Zhanna was detained on May 11, 2023, right at School No. 63, where she came to meet her child's teacher. In October of the same year, she was convicted on several criminal charges, including "inciting hatred."
According to media reports, during the 2020 protests, police detained her on administrative charges.
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Stanislav, an activist from Gomel, was detained on May 28, 2021, after security forces conducted a search in his apartment, where he lived with his parents. Prior to this, he had served three administrative arrests under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus for participating in protests.
Stanislav was convicted under two criminal articles for participating in a chain at the Solidarity March, which took place on September 20, 2020 in Gomel. He refused to sign a petition for pardon and defended his rights even in difficult prison conditions, despite health problems. He was left without care for his underage daughter and elderly parents, his father is disabled.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
In December 2024, it became known that Stanislav was again detained in a new criminal case.
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Nikita was arrested and convicted of throwing a Molotov cocktail towards military personnel on August 10, 2020, according to investigators. The prosecution claimed that the bottles were hidden and given to him by Leonid Kovalev with an offer to set fire to a building, bus, or paddy wagon. Nikita refused to testify, did not admit guilt, and reported physical and psychological pressure in the pretrial detention center. At the time of his arrest, he was 16 years old and suffers from epilepsy.
In July 2021, he was convicted again under the article on "violence or threat of violence" for an incident with pretrial detention center employees. In June 2022, Nikita was transferred to an adult colony after turning 18, and in August of the same year, his punishment was toughened, sending him to prison.
In July 2024, the political prisoner was tried for “malicious disobedience to the prison administration,” a charge often applied to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration.
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Dmitry was arrested and convicted of throwing a Molotov cocktail towards military personnel on August 10, 2020. According to investigators, the bottles were transported to the center of Gomel by Leonid Kovalev, who hid them and handed them over to Dmitry and Nikita Zolotorev that evening with an offer to set fire to a building, bus or paddy wagon. Dmitry partially admitted his guilt, explaining that he threw the cocktail in order to buy time and avoid detention.
In December 2021, he was transferred to prison regime for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution.”
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Leonid was arrested and convicted for, according to investigators, making two Molotov cocktails, transporting them to the center of Gomel, and hiding them. On the evening of August 10, 2020, he allegedly found two perpetrators — Dmitry Korneev and Nikita Zolotorev — and handed them the bottles, offering to set fire to a building, a bus, or a paddy wagon. Leonid did not admit guilt.
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Sergei was detained and convicted for spraying a pepper spray at a riot police officer during a protest on August 9, 2020 in Gomel against election fraud.
In June 2023 and May 2024, he was convicted twice of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration." This article is used to try prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, often on trumped-up charges. As a result, his sentence was extended by two years, to five years.
14.06.2021
Address: IK No. 17. 213004, Shklov, st. 1st Factory, 8
08.06.2021
Transferred to ST-8 Zhodino
Trial outcome 12.11.2020
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 1500 rubles of compensation.
Regime change trial date unknown
unknown years of prison regime.
Trial outcome 20.06.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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A member of the initiative group of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was detained on September 27, 2020, in Gomel during a peaceful protest and accused of participating in "mass riots" and planning to "seize buildings."
In the winter of 2023, Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
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XX.01.2025 He was sentenced to imprisonment for political reasons. He was released, presumably, in the spring of 2024. On June 14, 2024, he signed a contract with the Russian army. Alexander died in early 2025.
On 22.12.2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
He wasreleased, presumably, in the spring of 2024.Sincein May the searchparty"Simuran" reported that on May 10 Alexander left home and disappeared.Volunteersspecifiedthathe mayneedmedicalassistance .
Since then, Vitukhnovsky has not been heard from. On social media, Flagstok journalists found his selfie from June 24, 2024, and a blurry photo of a man in uniform, similar to an infantryman, from the back from November 4, 2024. His name was found on the list of Belarusian citizens who joined the Russian army.
A Gomel activist, organizer of travel, rafting, walking, was detained by a special purpose police detachment in his house on the morning of March 1, 2022.
Six members of the special purpose police unit participated in the arrest, who used physical force, laying Igor face to the floor.
Dmitry, a Belorusneft employee from Gomel, along with other employees of the company, took part in recording an appeal against violence and for dialogue. At the end of October 2020, he also recorded a video message for TUT.BY to his colleagues and the management of Belorusneft, in which he condemned the repressions, called for not hushing up what was happening and openly expressing their civic position.
He was arrested on May 14, 2021, and later convicted of “organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Anastasia was convicted under the administrative article on participation in unauthorized mass events (24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) seven times in a row, as a result of which the total number of assigned days was 105. Also, searches were conducted at her place of residence and in her grandfather's house, during which all equipment was confiscated.
Pavel was detained as part of a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 20, 2020, in Gomel, and convicted of alleged violence against a criminal executive inspector, Pavel Shapovalov.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Dmitry was detained and convicted for the fact that during the memorial event for Roman Bondarenko, who was killed by security forces, which took place on November 15, 2020 in Gomel, he tried to knock the phone out of the hands of a police officer who was filming the protest, fearing that he would be brought to administrative responsibility.
Released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court
17.08.2021
squad 13
Trial outcome 19.02.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Alexey was detained in September 2020 for participating in the March of Justice in Gomel and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was later detained again as part of a criminal case and convicted of allegedly committing violence against criminal-executive inspector Pavel Shapovalov.
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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