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Elena Romanauskiene
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In custody: ~556 days
Date of birth: 31.12.1964
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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A citizen of Lithuania, but a native of Belarus. She worked as the head of the marketing department of the Lithuanian sanatorium "Belarus".

Ramanauskiene could have been detained last year when she was returning to Lithuania from Belarus, where she visited her relatives. The woman's relatives refused to comment to the Lithuanian publication. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry reported that she was receiving consular assistance. The trial in the Minsk City Court began on June 3.

She was found guilty under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (intelligence activity). The trial was held behind closed doors, but state media reported that she was accused of "repeatedly providing information about vacationers, including high-ranking Belarusian officials." She was reportedly recruited by Lithuanian intelligence services more than 10 years ago.

On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries , including Elena Romanauskiene .

Trial outcome 11.06.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: ~229 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 01.02.2001
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the court schedule, on 29.04.2024, Daria was convicted under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity), apparently after that a criminal case was opened.

According to the case materials , in April 2024, Dasha and Valeria wrapped paper around a mop handle, set it on fire and brought it to the state flag, which was hanging on the organization’s building on Socialist Street in Grodno.

In court, both girls admitted their guilt.

On 08.08.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 19.06.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.08.2024
unknown.
Alexander Andreevich Kotovich
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In custody: 839 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 09.08.1990
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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A Ukrainian citizen. The Ministry of Internal Affairs claimed that the Ukrainian was affiliated with the "extremist group" "Belarus Beyond the Moscow Ring Road," but according to human rights activists, Alexander had no connection to the project as its founder or leader—he simply left comments there.

He was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.

Trial outcome 27.03.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.06.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~241 day
Hometown: Svetlogorsk
Date of birth: 24.04.1969
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Trial outcome 21.06.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 22.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~207 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 17.05.2001
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the case materials , in April 2024, Dasha and Valeria wrapped paper around a mop handle, set it on fire and brought it to the state flag, which was hanging on the organization’s building on Socialist Street in Grodno.

In court, both girls admitted their guilt.

On 08.08.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 19.06.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.08.2024
unknown.
Natalia Alexandrovna Stepina
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In custody: ~260 days
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 17.05.1972
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained in March 2024, on 16.05.2024 the measure of restraint was changed to house arrest. Again taken into custody in the courtroom. Convicted for a comment in the chat of the messenger "Telegram".

On 13.08.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 18.06.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.08.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~420 days
Hometown: Berezinskoe
Date of birth: 26.03.2004
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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On 15.08.2024, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.

He was released in May 2025 .

Trial outcome 17.06.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.08.2024
unknown.
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In custody: 301 day
Hometown: Bryansk
Date of birth: 28.10.1986
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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According to the court , Andrei Timonin, Valeria Ivchina, Mikhail Pishchalo, Svetlana Kotova and Denis Kotov took part in marches in Minsk in August and September, “went out onto the roadway” and “blocked traffic.”

All defendants admitted guilt.

In January 2024, Andrei Timonin was also subjected to administrative arrest for distributing “extremist materials.”

Trial outcome 13.06.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.08.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Rico Krieger
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In custody: ~269 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 23.09.1993
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Citizen of Germany. It is known that Rico previously worked as a special security officer for the American Foreign Ministry in Berlin. After this position, he moved into the healthcare field, working as a nurse. According to his linkedin page, the man was a military doctor for the Red Cross.

Rico Krieger was found guilty of “committing an explosion in order to influence decision-making by authorities, intimidate the population, destabilize public order (an act of terrorism), committed by a person who had previously committed a crime under Part 4 of Art. 295 of the Criminal Code, by an organized group, that is, in the commission of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code."

Based on it, Krieger was given an exceptional punishment in the form of death penalty (execution).

Human rights activists also learned that the case of the military doctor concerns the Kalinovsky regiment, namely its structural unit, the foreign mechanized battalion "Western".

It is known that the man left behind a minor child in Germany. It is also noted that at the moment there is no information whether the verdict was appealed or protested, and whether it entered into legal force.

08/01/2024 Rico Krieger was released as part of an exchange between Russia and the West.

Trial outcome 24.07.2024
death penalty.
Lyudmila Alexandrovna Likhachevskaya
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In custody: ~405 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 19.05.1977
Number of children: 3 children
Family members: Alexei Petrovich Zahepilo
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained together with her husband Alexey. According to court schedules, they want to collect money from Lyudmila and Alexey through the court for the maintenance of their children while they are in custody.

Lyudmila has 3 children, two of them are minors.

Trial outcome 29.11.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: ~298 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 12.10.1983
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Convicted for participation in the march on September 6, 2020.

Trial outcome 10.05.2024
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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In custody: ~311 days
folder Categories of cases: Baranovichi protests 2020
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 02.01.2002
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).

And the press service of the court announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranavichy, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, “deliberately obstructing the movement of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.” The exact date when the protests took place is not even indicated, it is simply called “August 2020.”

Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranavichy have already been sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a prison colony for a period of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was that a woman with a child under 3 years of age was sentenced to a suspended sentence).

Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Maria Konstantinovna Misyuk
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In custody: 623 days
folder Categories of cases: Case «Black Nightingales», Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 2008
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A pro-government film (April 2024) reported that six teenagers allegedly united into an "anarchist cell called 'Black Nightingales,'" which was created "under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine" by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misiuk.

ONT staff claim the teenagers united to carry out acts of sabotage, following a tip, in Belarus and then in Russia. Maria is charged under Part 2 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the film, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an "anarchist cell to prepare terrorist attacks." According to the film, Misyuk communicated with her "supervisor" online. According to ONT staff, the "supervisor," "Marichka," sent Misyuk "instructions for making an explosive device, a Molotov cocktail, and literature with anarchist and destructive content."

She was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.

Trial outcome date unknown
13 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexander Ivanovich Zubkov
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In custody: 363 days
Hometown: Brozha
Date of birth: 25.03.1968
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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teacher of physics and astronomy at Secondary School No. 27 in Mogilev. On June 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 23.04.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~250 days
Hometown: Cherikov
Date of birth: 13.11.1975
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the prosecution , Elena Dubrovskaya, using a mobile phone, under a post with a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko, published in a chat included in the Republican list of extremist materials, posted a comment with a negative assessment of Lukashenko’s personality, containing an obscene form of speech expression. At the court hearing, the woman fully admitted her guilt.

Elena Dubrovskaya filed an appeal. The Judicial Collegium of the Mogilev Regional Court considered it on June 20, but left the complaint unsatisfied and the verdict unchanged.

Trial outcome 17.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2024
unknown.
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