Political prisoners

An activist of the anarchist movement, he was detained on August 12, 2020 at about 13:00 in a car parking lot and convicted on numerous criminal charges.

The court awarded 16 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the huge sentence for Akihiro by only 3 months.

Activist of the anarchist movement and volunteer of the Viasna Human Rights Center. He was detained on October 2, 2020 and convicted on several criminal charges.

The court sentenced 6 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the huge sentence for Andrei by only 3 months.

An anarchist activist, was detained on August 12, 2020, as he was leaving his apartment building and convicted under numerous criminal articles. Previously, he served a sentence in the "anarchist case" in 2010.

The court sentenced him to 17 years of imprisonment in a penal colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of the international criminal group . It is known that by his decision, the judge reduced the enormous sentence for Alexander by only 3 months.

In May 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Alexander under Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration). The political prisoner had been in a PKT for a long time. His trial began in the Volkovysk District Court on June 24, 2024. The case was heard by Judge Nikolai Sergeyko, who sentenced the political prisoner to another year of imprisonment.

Until the appeal, Alexander is being held in pre-trial detention facility No. 6.

On July 19, 2024, the mother of the political prisoner, Tatyana Frantskevich, was detained. She is accused under Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code for "participation in an extremist formation." Her sister, Natalia Lobatsevich, the mother of former political prisoner Ilya Lobatsevich, was detained along with her.

Confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for Gomel and the Gomel region. He was detained on August 6, 2020 and accused of “mass riots” and plans to “seize buildings.”

In the fall of 2023, he was transferred to prison for 2 years.

An activist of the Narodnaya Hramada party, he was detained on June 25, 2020 by police officers in civilian clothes using physical force and accused of preparing riots and obstructing the work of the Central Election Commission.

The opposition politician, co-founder of the BCD party, was detained by police on June 7, 2020 on his way home. Spent 75 days under administrative arrest. Pavel was convicted in a criminal case for mass riots.

On June 21, 2023, a trial was held in Shklov to change the regime of detention. Judge Alexander Tarakanov decided to transfer the politician to prison for a period of three years .

On July 10, 2023, it became known that the political prisoner was transferred from Correctional Colony No. 17 to Prison No. 1 .

Volunteer at Viktor Babariko’s headquarters. He was detained on the night of August 12-13 along with Vladislav Koretsky in the case of mass riots. Convicted for participating in protests.

A member of the expanded Coordination Council, he was detained and beaten by riot police on September 29, 2020.

Accused of participating in “radical” telegram channels.

Artyom is a former border guard, a member of the initiative group for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s presidential nomination, and one of the videographers for the “Country for Life” Youtube channel. I was at a picket to collect signatures in Grodno on May 29, 2020. Detained on May 31. He was accused under four articles of the Criminal Code.

On November 9, 2022, by court decision, Artem was transferred to prison regime in Mogilev.

It is known that on August 19, 2022, the administration of the Shklov colony placed Artem in the PKT for a period of four months. The court also ruled that all defendants must pay 22 million rubles in compensation to “employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for additional time on duty during post-election protests.”

Volunteer at Viktor Babariko’s headquarters. According to information from his parents, he was beaten and remained in a military hospital until August 18, 2020, where he underwent surgery. Igor was later convicted in the case of mass riots.

Coordinator of the volunteer service "Spring" and human rights activist. She was detained along with her husband Vadim Zheromski on the evening of September 17, 2020.

The court sentenced her to 15 years in prison, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that the judge, by his decision, reduced Marfa’s sentence by only 3 months.

He was detained on September 25, 2020 and convicted of participating in protests.

A football fan of the MTZ-RIPO club was detained on September 26, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.

The guards of Colony No. 1 repeatedly punished Tomaz with a punishment cell and transfer to a PKT. In total, the anti-fascist was given at least 9 penalties, including for refusing to "wash toilets." Based on this, a criminal case was opened against him under Article 411 of the Criminal Code for allegedly malicious disobedience to the demands of the penal colony administration and he was sentenced to an additional 1.5 years in the colony.

A football fan of the MTZ-RIPO club was detained on September 25, 2020 in Minsk and convicted of participating in protests.

On September 24, 2021, during the consideration of the appeal, Timur’s term of imprisonment was reduced by one month, and Article 419 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus was repealed.

He was detained on charges of mass unrest and accused of participating in “radical” telegram channels.