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Catherine Nikolaevna Pacalo
An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Pakalo Ekaterina Nikolaevna is an employee of the security forces involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence. She acted as a state prosecutor in court on politically motivated cases. She requested two years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for political prisoner Darya Losik for an interview with Belsat under Article 361, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. During the debate, she stated that in her answers to Belsat's questions, Losik "deliberately presented false information about the situation in the Republic of Belarus, about the circumstances of her husband's detention and conviction." Darya received a punishment of 2 years of imprisonment to be served in a general regime colony.
An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Pakalo Ekaterina Nikolaevna is an employee of the security forces involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence. She acted as a state prosecutor in court on politically motivated cases. She requested two years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for political prisoner Darya Losik for an interview with Belsat under Article 361, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. During the debate, she stated that in her answers to Belsat's questions, Losik "deliberately presented false information about the situation in the Republic of Belarus, about the circumstances of her husband's detention and conviction." Darya received a punishment of 2 years of imprisonment to be served in a general regime colony.
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Yarmoshuk was first detained in this case on March 23, 2023, and was held for three days. Then they released him, but on June 11, 2023 they detained him again and took him into custody.
According to the indictment, on March 1, 2022, Yarmoshuk downloaded several files from the ItArmy of Ukraine website that allow DDoS attacks. Then he launched the program on his computer “at least 8 times,” which “broke the protection system against DDoS attacks” and “the operation of unidentified Internet resources of the Russian Federation was disrupted.” Thus, according to the state prosecution, Yarmoshuk “used malicious, potentially dangerous programs.” Also on August 19, 2020, Yarmoshuk transferred about $60 to the BySOL initiative via Facebook. 7 months later (March 12, 2021), the Belarusian authorities recognized the BySOL Foundation as an “extremist formation.” The fact that at the time of the money transfer BySOL was not an “extremist formation” does not bother the state prosecution.
On January 12, 2024, an appeal hearing was held at the court. The verdict came into force.
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.
Initially, he was held at Okrestina. He was then arrested under the Criminal Code. Those close to him note that Denis is a good, honest, fair, and compassionate guy. On pro-government channels, Denis is called the "chief visual editor" of the "Supratsіў" movement's videos. In the video, Salmanovich says he was detained by police because he "was a member of destructive Telegram channels," "collaborated with 'Busly Lyatsyats,'" and participated in protests in 2020.
The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence from 10 to 9.5 years of imprisonment.
Denis suffers from a serious illness: chronic glomerulonephritis following hemorrhagic vasculitis. In the summer of 2024, he was taken from the penal colony by ambulance. Salmanovich underwent surgery to remove his gallbladder. After the surgery, he remained in the prison's medical unit for another week until his stitches were removed.
The political prisoner's mother says Denis last contacted her in mid-November 2024. After the call, he was immediately taken to solitary confinement, where he remains to this day (January 2024).
In April 2025, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to a prison regime.
On September 16, 2026, he was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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Viktor was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In April 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.
According to unconfirmed information, in October 2025, a new criminal case was opened against Viktor.