Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Number of repressed: 340
Date of birth: 27 december 1979
Categories: Overseers

Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service.
Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.

Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service.
Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.

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Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 1
In custody: ~1308 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 15.12.1993
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Ivan was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

According to human rights activists, he was released in October 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 1726 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 26.04.2000
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Yakov was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

Yakov graduated from the Brest Builders' Lyceum and was assigned to work, but was unable to start working due to his detention. In May 2022, the Brest Moscow Court ordered him to pay compensation for failure to work and a state fee.

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 Yakov Shafarenko.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome date unknown
approximately 3785 rubles of compensation.
Pavel Ruslanovich Mazko
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In custody: 980 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 21.10.2002
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Pavel was detained in connection with a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots". Before his detention, Pavel was engaged in clothing design and volunteer work, supporting people with disabilities and children in orphanages.

He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Igor Anatolievich Laptanovich
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 806 days
Hometown: Belousovschina
Date of birth: 07.08.1987
Number of children: 3 children
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Igor, an activist from Pruzhany, was arrested in March 2021 in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest. The participants were singing and dancing in circles, but a water cannon was used against them. He and his wife were convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order", despite the fact that they are the parents of three children. According to the prosecution, the downtime of the trolleybus and bus depot caused damages in the amount of about 660 Belarusian rubles.

He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 04.08.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 22.10.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Roman Anatolievich Sidyuk
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 1119 days
Hometown: Kobryn
Date of birth: 09.02.1987
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Roman was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against election fraud that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. During the protest, he was seriously injured and underwent long-term treatment. He was later convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 495 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 21.08.1984
Was in: SIZO-6SIZO-6, Baranovichi, Brestskaya ul. 258 B, 225413
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Alexey was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 15.03.2021
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.04.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Yuri Andreevich Kostyuk
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In custody: 1647 days
Hometown: Svetlogorsk
Date of birth: 06.12.1997
Was in: Turma №1Turma №1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
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The first time, Yuri was convicted for, according to the charges, in September 2020, while walking with friends near the Molodezhnaya Hotel, during a conversation he tugged at the national flag, which eventually fell.

In November 2021, his sentence was changed and he was sent to a penal colony.

In January 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence.

On February 15, 2022, Yuri was detained again in a criminal case opened under the article "assistance to extremist activity." He received administrative arrest, during which KGB officers visited him. As a result of the beatings, he was suspected of having broken ribs. The criminal case was not closed.

In May 2022, he was detained again in Russia due to a wanted list, and in October of the same year he was extradited to Belarus, although the extradition case was formally closed on September 26, 2022.

In January 2023, Yuri was convicted again for helping other political prisoners receive aid from foundations. At the trial, he pleaded not guilty and refused to testify.

In May 2024, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison until the end of his term.

Trial outcome 17.11.2020
1 year restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 58 rubles of compensation.
Regime change trial 23.11.2021
1 month 16 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 13.01.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.03.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 27.05.2024
prison regime until the end of the term.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 984 days
folder Categories of cases: Direct action, Brest 2020 Protests
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 23.03.1991
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Maxim was arrested in December 2020 and convicted of setting fire to tires and hanging scarecrows in Brest.

He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 18.05.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: ~703 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Asipovichy
Date of birth: 05.08.1997
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Artem was arrested on October 19, 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison in an open-type correctional facility for participating in protests against the election results in Minsk in August 2020. In early February 2022, Artem escaped from the correctional facility, but was later arrested again.

In April 2022, the court considered the case of Artem's transfer to a different type of correctional facility and changing the conditions of his sentence. The court ordered that he be sent to a penal colony for nine months.

He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 15.01.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 21.04.2022
9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Olga Aleksandrovna Klaskovskaya
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 791 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 30.01.1982
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The former Narodnaya Volya correspondent was detained and convicted for blocking a road in the Serebryanka microdistrict of Minsk on October 13, 2020. In January 2022, Olga was convicted again for a comment addressed to a Brest police officer and sentenced to one and a half years of "house arrest". As a result of the addition of terms, her total sentence increased by six months.

She was released in December 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

25.11.2021 squad number 3
30.06.2021 After the punishment cell, she has a monthly limit in the store of 58 rubles. for half a year. Therefore, he asks for everything in the transmission. Her mom needs help collecting gear.

Trial outcome 22.12.2020
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 20.01.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 14.03.2022
the sentence was upheld.
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