is in a pre-trial detention center.

On May 4, 2023, he was sentenced under two articles (370 and 295 of the Criminal Code) to 2 years of imprisonment; after the prosecutor's protest, the sentence was doubled. He is in pretrial detention because two more criminal cases have been initiated. He is accused under the article on treason (part 1 of article 356 of the Criminal Code) for "transferring data to the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

In the summer of 2024, it became known that Yaroslav was again transferred to Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.

Advocate. She was detained in early June 2022, two days after her 40th birthday, for leaking data to Telegram channels. The security forces came to detain a woman with machine guns and bulletproof vests - they climbed into the windows and broke down the door.

In March 2023, it became known that she was also charged under Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code (Illegal actions regarding information about private life) and Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. According to investigators, she allegedly organized an unauthorized mass event when she held a consultation near Akrestsina in August 2020.

In the wild , she left an elderly father and a 19-year-old son who has been suffering from Crohn's disease since the age of 16.

He was detained in Babruisk. He was then sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest, but was not released after that. Instead, he was sent to the Okrestina detention center in Minsk. In early September, he was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.

Sergei is charged in a criminal case.

Sergei is the cousin of the deputy commander of the Kalinovsky regiment, Vadim Kabanchuk.

On July 4, another closed trial of Sergei Franchuk took place. This time, he was accused of insulting Alexander Lukashenko. Franchuk's initial sentence of three years in prison was extended by six months.

On September 28, 2023, an appeal hearing was held following the second court's verdict. The verdict entered into force.