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The guy studied at the 1st year, but after February 24, 2022, according to his confession at the trial, he became less interested in studying. And I began to look for options to help the Ukrainian side win.

During the court interrogation, the guy stated his version: he decided to get to Ukraine in order to provide any assistance that might be needed. But the priority in assistance would be: first of all medical, then logistical, technical.

In Bobruisk on June 6, 2023, a guy was tried under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code for "malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of the correctional institution." The verdict is unknown.

Political activist from Grodno. In 2017, he spoke at protests related to the introduction of a “tax on parasitism.” In 2019, I set up a tent in front of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno to solve the housing problem. In 2020, Lavrentiev, together with activist Nikolai Solyanik, held a number of actions for the introduction of quarantine in Belarus during the coronavirus pandemic. Before the 2020 presidential elections, the activist was serving administrative arrest for an action during a meeting with Sergei Tikhanovsky. In the fall of 2020, he left Belarus for Poland.

In Poland, he volunteered to help two Belarusian refugees. but in December 2020, Alexander disappeared from a rented apartment in Bialystok. The girls' money also disappeared with him. He did not answer calls or messages. He told his friend that he calmly crossed the Polish-Belarusian border, but his case in Belarus was closed due to lack of evidence. In 2021, Alexander purchased a food truck and worked in one of the microdistricts of Grodno. I was selling shawarma. On May 2, 2022, Lavrentyev was detained right at his workplace. Detained by the Main Directorate for Organized Crime Control of the Grodno Region. After the arrest, the Grodno resident said on camera that he was detained for distributing extremist information online and insulting the president. He admitted guilt.

On October 11, 2022, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.

In the summer of 2024, it became known that Grodno resident Alexander Lavrentiev was given another 1 year of imprisonment in a colony under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution”).

Accused of preparing terrorist attacks in Chizhovka and a military unit in Pechi on the eve of Freedom Day in 2021.

The actions that the security forces attribute to him became the basis for the inclusion of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Pavel Latushko, Anton Motolko and participants in the initiative of former security forces   on the list of terrorists and criminal proceedings against them for preparing an act of terrorism.

A case was brought against Vyacheslav for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the colony administration” under Art. 411 CC. The trial took place on February 10, 2023. A year of imprisonment was imposed.

Vyacheslav was tried on August 23, 2023 under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code in Gorki and sentenced him to a total term of two more years of imprisonment; based on the totality of the sentences of the unserved part at the time of the trial (20 years and 5 months) and the new sentence (2 years), he still has 22 years and 5 months left to serve from the moment of the third trial.

On August 7, Mozyr judge Anatoly Strelchenko will conduct another trial under Article 411 of Vyacheslav.

Dmitry Dashkevich is one of the most famous political figures in Belarus. He has been involved in public activities since 2001. He was the leader of the Young Front and served long sentences several times for political activities in Belarus. Dashkevich is also one of the organizers of the “Night of Executed Poets” and “Defense of Kurapaty” events.

After the 2020 elections, Dashkevich remained perhaps the only public opposition politician who remained in Belarus.

He was detained on March 23, 2022, sentenced to 15 days under an administrative article, during which time a criminal case was opened against Dmitry and after 15 days he was left in custody.

In July 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of the correctional institution” (Article 411 of the Criminal Code). On October 18, Judge Tatyana Derevyanko sentenced Dmitry to another year in prison under strict regime conditions.

In January 2024, the political prisoner was again transferred to Correctional Colony No. 14. In the colony, he was placed in a punishment cell, where it was terribly cold. During the night, Dmitry has to get up up to eight times to do exercises and somehow warm up. For this, reports are drawn up against him, which does not lie after lights out.

At the end of May 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry - he was charged with Article 342. Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

Citizen of the Russian Federation, has been living in Minsk for 16 years.

According to pro-government channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020.

Convicted of participating in protests and setting fire to a car (the exact information on the charge is unknown).

It became known that Maxim was tried on May 12, 2023 under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code. The verdict is unknown.

The owner of the YouTube channel “Third Region Belarus” was detained on January 10, 2022, when he returned to Belarus for the holidays.

He is accused of de-anonymizing the security forces and, after leaving for Ukraine, he continued to “post anti-state information on social networks and promote resistance to government officials.”

