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Alexey, a former military man, communications specialist and director of a company that installs and repairs electric garage doors and barriers, was arrested in September 2021 in a criminal case related to the "Busly Lyatsyats" initiative. Some of the charges involved damaging the car of a Borisov district judge. As a result, he was sentenced to a long prison term and a fine.
Alexey has three children, one of whom is a minor.
Detained on November 1, 2021 in St. Petersburg for the events in Belarus. In Russia, she worked as a waitress and lived in two countries. The last time the girl was at home about a year ago. According to the investigation, from September 2020 to November 2021, the suspect administered three Telegram channels. In May 2022, the Russian court refused to grant Belarusian Yana Pinchuk temporary asylum in Russia.
On August 9, 2022, she was extradited from the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus despite the ban on extradition by the UN Human Rights Committee.
12 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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An employee of the Mogilev branch of Beltelecom. Arrested at the workplace on October 28, 2021. He is preliminarily accused of distributing data to employees of law enforcement agencies.
6.5 years in prison.
At first he was in Okrestina. Then he was arrested under the Criminal Code. Relatives note that Denis is a good, honest, fair and sympathetic guy. On pro-government channels, Denis is called the "chief visual editor" of the Supraci movement videos. In the video, Salmanovich says that he was detained by police officers because he "was a member of destructive Telegram channels", "collaborated with "Busly Lyatsyats"" and participated in protests in 2020.
The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence from 10 to 9.5 years' imprisonment.
Denis has a serious illness - chronic glomerulonephritis after hemorrhagic vasculitis. In the summer of 2024, an ambulance took the man from the colony. Salmanovich underwent surgery - his gallbladder was removed. After the operation, the man spent another week in the colony's medical unit until his stitches were removed.
The mother of the political prisoner says that the last time Denis contacted her was in mid-November 2024. After the call, the man was immediately taken to a punishment cell, where he remains to this day (January 2024).
In April 2025, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
According to the materials of the case, Igor, using a laptop, sent several e-mails to the e-mail box of the official Internet portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus, where he expressed threats of violence against the President. He also sent an e-mail, available for viewing to third parties, including employees of the presidential administration of the Republic of Belarus, in the text of which he expressed insults against government officials in connection with the performance of their official duties - employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Republic of Belarus Ivan Kubrakov and Dmitry Balaba. The man also sent a similar message with threats of violence, destruction and damage to property to employees of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Igor also participated in protests during the post-election protests in Minsk in 2020.
According to the conclusion of the medical examination, during the period of committing the crimes, Karpitsky suffered from a mental illness, but he could realize the actual nature and social danger of his acts and manage them. He does not need compulsory security measures and treatment. Has a minor child.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Stanislav, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in May 2021 in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against election fraud that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in “mass riots.”
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Vileika activist. Since August 9, 2021, he was held for “24 hours” in the Smolevich and Vileika isolation wards. On 10/20/2021 it became known that he was placed in a temporary detention center in Akrestsin and a criminal case was opened against him.
On July 18, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
On February 15, 2024, the activist stopped communicating. Later it became known that Kudik is in a local temporary detention center, where he is serving 15 days of administrative arrest. But he was not released after the end of his sentence; he was detained as part of a criminal case.
4 years of imprisonment in a colony under strict security conditions
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Alexey, the director of a construction company, was arrested in October 2021 in a criminal case related to the "Busly Lyatsyats" initiative. Some of the charges involved damaging the car of a Borisov district judge. As a result, he was sentenced to a long prison term and a fine.
In June 2023, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison.
Detained in a criminal case for pouring red paint over two banners with images of traffic police officers. After the temporary detention center, he was immediately transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
On July 26, 2023, a trial was held to toughen the punishment. Artem was transferred to the prison regime.
| 17.06.2022 | According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August. |
Maria was the wife of Andrei Zeltser.
It is known that the woman collected signatures for Tikhаnovskaya in 2020. But, they say, she did not want to participate in protest actions because of her little son.
Maria was detained on September 28 , 2021 on suspicion of joint participation in the murder of an employee of the State Security Committee .
