Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions.
The Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions unites several independent trade unions. It includes the Free Belarusian Trade Union, the Free Metalworkers' Union, the Belarusian Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union.
On April 19, 2022, Alexander was searched at his place of work and place of residence, equipment was seized. Yaroshuk was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
«Intex-press» journalist from Baranovichi.
He was detained on April 27, 2022. On April 29, he was sentenced to 10 days of arrest.
About a week after the journalist's detention, a fragment of a video from his interrogation and information about the reason for Gontsarevich's detention appeared in the telegram channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus: he allegedly photographed Russian military equipment and sent pictures to the media, recognized by the Belarusian authorities as extremist.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Former head of the Independent Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers. In 2018, for active trade union activity, he was sentenced to 4 years of restriction of freedom without referral. On April 11, 2022, the State Security Committee recognized the independent trade union of radio-electronic industry workers as an extremist formation.
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
The owner of the jewelry workshop «Samorodok», was engaged in the manufacture of jewelry for participants of reenactment clubs, studied the history of the Middle Ages. He is married, the family has two children.
On May 20, 2022, he was convicted of slander and for insulting Lukashenko and representatives of the authorities.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was convicted under an article for insulting an official. Sergei was sentenced to three years of restriction of freedom with direction.
In January 2023, a new trial was held for participation in protests. Sergei was added to his sentence of 6 months of restriction of freedom with direction.
3.5 years of restriction of freedom with direction.
Detained for participating in protest actions 2020.
unknown
Candidate of Economic Sciences. Taught logistics at BSU.
Convicted of participating in protest actions in 2020.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Student. Konstantin is a master of sports.
On December 9, a video appeared in the telegram channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus with him, where Konstantin was forced to say that he participated in the development of the «Black Map of Belarus».
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Political activist from Grodno. In 2017, he spoke at protests related to the introduction of a “tax on parasitism.” In 2019, I set up a tent in front of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno to solve the housing problem. In 2020, Lavrentiev, together with activist Nikolai Solyanik, held a number of actions for the introduction of quarantine in Belarus during the coronavirus pandemic. Before the 2020 presidential elections, the activist was serving administrative arrest for an action during a meeting with Sergei Tikhanovsky. In the fall of 2020, he left Belarus for Poland.
In Poland, he volunteered to help two Belarusian refugees. but in December 2020, Alexander disappeared from a rented apartment in Bialystok. The girls' money also disappeared with him. He did not answer calls or messages. He told his friend that he calmly crossed the Polish-Belarusian border, but his case in Belarus was closed due to lack of evidence. In 2021, Alexander purchased a food truck and worked in one of the microdistricts of Grodno. I was selling shawarma. On May 2, 2022, Lavrentyev was detained right at his workplace. Detained by the Main Directorate for Organized Crime Control of the Grodno Region. After the arrest, the Grodno resident said on camera that he was detained for distributing extremist information online and insulting the president. He admitted guilt.
On October 11, 2022, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
In the summer of 2024, it became known that Grodno resident Alexander Lavrentiev was given another 1 year of imprisonment in a colony under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution”).
4 years 4 months imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Evgeny was detained on January 18, 2022, when he arrived in Grodno from Germany.
On camera, Yevgeny told law enforcement officers that in 2020 he was in chat rooms recognized as extremist, where he called for mass riots, police killings, burning of «Tabakerka».
7 years imprisonment in a colony
Ruslan Ksenzhik was found guilty of participating in protest actions on August 9 and 30, 2020.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In a video posted on the telegram channel supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, the guy was forced to admit that he participated in post-election protests and blocked traffic.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The first time she was detained for participating in protest actions.
She was detained again on September 23, 2022 while trying to cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
He is on trial together with Egorov Kuzin and Nikolai Kuleshov about illegal border crossing.
1). 2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2). 3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
To ensure that none of political prisoners are left without attention and support the site has a function of verified sendings.
Please attach a photo or a screenshot for transfer verification. The new transfer will be posted on the site as soon as it is verified by the moderator!
You can upload an image from the support event, and after passing moderation we will publish it.
Do you want to help a released political prisoner? Send your contact to Telegram and we will contact you.
In view of the critical human rights situation in Belarus and the violation of fundamental articles of the UDHR, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other international instruments.
A Keeper means you want to regularly help a specific person in prison through their family. Choose a political prisoner and click «Become a Keeper», our team will contact you shortly.
You can request the letters that we have in storage, for this, leave your telegram account for feedback, we will contact you and, after verifying your identity, we will transfer the archive with your letters.
Briefly write the most critical information.
Please leave your contact in Telegram.
Are you a relative or someone close to a political prisoner? Send us a short description and your Telegram contact for feedback. After data verification we will publish your relative on the website.
Do you have information about administrative prosecution? Please send us a short description and your Telegram contact for feedback. After checking the data, we will publish your information on the site.
Please leave your Telegram contact and ad description. After moderation your ad will be published on the site.
Please leave your contact on Telegram and describe your skills in as much detail as possible. After moderation, your CV will be published on the website.
The answer will appear on the website if such a question has not been asked before. Please read the section before you ask your question.
Are you a representative of an organization or initiative and would like to support our statement? Just fill out the contact form below.
Multi upload allows you to send confirmations with one photo to several political prisoners at once, check the selected people before sending!
Please attach a photo or a screenshot for transfer verification. The new transfer will be posted on the site as soon as it is verified by the moderator!
Please complete the questionnaire to enter the first stage of an interview to determine your individual needs.
