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.
Nikolai was arrested in February 2025 in a criminal case opened under the statute "inciting social hatred," but the charge was later changed to "calls for sanctions." In the middle of that year, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Anton and his wife Snezhana have three children (one together and two of his wife’s children from her first marriage).
On August 9, 2020, he was wounded at a rally against election fraud in Baranovichi. He was shot in the shin with rubber bullets. Five times he managed to throw away flash-bang grenades flying at people, and the sixth exploded in his hands. He was stunned by the explosion, people carried him out in their arms and called an ambulance. After first aid, he returned to the rally and was detained a short time later. He, completely bandaged, was beaten with truncheons in a paddy wagon and imprisoned for 5 days.
After his administrative arrest, Anton hid from the security forces for 4 years, as a criminal case was opened against him. In June 2024, a letter was sent to his address that the criminal case against me was closed. However, in February 2025, he was detained while taking the exam at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and put in a pretrial detention center pending trial.
Trial outcome 28.05.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Andrei Orel is being held in Brest Pretrial Detention Center No. 7. His arrest was motivated by what appears to be a like or comment online following Russia's attack on Ukraine.
On June 18, 2025, the stores of 52-year-old businessman Andrey Orel, which sold children's toys, clothing, bicycles, and bicycle repairs, closed. The reason for the closure was the owner's arrest.
Trial outcome 03.12.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Judging by social networks , the man owns a business for oversized cargo transportation (with an office in Brest). The last time he was online was at the end of October 2024 (probably when he was detained).
Trial outcome 08.01.2025
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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