Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in penal colony No. 17. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving packages from persons in the institution. Political prisoner Vitold Ashurok, who was given more than ten penalties on trumped-up grounds and sent to solitary confinement, from which he never left, died in this colony. In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in penal colony No. 17. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving packages from persons in the institution. Political prisoner Vitold Ashurok, who was given more than ten penalties on trumped-up grounds and sent to solitary confinement, from which he never left, died in this colony. In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.
List of repressed
On the evening of August 9, 2020, Veresov, together with Kharyanov, took part in active group actions that grossly violated public order, blocked the streets and thereby impeded the operation of public passenger transport and city institutions. They were detained for three days on August 11, 2021 and placed in a temporary detention center. Before the trial, the defendants were under house arrest. Both are taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in October 2023.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Convicted along with his son for posting leaflets with the text “Adolf Grigoryevich Lukashenko” and “We need a corpse in the king’s clothes, not a living idiot at the helm.”
12/09/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
2.5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
He was taken into custody in connection with charges under Part 3 of Article 371 of the Criminal Code for organizing illegal border crossings by citizens fleeing arbitrary politically motivated persecution by the authorities of Belarus, which could lead to grave consequences for them - torture, cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment and illegal deprivation of liberty. Despite the fact that he was tried for committing an act by a group of people, only Evgeniy was in the dock. According to the charges, he brought people to the border zone of Lithuania.
Released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
A resident of the village of Ilyich, Rogachev district. Detained under Articles 130 and 369 of the Criminal Code. On September 1, 2022, a verdict was passed: the political prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
On April 26, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court began hearing a new criminal case against a political prisoner. The political prisoner was transferred to Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 .
As a result of the second trial, Andrey was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. The trial was held behind closed doors on May 22, 2023.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Andrei Stepankov.
- Associations
- IT staff
Technician-programmer from Sennitsa. It is known from the materials of the prosecution that Garmazinsky, using the Internet and a mobile phone in the telegram channel “My Country Belarus”, on November 18, 2020 and January 18, and also on March 23, 2021, posted several offensive messages that contained negative assessments of the first person of the state . One of them concerned the situation with the Ice Hockey World Championship. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.
06/05/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Resident of Novogrudok. Detained for the comment “It’s time for us to take up arms.”
In January 2022, Ruslan was sentenced to three years in prison in a general regime colony.
On August 2, 2022, another trial of Ruslan Kuzmich took place under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official) and Art. 370 of the Criminal Code (outrage of state symbols).
On September 30, 2021, he was detained in Grodno in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
04/04/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
He was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment. From 26.12. was moved from SIZO-1. At the trial, the charge under Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus was dropped, under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, the terms of attraction have expired. As a result, Cyril was accused under the "people's" article.
06/22/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
2.5 years in prison.
was detained on September 30, 2021 in Slonim in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
01.04.2023 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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was detained on September 29, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
09/30/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
He was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments “it’s time to take out the garbage” in a public telegram chat after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in the Minsk apartment.
At the end of March 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years in prison.
Convicted of outrage against the state. flag. The flag belonged to a utility company and cost 21 rubles. The accused bought and brought them a new flag.
On August 31, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year in prison .
According to human rights activists, Vyacheslav finished serving his sentence in September 2022.
Detained on August 17, 2021. Defendant in a criminal case initiated under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
In the spring of 2023, the punishment regime was tightened, Denis was transferred to a colony.
3 years of restriction of freedom .
After the tightening of the regime - 9 months, three days of imprisonment in a colony.
- Associations
- People with disabilities
- Parents of minors
detained on July 1, 2021 for bringing a ritual wreath to a policeman’s house.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2024 upon expiration of his sentence.
3 years in prison .
- Associations
- Parents of minors
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.
