Ruslan, a businessman, founder and former director of the Spanish visa center in Minsk, was detained by KGB officers in October 2021 at the airport when he was about to leave Belarus. The detention took place as part of a criminal case initiated for political reasons.
In March 2023, Ruslan was convicted of bribery and treason. The court sentenced him to a long prison term and a large fine.
In August 2024, the conditions of his detention were tightened - Ruslan was transferred to prison regime. Since then, he has been prohibited from receiving parcels, visits and other forms of support. He is allowed to use no more than one basic unit per month for personal needs.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexander was convicted under the article "Organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.
Trial outcome 21.02.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry, the director of Europcar, an Uber partner in Minsk, was first detained in November 2020 under an administrative article for participating in protests against the results of the presidential elections. He was detained for the second time in August 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated under the article "act of terrorism."
According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries, "an organized criminal group operated with the goal of committing extremist crimes. The group included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally."
The case involves allegations of attempted arson of MP Oleg Gaidukevich's home in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."
Dmitry was convicted on several criminal charges, he was given a long prison term and a fine, and he was also deprived of the right to hold positions related to organizational and administrative duties for five years.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023
11 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities, 3000 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
One of the most famous Belarusian-language bloggers in the 2000s and a former activist. Detained for participating in protests in 2020.
Ivan was detained on January 5, 2023, received 13 days of administrative arrest, and on January 18, criminal charges were brought.
04/17/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
In June 2025, it became known that Ivan was detained again, this time for a comment under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 28.04.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.07.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 25.08.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Presumably detained for participating in protests in 2020.
On March 14, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 28.12.2022:
5 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On August 13, 2024, Judge Olga Lavrinovich will make a decision in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk "On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."
As of October 2025, it became known that Viktor was again detained and was being held in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.
14.03.2023
01.11.22 Zazherzhan
On 11/16/22 he was placed in the punishment cell at the Akrestsino
11/25/22 transferred to Volodarka
10.02.23 closing of the case under 342.1
03/14/23 court (1 year 6 months restriction without referral)
Trial outcome 14.03.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 13.08.2023
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On October 20, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 22.08.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.10.2023
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Observer, director, organizer of honey fairs and director of the Tsar-Med company.
Convicted for participating in protests on August 23, 2020 as a commentator
In the fall of 2024, Yuri's regime was changed and he was sent to serve his sentence in a penal colony.
In the fall of 2025, it became known that Yuri had been convicted of another criminal case and sentenced to imprisonment. The details of the case are unknown.
Trial outcome 15.09.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 29.11.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 30.09.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
At the beginning of 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 burst into Jan's apartment. During the arrest, security forces shot a machine gun and wounded a dog that started barking at them.
For a month, Yan was in a KGB pre-trial detention center, where he was tortured and could not walk. In stories on BT, Yan was shown as a mercenary who was going to Ukraine. It is known that Yang did not admit his guilt at the trial. One of the witnesses at the trial stated that “they put pressure on him, and he signed everything they said.” As evidence of Yan’s guilt, his private correspondence with his wife, as well as friends who, according to the investigation, serve in Ukraine in Kalinovsky’s regiment were voiced.
Ian worked as a cash collector at Belgazprombank.
In March 2024, Yan was convicted under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and another 3 months of imprisonment was added to the existing sentence.
3 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
Appeal 12.03.2024
unknown.
Trial outcome 14.04.2025
9 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Artem was found guilty, according to the indictment, of entering the roadway on the night of August 9-10, 2020, during an unauthorized mass event in Minsk, blocking traffic, shouting slogans, and disobeying the lawful orders of the authorities.
Furthermore, on January 1, 2022, while intoxicated in a public place, he unprovoked violence against another man. Artem was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.
In October 2023, a hearing on the case of strengthening the regime took place; the reasons and outcome of the hearing are unknown.
Trial outcome 05.07.2022
4 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Real estate agent, blogger, author of the blog "Belarus in the Window". His TikTok account has 431 followers. In the videos, he humorously comments on Belarusian news.
During the arrest, he was beaten. Alexander had already been beaten before — he came under a wave of torture on the «Okrestina» during the August protests. According to the medical report published on his page, he was severely beaten during detention at the exit of the house on August 12, 2020 and on the «Okrestina», there were 47 bruises on his body.
The man submitted an application to the investigative committee with a demand to conduct a check on the fact of his beating. The initiation of a criminal case, of course, was refused.
During the consideration of the criminal case, it was established that from August to October 2020, Alexander repeatedly took part in blocking the movement of vehicles in Minsk, posted videos insulting Lukashenka on social networks.
Trial outcome 18.05.2023:
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under a reinforced regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On October 17, 2022, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 21.10.2022:
Unknown
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Dmitry was convicted in August 2022 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in peaceful protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. Dmitry was captured on video by a journalist at the protests in the first days after the elections.
In May 2023, it became known that Dmitry was detained in a correctional facility and tried under an administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials," and sentenced to administrative arrest, which he served in the Gomel temporary detention facility.
In July of that year, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony; the outcome of the hearing is unknown.
She was detained for drawing "Pahonia" stencils. On September 20, the Central District Court of Minsk sentenced three political prisoners: Anatoly Latushka, the cousin of politician Pavel Latushko, Lilia Ananyan, and Elena Malinovskaya. At the trial, Latushko and Malinovskaya pleaded not guilty, while Ananyan fully admitted her guilt. Judge Dmitry Karsyuk sentenced Anatoly to six years in prison, Elena to four years in prison, and Lilia to five years of house arrest, before releasing her in the courtroom.
Elena has a minor son left at home.
Elena was supposed to be released at the end of August 2025, but shewas never released. As Elena'sfriends told Nasha Niva, she was transported to Minsk,where a new criminal case was opened against her.
Trial outcome 20.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.12.2022
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained as part of a criminal case on November 9, 2021 for participating in protests. First, he was placed in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee, then transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1.
He was also accused of receiving telescopic batons, stun guns and other means from abroad.
Trial outcome 01.07.2022
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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