He was detained and convicted in a case of mass unrest initiated after the events of August 9-13, 2020.
On June 29, 2023, a trial was held to transfer the political prisoner to prison regime until the end of his term.
On July 9, 2023, Sergei was transferred to Prison No. 4.
| 27.05.2021 | Patronymic Vasilyevich |
5.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
A well-known activist and confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Gomel. Tatyana has been fighting for changes to anti-drug legislation for several years as part of the "Movement of Mothers 328" initiative. On August 6, 2020, she was detained in her own home, accused of "mass riots" and plans to "seize buildings."
In January 2022, it became known that Tatyana had been transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists, she is deprived of the right to visits and is allowed to receive only one small parcel per year. Letters from Tatyana come extremely rarely. In addition, she has developed problems with her spine.
| 31.08.2021 | is serving a sentence in IK-4. address: 246035, Gomel, st. Antoshkina, 3 |
Trial outcome 04.05.2021: 6 years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome date unknown: 2 years of prison regime.
Trial outcome date unknown: 1 year of prison regime.
Evgeny, one of the founders of the Zubr movement, was arrested on September 25, 2020 and convicted of "preparing for mass riots." He has been repeatedly subjected to repression: fines, arrests, beatings, and pressure.
In April 2022, he was transferred to a prison regime for a term of 2 years. In May 2024, Evgeny returned from a closed prison to IK No. 1 in poor physical condition, but retained a positive attitude. Upon arrival, he was placed in a punishment cell, then transferred to a PKT.
In July 2024, the court decided to transfer Evgeniy to prison regime until the end of his sentence.
Trial outcome 25.05.2021: 7 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 27.08.2021: the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 12.04.2022: 2 years of prison regime.
Trial outcome 29.07.2024: unknown years of prison regime.
A team member of YouTube channel «Country for Life» team, RV driver, lived in a city of Staryia Darohi, Minsk region.
Detained during a picket for collecting signatures in support of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Grodno on May 29, 2020.
On July 13, 2023, it became known that the political prisoner was transferred to a prison regime for a period of 2 years. Alexander was offered several times to write an application for pardon, but he refused.
Trial outcome 27.04.2021: 6 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions.
Trial outcome 07.07.2023: 2 years of prison regime.
Blogger from Rechitsa. The process was closed, so all that is known is that the young man was charged with a video published back in 2020 on Youtube, where they saw an insult to Lukashenko.
In addition, it is known that Barsukov collaborated with propagandists. He took part in the revealing story of Ksenia Lebedeva on «BT». In the investigation the young man is presented as once had a negative attitude to the authorities. His story was used for manipulation.
On November 8, 2022, the court of the Horki district held a hearing on the case of transferring a political prisoner to a correctional facility of a different type and changing the conditions of the regime.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Evgeniy Khoroshkevich was detained on January 18, 2021 in Novopolotsk.
As the accused's father, Alexander, said, the problems began after his son went to observe the polling station at his place of registration in the village of Farinovo. He wrote a complaint to the prosecutor's office about a gross violation of the electoral code, in which he reported an unsealed ballot box. After that, on August 12, police officers came to Yevgeny's work and detained him. But they soon released him. On January 19, 2021, he was detained again, but this time as part of a criminal case.
At the reading of the sentence, Evgeny's parents brought to the courtroom printed color photographs of his three-month-old daughter Milana. While he was behind bars, he had a child, whom he had not yet seen. In the colony, he is registered as prone to extremism.
08/17/2024 released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
4 years in prison .
On August 31, 2022, he was transferred to a prison regime for a period of 2 years.
Inhabitant of Leeds. He was an observer at the elections, and after the elections he helped the victims and those dismissed for political reasons.
He was on a hunger strike for 32 days in jail. He did not admit his guilt. They awarded 6,000 rubles for moral damages to the "victim". There are 3 children in Igor's family, one of them has cerebral palsy.
In IK-1, strong pressure was put on Igor, torture was used.
On August 25, 2022, a trial was held to toughen the punishment for Igor: by decision of judge Vitaly Lapko, the political prisoner was transferred to a prison regime in Mogilev.
09.21.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
| 06.07.2021 | Awarded 10,000 rubles. moral damage |
Detained in Novopolotsk on the evening of 10 August. He was kept in SIZO-1 in Vitebsk. Then he was released on bail. January 21 was sentenced to 2 years of chemistry.
The prosecutor protested. The new trial took place on June 22, 2021, the punishment was changed to a colony.
From December 2022 he was transferred to the prison regime until the end of his term.
| 07.05.2021 | Shauro Victor Valerievich. Birthday June 4, 1997 March 26 was the court of appeal. The verdict was upheld. On April 30, he left for "chemistry" at the IUOT No. 21 in Mozyr. |
2 years in a general regime colony.
Graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy. He worked as chief engineer of the state farm "Drut" in the Belynichi district, director of the state farm "Iskra" in the Belynichi district, and director of the Shklov district association of housing and communal services. He was a presidential candidate from the Belarusian Popular Front Party in the 2010 presidential elections. In 2017 he was elected chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front Party. Charged with conspiracy to seize government power. In January 2024 he was transferred to prison regime.
At the beginning of April 2024, Gregory underwent surgery. As Dmitry Antonchik reported, Kostuseva had the catheter removed from her bladder and immediately taken from the operating table to a cell. On July 3, 2024, he was released due to the amnesty law.
10 years' imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to investigators, he was a participant in mass riots in Zhlobin. In June 2022, he was transferred to prison regime.
In July 2023, Evgeniy was added six months to his sentence under Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On February 1, 2024, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
| 27.06.2021 | escorted 2 or 3.07 (according to the mother) |
3.5 years in prison in a strict regime colony.
Maxim was sentenced on December 4, 2020 under Article 339 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for taking down a red and green flag at the station, and then, in self-defense, hitting a person who tried to call the police on him and took his personal belongings. In January 2024 he was transferred to prison regime.
4 years in a medium-security prison
He was detained and convicted for participating in protests that took place in Minsk on August 9-10, 2020, for blocking roads, erecting barricades, and for “throwing plants from flowerbeds at law enforcement officers.”
In mid-April 2022, it became known that Alexander's regime had been changed to a prison sentence for two years.
Released in August 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court
4 years in a medium-security prison
He was detained and convicted of damaging the car of the deputy head of the Department of Execution of Punishments in Novaya Borovaya.
Yegor was transferred to prison regime.
On August 30, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
| 07.05.2021 | Transferred to IK-1 Novopolotsk. |
3 years and 2 months imprisonment under strict security conditions
He was convicted of participating in and resisting a protest in August 2020 in Grodno.
Transferred to prison regime in November 2021.
According to human rights activists , he will be released at the end of spring 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
3.5 years of imprisonment under strict security conditions
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