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In custody: 122 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Vitebsk
Date of birth: 26.06.2001
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Studied at Polotsk State University. It is also known that he is a musician and played in some bands.

In 2022, after the war began, Artem went abroad and fled to the Netherlands. But he didn't like something, and after a few months he decided to return to Belarus. In September 2022, the guy starred in a propaganda story by BT journalist Ksenia Lebedeva, where he talked about how bad it is to live in the Netherlands.

Apparently, Artem left for Russia after some time - his new VKontakte page is linked to a Russian number.

It is known that Artem left Belarus after the verdict.

Trial outcome 07.03.2025
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Appeal date unknown
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 64 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth: 17.06.1960
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Zhanna Voynilovich was detained on January 28 in Bobruisk, a few days after returning from Poland.

Trial outcome 02.04.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexey Dmitrievich Silenko
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In custody: 498 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 22.07.1989
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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After the war in Ukraine began, the man went to Georgia for a while. But, apparently, he later returned to Belarus, the publication writes.

When and under what circumstances he was detained , as well as the details of the charges, have not yet been disclosed.

Silenko graduated from BNTU in 2012, where he received the profession of architect. He is also known as a drummer and participant of musical projects such as OH. RA, BULVAR, Mnsr. Gustav and others.

On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Alexei Silenko.

Trial outcome 27.11.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexander Vyacheslavovich Syryca
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In custody: 701 day
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 28.11.1975
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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A renowned basketball referee. He was arrested for creating a basketball chat room.

He was detained in January 2024 while returning to Belarus. He is currently in pretrial detention. He is accused of "insulting Lukashenko" and "creating an extremist group" under Articles 361-1 and 368 of the Criminal Code.

Syritsa had previously believed that coming to Belarus was not associated with major risks. His wife was also detained at the border (she served a day in custody). The chat participants were summoned for questioning.

Alexander Syrytsa was one of the top basketball referees in Belarus for many years. He has been a FIBA referee since 2005. In 2019, Syrytsa and his colleagues filed a lawsuit against the basketball federation, lost, and was blacklisted. He lived in Australia, ran a business, and frequently visited Ukraine.

On January 16, the KGB designated the "Fund of Belarus Friend LTD" as an "extremist organization." It was then reported that Belarusian citizen Alexander Syritsa was associated with it.

On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Lithuania.

Trial outcome 01.04.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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Political persecutions
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folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 10.08.2003
Family members: Valery Vasilevich Ivchin
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Lev Ivchin is 21 years old . The guy hid in Russia for a long time. In the summer of 2024, he returned to Belarus, where he was detained .

Lev Valerievich Ivchin is the son of political prisoner Valery Ivchin. The latter was also tried in Mogilev in June 2024 under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for participating in Minsk protests. The court sentenced him to 2 years and 6 months of restricted freedom with referral to a correctional institution.

Trial outcome 20.09.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 30 basic values fine.
Appeal 12.11.2024
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~59 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 06.06.1999
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Pro-government Telegram channels claim that the girl had been abroad for several years.

In the "repentance video" she was forced to talk about how difficult it was for her in other countries of the world where she traveled, so she "made the decision to return to the territory of the Republic of Belarus in order to continue to live, work, develop and start a family on our Belarusian land."

Trial outcome 24.10.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 14.02.2025
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folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Byaroza
Date of birth: 28.05.1996
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In a pro-government video , the man says he came from Poland and was detained at the border for being with protesters at a rally on Sovetskaya Street with his friend Vladislav Lapin. The authors of the post claim that Lapin is fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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In custody: ~74 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 11.10.1994
Was in: IUOT-49IUOT-49, Shklov, Volodiozhnaya 2b, 213002
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Dmitry was detained upon returning to Belarus from Poland in early May.

Also under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code with Dmitry Andrei Karpovich will be tried.

