According to the channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, he was detained for creating a cultural and historical «Rezystans» telegram channel.
«Rezystans»,was recognized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs as an extremist formation on March 29, 2022 — after Nikita's 15-day administrative arrest, which he served in February under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code (distribution of extremist materials). At the moment, the Rezystans telegram channel has been deleted.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
According to pro-government channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020 and for registering as a volunteer in Ukraine.
Programmer. Maxim was initially sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. After that, he independently wrote an appeal, where he described in detail everything that was illegal in his case and in court. After that, his sentence was increased to 2.5 years.
2.5 years imprisonment in a colony
Trial outcome 01.04.2022: 3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Dmitry Dashkevich is one of the most famous political figures in Belarus. He has been involved in public activities since 2001. He was the leader of the "Young Front" and served long prison terms several times for political activities in Belarus. Dashkevich is also one of the organizers of the "Night of Shot Poets" and "Defense of Kurapaty" campaigns.
After the 2020 elections, Dashkevich remained, perhaps, the only public opposition politician who remained in Belarus.
He was detained on March 23, 2022, sentenced to 15 days under an administrative article, during which time a criminal case was opened against Dmitry and after 15 days he was left in custody.
In July 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution” (Article 411 of the Criminal Code). On October 18, Judge Tatyana Derevyanko sentenced Dmitry to another year in a maximum-security penal colony.
In January 2024, the political prisoner was transferred again to IK No. 14. In the colony, he was placed in a punishment cell, where it is terribly cold. During the night, Dmitry has to get up to eight times to do exercises and somehow warm up. For this, they write reports about him not lying down after lights out.
At the end of May 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry.
Dmitry is charged under the "people's" article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order), as well as part 1 of article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration).
Trial outcome 14.07.2022: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 19.10.2023: 1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.12.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Vladimir Avramtsev studied at the Bobruisk School of the Olympic Reserve and at the Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University. He was engaged in wrestling and competed in grappling competitions — the Belarusian Championship and the ADCC Belarus Open.
Vladimir worked as a trainer at the Bobruisk fitness center «Eva».
The man was detained due to sabotage on the railway tracks. When he was arrested, he did not resist, but still the officers of the Special Rapid Response Unit used weapons and severely beat him.
Vladimir was convicted under five serious articles of the Criminal Code, imposed a term of restriction of freedom, as well as a penalty in the amount of over 12 800 BYN.
22 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Dmitry has worked in the past as a driver in several organizations and as a taxi driver. He also worked in the Kalinkovichi Department of Security from the beginning of 2017 to May 2018, and then as a police ensign before being dismissed in August.
Dmitry is married, he has a 4 year old daughter.
The man was detained due to sabotage on the railway tracks. When he was arrested, he did not resist, but still the staff of the Special Rapid Response Unit purposefully shot him in the knee joints.
Dmitry was convicted under five serious articles of the Criminal Code, imposed a term of restriction of freedom, as well as a fine in the amount of over 12 800 BYN.
22 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
A former teacher from Khoyniki was accused of videotaping the movement of a column of military equipment, and then sent the recording to the telegram channel «Belaruski Gayun».
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, he was detained for registration in the «Peramoga» plan, as well as for comments in social networks.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to the telegrams of channels supporting state power, he was detained for participating in protest actions in 2020.
The man was caught on video by a journalist from protest actions in the first days after the elections.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
An employee of «Beltelecom».
According to the channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, he was detained for reposts from resources recognized as extremist in the corporate telegram chat of the enterprise, as well as for photos from protest actions found in his mobile phone.
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Detained for commenting on social networks (in a criminal case of insulting Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Nikolai Karpenkov).
In the colony, Irina broke her hip and now cannot walk fully.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
It is reported that the man was detained for the events of August 2020, but law enforcement officers found photos of military equipment in his phone, which he uploaded to the telegram channel «Kalinkovichi for Life» on February 23.
Unknown
Citizen of the Russian Federation, has been living in Minsk for 16 years.
According to pro-government channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020.
Convicted of participating in protests and setting fire to a car (the exact information on the charge is unknown).
It became known that Maxim was tried on May 12, 2023 under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code. The verdict is unknown.
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
According to the telegrams of channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, he was detained for registration in the plan «Peramoga».
He is a DOSAAF driving instructor.
Unknown
Ex-lieutenant colonel of the State Security Committee.
The criminal case against the lieutenant colonel is known only from the state media.
In 2021, the ONT TV channel showed the film «Operation of the State Security Committee «Mankurty»», in which they reported on the detention of lieutenant colonel of the State Security Committee Alexei Khralovich.
The man has been in custody of law enforcement officers for about a year at the time of the verdict.
Khralovich was deprived of the military rank of lieutenant-colonel.
10 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
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