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.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.02.2023
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was sentenced to imprisonment in the fall of 2022 for "insulting Lukashenko." The outcome of his appeal is unknown.
In June 2025, it became known that Vladimir had been detained. The details of the case are being investigated. In the fall, he was sentenced to imprisonment.
Trial outcome 31.10.2022
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.01.2023
all charges dropped.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Andrey Fomin is 29 years old, he hails from Mogilev, but lived in Minsk. The guy graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. In the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was forced to say that he was the editor and author of articles for the «Vestniki» newspaper network. According to information from activists of the ByProsvet initiative, Andrey did not have access to newspaper accounts and did not know those who distribute them in Belarus.
As a result, the guy was charged for participating in the March on August 30, 2020 and transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1. Andrey fundamentally did not want to leave his country, he is writing a book, six cats are waiting for him at home.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The Belarusian state TV channel reported that Alexander transferred about 800 US dollars to BYPOL in May 2021. It is worth noting that BYPOL was recognized as an extremist organization in November 2021, meaning that at the time of the transfer, the initiative was not extremist.
According to witnesses, Alexander was indeed offered compensation for the damage through a fund associated with the president. He agreed to such compensation in exchange for his release, but things did not go according to plan. Alexander was refused, and his money (about 30 bitcoins) was confiscated. The BYPOL organization was recognized as a "terrorist formation", and a new criminal case was opened against Alexander under the article "Financing terrorist activity".
On March 15, 2024, in the Minsk City Court, Judge Elena Shilkо issued a new sentence – 9 years of imprisonment. The waves of pardons that swept across the country did not affect the political prisoner.
Trial outcome 31.10.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.01.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 15.03.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.05.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.01.2023
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After his arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which he communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
19.09.2023
Сегодня 19 сентября прошёл суд в закрытом режиме, в Верховном суде, приговор без изменения
20.03.2023
Judge Kuchuk
Trial outcome 06.04.2023:
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Observer, director, organizer of honey fairs and director of the Tsar-Med company.
Convicted for participating in protests on August 23, 2020 as a commentator
In the fall of 2024, Yuri's regime was changed and he was sent to serve his sentence in a penal colony.
In the fall of 2025, it became known that Yuri had been convicted of another criminal case and sentenced to imprisonment. The details of the case are unknown.
Trial outcome 15.09.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 29.11.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 30.09.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Lyceum student of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Detained together with a citizen of the Russian Federation Anton Lysov. He is accused of setting fire to the car of the head of the Forensic examination Committee Alexei Volkov.
Trial outcome 02.11.2022:
7,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexey was arrested on June 30, 2021, as part of a criminal investigation into an incident at a Russian Navy communications facility near Vileika.
According to the prosecution's case presented in court, Alexei and Vadim Gulevich, "dressed in camouflage and armed with firearms, entered the military facility and planted explosive devices with a blast radius of up to 11 meters." One of them failed to detonate and was defused. An examination revealed that the devices were initiated with a delayed action.
The damages were estimated at over 26,000 rubles. In December 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony and a large fine.
In August 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of changing the sentence, as a result of which Alexei was transferred to a prison regime.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A lawyer with 25 years of experience. Previously, he headed his own company «Braginets and Partners». Recently, he worked in the legal advice of the Dzerzhinsky district of Minsk.
After his detention at home, the man was taken to the Partisan police department to check for involvement in protest activities. From there, it was alleged in court, he tried to leave. This was the manifestation of disobedience.
A protocol was drawn up on Vitaly under Article 24.3 of the Administrative Code and he was arrested for 15 days. He was supposed to be released on the evening of June 7, but this did not happen.
Vitaly is the defender of lawyer Andrey Mochalov, against whom a criminal case was initiated.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Investigators report that in August 2020, at some point, an SUV with foreign registration plates and tinted windows attracted the attention of police officers. When the policemen went to the car, the accused started reversing and deliberately ran over one of them, after which he fled the scene.
Traffic police officers pursued the accused, but the driver abandoned his car near the village of Antonovo, and he disappeared.
The video from the registrar of the traffic police official car shows a large gathering of police officers in full gear. The moment of hitting one of them is not visible.
The man was put on the wanted list and upon his return from Poland on May 5, 2022 in Baranovichi, he was detained and placed in custody.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Advocate. Specializes in representing clients' interests in international commercial arbitration. Father of many children.
Shortly before his arrest, he signed an anti-war appeal from lawyers and jurists regarding actions in Ukraine. Immediately after signing the letter against the war, Danilevich began to have problems at the bar - disciplinary proceedings were initiated. He was also fired from BSU, where he taught at the Faculty of International Relations for more than 20 years. The court imposed a 10-year sentence in a high- security penal colony. However, after an appeal, the term was reduced to 6 years.
Trial outcome 10.04.2023:
6 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexander, a driver, was arrested in November 2021 in a criminal case related to the "Busly Lyatsyats" initiative. Some of the charges concerned damaging the car of a Borisov district judge. As a result, he was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.06.2022
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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