Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka

Karaban Denis is accused at trial of leaving the following comment in the VK group “BAD NEWS BELARUS”: “A*uenchik, it’s high time to bring them down.”

The investigation and the state prosecution regard this statement as the commission of a crime under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code, i.e. inciting hostility (against law enforcement officers).

According to human rights activists, he will be released at the beginning of June 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Igor is accused of making 7 inscriptions on the facades of buildings from April to December 2021. Two of these inscriptions insulted Lukashenko.

During the court session, the accused fully admitted his guilt.

In the fall of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.

A defendant in a criminal case initiated following the events in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020.

Oleg is accused of breaking a stake (which was propping up a tree), breaking the stick into two pieces, and throwing one of them towards the police officers. He "threw the stick with the intent of causing injury" and "intentionally threatening violence" towards the police officers. He also threw a handful of earth towards the police.

On August 20, 2024, Oleg had a trial on the establishment of preventive supervision in the court of the city of Bobruisk and the district. This may indicate that the political prisoner was released in September .

On August 10, 2021, Stanislav was detained for three days. During a search, marijuana was found on him, leading to a criminal case under the drug law. The court later found Stanislav guilty and sentenced him to restricted freedom and an open correctional facility.

After the verdict was announced, he was not released from pretrial detention but remained in custody in connection with a new criminal case opened under the article "inciting hatred." The charges stemmed from comments Stanislav, under the nickname "Partizan," left on September 24, 2020, in the Telegram chat "Brest 97%."

In January 2022, Stanislav was found guilty again and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Olga was arrested in December 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "financing group actions that grossly violate public order."

According to the investigation, from August 13 to December 19, 2020, Olga, along with other individuals, allegedly financed participants in unauthorized mass events by paying fines, legal fees, state fees, and providing other financial assistance.

In July 2022, Olga was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

She was released in July 2023, having fully served her sentence.

Stanislav was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following spontaneous protests that took place in Brest from August 10 to 11, 2020, against the falsification of the presidential elections.

In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in "mass riots" and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony. He was accused of intentionally breaking paving slabs while preparing "instruments of crime." He was also charged with causing physical harm, in the form of two wounds to the thumb of Igor Kalyagin's right hand, and "beating" other victims.

He was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Detained under Articles 130, 368 and 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

On June 10, 2022, Judge Elena Shilk found Ivan guilty and sentenced him to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was soon transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.

At the end of September, Ivan was transferred to Correctional Colony No. 2 in Bobruisk, and soon to Brest Pretrial Detention Center No. 7. In December, the political prisoner was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.

On December 29, 2022, the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk considered Ivan's case under Article 391 of the Criminal Code (insulting a judge). It is known that the trial was conducted by Judge Anna Skuratovich and the final sentence of the political prisoner has not changed.

In January 2023, Ivan was transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.

At the beginning of 2024 he was transferred to Penal Colony No. 1.

On January 30, 2025, he served his full sentence and was released.

Evgeniy was arrested in November 2021 and remanded in custody pending trial.

In December 2021, he was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko for posting three videos on TikTok in November 2020.

According to human rights activists, he was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Alexander was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "hooliganism" and remanded in custody pending trial.

In December 2021, he was convicted of writing red and white graffiti and declaring his love for presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.

In June 2022, the court ordered an increase in the sentence, replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment to be served in a penal colony until the end of the sentence.

Alexander was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.

After his release, the persecution against Alexander did not stop; he was repeatedly subjected to searches and administrative arrests for “picketing.”

In the summer of 2023, he was placed in pretrial detention on a new criminal case, and in December of that year, he was found guilty of "rehabilitation of Nazism" and "hooliganism," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2026, having fully served his sentence.

Oleg was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In October 2022, he was found guilty of insulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.

He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.

resident of Brest, was convicted on October 14, 2021 by the Moskovsky District Court of Brest for writing on a house in Brest.

Released in October 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Miroslav was arrested on September 30, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In August 2022, he was convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Anna was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where people were singing and dancing in circles and were attacked with a water cannon. She was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Anna was released in February 2023, having fully served her sentence.