Trial outcome 09.08.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 26.09.2024
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Elizabeth Pavlovna Mokridina
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folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 14.04.1999
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Elizaveta worked at the IT company SENLA. She probably left for Poland after the start of the war in Ukraine. Then she returned to Grodno and was detained.

The trial of the IT specialist will begin on July 23. The girl was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for allegedly “participating in protests.”

Trial outcome 24.07.2024
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Appeal 01.10.2024
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Elizabeth Petrovna Shulskaya
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folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 12.02.1998
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Programmer who came to Belarus from Poland. She was detained along with her friend Maxim Panov in May 2024 for participating in a protest in 2020.

Trial outcome 26.06.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 20.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 684 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Raid January 23-24, 2024, Solidarity
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 16.06.1998
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Kateryna was detained after a "solidarity raid" in late January 2024 on charges of supporting political prisoners and their families—she sent packages and made money transfers to prisoners in pretrial detention. Prior to this, she had been convicted at least twice on political administrative charges after crossing the border; it is unknown whether she lived abroad. She studied at the University of Warsaw and lived in Poland for a long time.

In the fall of 2024, Ekaterina was convicted of "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.

Trial outcome 16.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.11.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Gretta Mikhailovna Dalinkevich
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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 27.03.1991
Number of children: 2 children
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The girl in the pro-government video says that she took part in the protests and also allegedly supervised the Nesterka yard chat. This is a chat of a house on Bogdanovicha Street, 78, where the famous Nesterka store once was.

The Gubopovites claim that they were warned about the girl’s return through a bot, but they do not confirm this in any way.

Gretta Dalinkevich (Maksimova) did waxing in 2020. The woman has two minor children. It is known that in 2021 she moved to Kaliningrad with her husband Evgeniy Dalinkevich, who got a job there as a sports massage therapist. But then they broke up and she moved to Minsk. It is known that in the last few weeks she was in Europe, but did not move there to live.

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Novel Valerievich Galusa
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In custody: ~1243 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Zhabinka
Date of birth: 1995
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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A Polish citizen. Roman arrived in Belarus on July 19, 2022, and disappeared. His whereabouts were unknown, and the Southwest search and rescue team launched a search for him. It was later reported that Galuza was alive and his whereabouts had been established, but no further details were provided. However, an acquaintance of Roman's wrote on social media that he was being held in a KGB pretrial detention facility.

In Poland, Galuza graduated from university, received citizenship, and volunteered, including helping Belarusian refugees. Roman's arrest may have been premeditated by Belarusian security forces.

Now he faces up to 15 years in prison.

On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Lithuania.

Trial outcome 15.07.2024
13 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 11.10.2024
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Igor Olegovych Sorokin
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In custody: 436 days
Hometown: Zhabinka
Date of birth: 30.04.1988
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: SIZO-6SIZO-6, Baranovichi, Brestskaya ul. 258 B, 225413
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Igor worked in Poland as an electrician. He was detained while crossing the Polish-Belarusian border.

In a pro-government video, Sorokin says that he went out onto the roadway and blocked traffic. The video is obviously from the protest action on August 10, 2020, which took place in Brest. Specifically, the moment of the skirmish at the intersection of the boulevards and Masherov Avenue.

According to human rights activists, he was released on May 9, 2025.

Trial outcome 05.08.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.10.2024
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Eugene Aleksandrovich Shum
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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.01.1983
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Soloist of the group “Minimum Distance”. In the pro-government video, Egeniy says that he participated in protests in 2020, and after the elections “he was relocated along with his office to Ukraine.” After the start of the war, he went to Poland and remained there until his work visa expired, which he was unable to renew in Poland. After that he returned to Belarus.

Security forces show a screenshot of their bot with a denunciation of a detainee and his photo.

After the trial, a video appeared on the same pro-government channel where Evgeniy says that he was sentenced to 3 years of restriction of freedom, after which he decided to confess and “repent” of the donations.

Trial outcome 16.02.2024:

3 years of restriction of freedom without direction

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