On September 28, employees of the State Security Committee of Belarus conducted searches and raids on residents participating in the 2020 protests in Minsk. Andrey Zeltser, refused to open the door to law enforcement officers (dressed in civilian clothes and did not have official insignia) and locked himself inside the apartment with his wife, armed with a hunting rifle. Both were videotaping at the same time. After breaking into the door, Zeltser opened fire with a hunting rifle at the employees of the State Security Committee who broke into the apartment. Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, was injured. On the same day, he died of his injuries in the hospital. Andrey Zeltser was shot by return fire.
On September 29, the Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case under the article on the murder of a person in connection with his official activities.
On August 26, 2022, it became known that Andrei Zeltser's widow Maria Uspenskaya was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to the «Novinki» psychiatric hospital.
Andrey Zeltser is Maria's second husband, from a previous marriage Maria has a schoolboy son.
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Pavel was arrested on September 29, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. In the summer of 2022, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
In February 2024, Pavel stood trial on charges of "distributing extremist materials." He remained out of contact for a long time, and after the trial, it was announced that a new criminal case had been opened against him.
Pavel was convicted again in June 2024 on charges of “slandering Lukashenko” and again sentenced to imprisonment.
in custody since June 1, 2021. He refused a lawyer, as he is confident that he can successfully defend himself.
Andrei Novitsky was found guilty of participating in the marches on September 27, 2020, holding a white-red-white flag in his outstretched arms, and publicly shouting slogans. He also took part in the march on October 11 on Kalvariyskaya Street and Pobediteley Avenue, where, among other things , he "put a white-red-white flag on his shoulders and demonstrated a clenched fist with his arm extended upward." He is accused of similar actions in connection with the events of October 25. He was also found guilty of insulting Lukashenko on YouTube no later than December 7, 2020. Andrei Novitsky was also convicted of purchasing a bulk substance no later than January 27, 2021, and illegally storing and transporting it without notifying the authorized bodies.
On June 13, 2022, a trial under Article 411 was held in the court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk, as a result of which the political prisoner was given another four months of imprisonment and the regime was changed from enhanced to strict.
On January 17, 2023, the political prisoner was again tried under Article 411 of the Criminal Code. The verdict is unknown.
Transferred to Penal Colony No. 20 .
Since April 2024 and as of the beginning of December of the same year, relatives know nothing about Andrei; in response to their request to the colony administration, they received a formal reply , according to which the political prisoner, allegedly, will tell everything himself “through correspondence”, but there are no letters from him.
Prokhorenko was detained in Gomel on August 11, 2020, severely beaten in the Novobelitsky district police department and, accused of participating in an unauthorized mass event, punished with administrative arrest for 12 days.
According to the official accusation, Yuri was subscribed to channels where the personal data of the security forces were published. From December last year to April 2021, he wrote comments of an offensive nature, expressed in an indecent form. During the three months of imprisonment, Yuri lost 20 kilograms. The young man is in a depressed state, he has panic attacks.
Forced medical treatment.
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Leading legal adviser of JSC "Naftan", arrested in the case of Rabocha ruhu.
On August 2, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
12 years in a colony under enhanced regime conditions
A resident of Baranovichi. According to the indictment, Vitaliy Korshun posted the following message in the “Borovki 97%” telegram chat under a photo of the victim on September 21, 2020: “Who is this? OMON? Then I suggest burning down his apartment <expletive>, tell me the address.”
In January 2024, Vitaly was detained again. In a pro-government video, the man says that he "called for violence against OMON officers, simply out of emotion."
On January 16, 2024, pro-government Telegram channels reported Vitaly's arrest. In a " repentant video, " the man says that he "called for violence against riot police officers only out of emotion." He stood in front of the camera in handcuffs.
The trial of the political prisoner began on August 13, 2024 in the Brest Regional Court under the articles: "slander against Lukashenko" (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code), "participation in actions that grossly violate public order" (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code), organization of mass riots" (Part 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code), "calls for sanctions" (Part 3 of Article 361) and "incitement of hatred or enmity" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code).