The man uploaded videos to his channel from solidarity rallies of Belarusians in Kyiv. He is also accused of making cynical comments about the deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk.

On July 18, 2023, the Shklovsky District Court considered Oleg’s case under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Oleg was transferred to prison regime.

in custody since June 1, 2021. He refused a lawyer, because he is confident that he will be able to successfully defend himself.

Andrei Novitsky was found guilty of taking part in the marches on September 27, 2020, holding a BCHB flag in his outstretched arms, and publicly shouting slogans. He also took part in the march on October 11 on the street. Kalvariyskaya and others. Pobediteley, where, among other things , he "put a BCHB flag on his shoulders and demonstrated a clenched fist with an outstretched hand." He is accused of such actions in connection with the events of October 25. He was also found guilty of insulting Lukashenka on YouTube no later than December 7, 2020. Andrey Novitsky was also convicted for the fact that, no later than January 27, 2021, he acquired a bulk substance and illegally stored and transported it without notifying the authorized bodies.

On June 13, 2022, a trial under Article 411 took place in the court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk, as a result of which the political prisoner was given four more months of imprisonment and the regime was changed from enhanced to strict.

On January 17, 2023, the political prisoner was again tried under Art. 411 of the Criminal Code. The verdict is unknown.

The meeting was held behind closed doors. Vesna learned that the reason for initiating the case was that Kovalev, while in the hospital, called Alexander Lukashenko a “moron”. At the trial, he said that "a dictator is worse than a moron, and Lukashenka calls himself a dictator."

28.06. 2022 Yuri was sentenced under Article 411 to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. On July 1, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence. Yury will be at large until the second sentence comes into force.

activist from Pruzhany. Elena was sentenced in the "round dance case" to 2 years of restriction of freedom without a referral. After that, she was re-convicted for "insulting the president", the total term was 3 years of "home chemistry". On January 11, 2022, she was detained and given 15 days of arrest for violating the regime of serving "home chemistry". After the arrest, Elena was not released; a new criminal case was opened against her. She was convicted for posting on social networks Facebook and Instagram and sent to a colony for 3.5 years. At the initiative of the administration of the Gomel colony, a criminal case was opened against Elena under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. In addition, she was deprived of almost all programs, calls, dates, and the otovarka was reduced from three basic units to one (32 rubles).

Charges indicted: attempted murder of two policemen during protests on August 11, 2020 at the 'Pushkinskaya' metro station . As comes from investigation, commited an aimed hitting onto military policemen. Can be sentensed up to 25 years inprisoning. 

Convicted under Articles 293, 295-3 and 364 of the Criminal Code. He is on the case with Nikita Zolotarev.

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Convicted under Article 147 of the Criminal Code for allegedly tripping up a riot policeman. He was severely beaten and hospitalized. At the trial he spoke of inhuman torture he was subjected to while in detention.

He was detained and convicted of spraying a gas canister during a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Gomel.

On June 15, 2023, Sergei was put on trial for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of the correctional institution.” Judge Svetlana Samuseva sentenced him to 1 year in prison .

On May 16, 2024, the next trial took place under Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Sergei was sentenced to another year in prison in addition to the four years in prison. This is the second trial of a political prisoner under this article.

Popular Belarusian blogger and creator of the “Country for Life” channel on YouTube.

Sergei expressed his desire to run for president. However, before the start of the election campaign, he was arrested for organizing an unauthorized event. His wife, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, submitted documents to the CEC using a power of attorney, but he was not registered as a candidate due to the absence of his signature on the power of attorney. Then his wife was registered as a candidate herself. After his release, Sergei became Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s confidant and participated in the collection of signatures. He was detained during the picket and convicted on several criminal charges.

In January 2023, Sergei was charged with another charge for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution,” and he was additionally sentenced to 1.5 years in prison.

Detained and convicted for the events that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. Timur, returning from work, was shot with rubber bullets five times. The investigator explains the choice of the measure of restraint of detention by the fact that Timur does not have Belarusian citizenship, despite the fact that he has a residence permit and has lived in Belarus for about 23 years.

In June 2023, human rights activists learned that Timur spent more than 100 days in a punishment cell and was then placed in a PKT. After which he was transferred to prison regime.

On July 10, the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev sentenced Brest resident Timur Rizapur to a year in prison under the article on malicious disobedience to the administration (Article 411 of the Criminal Code).