Oleg Suprunyuk is known to residents of Brest region as a reporter who covered socially and publicly significant problems of the region. During his time in the profession, he worked for the newspaper "Brest Courier", the online publication "First Region", and collaborated with other independent publications.
The journalist disappeared on January 22, he stopped answering calls and did not appear on social networks. It later became clear that he was detained as part of a criminal case. For almost five months, nothing was known about Oleg's fate.
Previously, the journalist was prosecuted under an administrative article. On December 12, 2024, security forces came to Oleg Suprunyuk with a search. Then they took away his computer equipment and phone, and took him away for questioning. After the interrogation, an administrative protocol was drawn up for allegedly distributing "extremist information products" (under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The journalist was sentenced to 15 days of arrest, and was released on December 27.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
It is known that she graduated from BGEU in 1994 and is married.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 20.08.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
Alesya was found guilty in August 2025 in a criminal case opened under the article "creation of an extremist group or participation in one" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, she was released in the spring of 2026, having fully served her sentence.
Trial outcome 20.08.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome date unknown
5 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
It is known that the woman worked as a librarian, and in the last year before her arrest, she worked in the system of municipal utilities of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
People who met Irina in prison reported that she was taking her arrest very hard. She said her family and friends had turned their backs on her. Furthermore, Irina suffered from serious health problems: court hearings even had to be interrupted because she was becoming ill.
According to calculations, she was supposed to be released in the spring of 2026.
Trial outcome 20.08.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
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