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Law enforcement officers associated the lawyer's detention with the protection of political prisoners of the anarchist movement activists.
Mikhail was immediately sentenced to 15 days in the court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code. After that, he was charged under part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1.
On November 3, 2022, the Ministry of Justice deprived Mikhail of his license due to disciplinary penalties and for committing offenses incompatible with the title of a lawyer.
In June 2023 he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
unknown years of restriction of freedom
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In early September, the Telegram channel of the volunteer initiative "Lists of Detainees" published information about the detention of an entire family : Yan, Anastasia and Ales Papkovich. Anastasia was released. And Yan and Ales were transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1. During the detention, Ales' phone and equipment were taken away. As a result, one photo from the 2020 march was found. For it, the guy was given 2 years in prison.
Ales has been interested in music since childhood, - says the brother of the political prisoner. - He knows many Belarusian performers, played with some of them. For example, he performed with cover bands in Minsk clubs, performed with the group "D-Major" as a violinist. The last two years before his arrest were especially creative for Ales - he wrote several lyrics for songs, music for them, made recordings. Ales sings in Belarusian.
10.06.2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
In early September, the Telegram channel of the volunteer initiative "Lists of Detainees" published information about the detention of an entire family: Yan, Anastasia, and Ales Papkovich.
Special forces stormed Yan's apartment. During the arrest, the officers fired a shot from an automatic weapon and wounded the dog, which had started barking at them.
Yan spent a month in a KGB pretrial detention center, where he was tortured and unable to walk. BT reports portrayed Yan as a mercenary planning to go to Ukraine. It is known that Yan pleaded not guilty at his trial. One of the witnesses stated that "they pressured him, and he signed whatever they told him." As evidence of Yan's guilt, the investigation presented his private correspondence with his wife, as well as with friends who, according to investigators, serve in Kalinovsky's regiment in Ukraine.
Yan worked as a cash collector at Belgazprombank.
In March 2024 and April 2025, Yana was convicted twice under the article “malicious disobedience to the legal demands of the colony administration,” and in total, another year of imprisonment was added to her existing sentence.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Accused of attacking journalist Azarenka and participating in protests in 2020.
According to the prosecution , Artem Zabelenkov was on Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk on October 11, 2020, where he demanded to stop filming a pro-government TV channel. He also allegedly “used violence against journalist Grigory Azarenka and threatened television cameraman Andrei Ivanenko with violence.” In addition, Artem Zabelenkov is accused of taking an active part in group actions on October 11, 2020, together with other persons, grossly violating public order, resulting in disruption of transport and enterprises.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Convicted for participating in protests.
She was released on July 12, 2024 , having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Evgeniy and Olga Prudnikovs were found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. During one of the peaceful meetings, they allegedly went out onto the roadway, thereby obstructing the movement of traffic and causing damage to Minsktrans. They are outside Belarus and were not present at the trial. They were put on the wanted list on December 21, 2022. At the trial, their testimony, which they gave as witnesses in another case in August 2022, was read out. Then they talked about their participation in the Marches on August 16 and 30, 2020.
The evidence in the case was photographs from Facebook of Olga Prudnikova with Marsha, testimony of witnesses who allegedly confirmed “the fact of the existence of an initial agreement with the accused to jointly participate in unsanctioned mass events in the central part of Minsk.”
2 years of imprisonment in absentia in a colony under general regime conditions
Evgeniy and Olga Prudnikovs were found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. During one of the peaceful meetings, they allegedly went out onto the roadway, thereby obstructing the movement of traffic and causing damage to Minsktrans. They are outside Belarus and were not present at the trial. They were put on the wanted list on December 21, 2022. At the trial, their testimony, which they gave as witnesses in another case in August 2022, was read out. Then they talked about their participation in the Marches on August 16 and 30, 2020.
The evidence in the case was photographs from Facebook of Olga Prudnikova with Marsha, testimony of witnesses who allegedly confirmed “the fact of the existence of an initial agreement with the accused to jointly participate in unsanctioned mass events in the central part of Minsk.”
2 years of imprisonment in absentia in a colony under general regime conditions
Detained for participating in protests. She was detained on 08/04/2022.
According to human rights activists, Olga is at large.
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Alexander is an architect and guitarist for the band Awakening Our Memories. He was arrested on August 2, 2022, for reposting a video from the ByPol YouTube channel on VKontakte titled "Roman Bondarenko. The Prosecutor General's Office is Concealing the Murderers." He was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest, but was not released after serving his sentence. A criminal case was opened against him under the article "Organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation therein."
In November 2022, Alexander was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open-type institution.
Detained for participating in protests.
On December 16, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Convicted for participating in 2020 protests.
In January 2023, it became known that Alexander was placed in a PKT (cell-type room) until the end of his term. Released on May 8, 2023 at the end of his term.
| 19.12.2022 | In October-November he was twice placed in a shizo for 7 days and 18 days. |
| 19.12.2022 | Since November 2022, he has been placed in a PKT for 5 months, after which he will stay in a ShIZO (IK-2) for the remaining 14 days until his release. Deprived of secure transmissions and calls home, as well as the opportunity to shop at a local store for the prescribed 6 b.v. (only 2 left) |
1 year 8 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.