On June 24, 2024, a hearing was held under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus: Distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity. As of April 2025, he was in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1. The prosecution may be politically motivated.
Trial outcome 22.10.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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A 39-year-old Gomel resident. He is a programmer. Khamenkov's last job on Linkedin is listed as Expert Software Development. He did not want to relocate in 2022.
According to the ONT film , Khamenkov is accused of "financing extremist activity." He made transfers in cryptocurrency. It is reported that he was detained at the end of 2024, while the guy is behind bars, his grandmother died.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
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A 40-year-old programmer from Mogilev. In 2013, he graduated from the Belarusian-Russian University, studying to be an engineer. He specializes in working with the Magento platform, which is used to create online stores and organize online trading. He has a young daughter and a wife.
Igor Goltsov transferred about $50 to the Zerkalo YouTube channel via Patreon. This happened in 2023.
Trial outcome 14.05.2025
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2025
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.
According to pro-government media, he is accused of financing terrorist activities in exchange for a donation of 50 USD to the Kalinovsky Regiment in 2023.
Trial outcome date unknown
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime 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.
It is known that in Poland Oreshko worked as a human resources specialist — he looked for people to employ. He came to Belarus periodically. It is not known when he returned last, but he was detained several months ago.
Аreshko is currently in a pre-trial detention facility.
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.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.03.2025
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.
In December 2024, Roman Yemelyanov was already subjected to repression in an administrative politically motivated case. He was accused of violating the procedure for organizing and holding mass events under Part 1 of Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. At the same time, there have been no mass events in Chechersk in recent years, except for those organized by the authorities. This persecution was probably for some posts on social networks, which the punitive structures of the ruling regime interpret as pickets, since people express some opinions through them.
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.
First,Ivan was arrestedfor15 days, thenplacedin a pretrial detention facility on a criminal case.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime 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.
When in June 2024 the KGB of Belarus declared the Media IQ project an extremist group, it named Pitkevich among its participants. Around the same time, Polina's accounts were last online.
Polina Pitkevich was born in 1994. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Belarusian State University (2016). She was fond of theater and for some time played as an actress in the Laboratory of Social Theater in Minsk. As a journalist, she wrote on cultural topics. Polina is also known for her love of animals - on her social media pages, you can find many ads about helping homeless tailed ones. According to friends, Polina had more than one rescued cat living in her house.
Trial outcome 07.03.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime 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.
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.09.2024
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.
Maxim Solop is 36 years old. He is originally from Brest. In 2012, he graduated from the Physics Department of the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. He worked as an engineer at the Brest Information Computing Center for Export-Import Transportation of the Belarusian Railway.
Maxim loves traveling and active recreation, and also engages in various sports and leads a healthy lifestyle.
His trial will begin on February 24, 2025, in the Brest City Court. Maxim is accused of "calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of Belarus" (Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code).
Trial outcome 26.02.2025
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.
It is known that Sergei Gorun was detained in late October 2024. In his "confession video," he claimed to have participated in the 2020 protests, throwing paving stones at security forces and blocking the road with a bench.
Trial outcome 17.02.2025
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.
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.
4 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.
He was previously convicted of distributing extremist materials.
Trial outcome 12.03.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 05.05.2025
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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