Yuri Vitalievich Kazakevich
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Yuri Vitalievich Kazakevich
Since 2014, he has issued fines to journalists of independent media and has repeatedly issued politically motivated sentences, and actively tried people in administrative cases after the elections.
07/01/2020 Convicted via video link of activist, blogger, candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Tikhanovsky under Article 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, Article 342 of the Criminal Code for 15 days in the case of provocation in Grodno.
07/01/2020 Convicted Dmitry Furmanov, a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, under Article 342 of the Criminal Code and Article 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for 10 days.
11/12/2014 Sentenced socio-political activist Jerzy Grygencz to a fine of 10 b.v. for collecting signatures.
12/02/2014 Fined journalist Andrei Meleshko 40 b.v. according to Article 22.9.
08/19/2015 Fined journalists A. Denisov and A. Kirkevich 25 b.v. for “illegal production of media products.”
Sentenced in criminal cases to: Sergei Rimsha 3 years 6 months in a general regime colony; Yevgeny Ankuda 3 months of arrest; Alexander Kuzin has 1 year and 6 months of chemotherapy.
Since 2014, he has issued fines to journalists of independent media and has repeatedly issued politically motivated sentences, and actively tried people in administrative cases after the elections.
07/01/2020 Convicted via video link of activist, blogger, candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Tikhanovsky under Article 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, Article 342 of the Criminal Code for 15 days in the case of provocation in Grodno.
07/01/2020 Convicted Dmitry Furmanov, a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, under Article 342 of the Criminal Code and Article 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for 10 days.
11/12/2014 Sentenced socio-political activist Jerzy Grygencz to a fine of 10 b.v. for collecting signatures.
12/02/2014 Fined journalist Andrei Meleshko 40 b.v. according to Article 22.9.
08/19/2015 Fined journalists A. Denisov and A. Kirkevich 25 b.v. for “illegal production of media products.”
Sentenced in criminal cases to: Sergei Rimsha 3 years 6 months in a general regime colony; Yevgeny Ankuda 3 months of arrest; Alexander Kuzin has 1 year and 6 months of chemotherapy.
List of repressed
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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Lyubov was detained along with her mother during a mass raid in Belarus on October 31 in connection with the Yard Chat Case.
Lyuba is a single mother and has a six-year-old daughter. A relative has taken custody of the daughter during Lyuba's imprisonment.
While in pretrial detention (for almost a year), Lyuba was diagnosed with cancer. Despite this, her pretrial detention was not changed and she remained in custody until her trial. She was the only defendant in her case to be sentenced to home confinement, as she urgently needed chemotherapy. All the others received sentences ranging from 2.5 to 3 years in prison.
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- People with disabilities
- Retirees
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- People with disabilities
- Retirees
Maret was detained in late October 2024 in Smorgon. A total of 12 people were caught in the Smorgon "purge," most of whom were released after 24 hours.
Has the 2nd non-working disability group.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Previously, Yury Makhnach was a PPS company commander in Lida. In August 2020, TUT.BY published his appeal. Yury Makhnach spoke about the beating of people in the Lida District Department of Internal Affairs, paddy wagons, and at a car wash in the department's service garage. Then, on August 18 , he resigned from service in the police .
On August 18, 2020, he resigned and later left Belarus for Poland due to the threat of persecution.
According to the indictment, in March 2021, Evgeny allegedly "transferred 29.35 euros to a bank account used by BYPOL representatives via the internet and PayPal to support extremist activities."
He is expected to be released in the spring of 2025.
Artyom was found guilty in December 2023 of several criminal charges, including "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.
Nadezhda was convicted for participating in a protest held on September 6, 2020 in Grodno against the falsification of the presidential elections and violence in the country. She was sentenced to serve her sentence in an open-type correctional facility, after which she had to leave Belarus.
In 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Nadezhda as part of a special proceeding and she had been convicted in absentia under the article on “assistance to extremist activity.”
Alexander was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment he left on Facebook about T. O. Pakhomenko, head of the prevention department of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Mogilev. According to the prosecution, the comment contained a negative assessment of the "victim." Alexander was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of increasing the severity of the punishment.
Anatoly was convicted in July 2021 of insulting a government official.
According to the indictment, on October 29, 2020, while at home, he left a comment under an image describing police officer Alexander Kravchenko on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus," using obscene language. The investigation classified this as a public insult intended to cause the police officer emotional distress.
In November 2022, Anatoly faced trial under the same article. The nature of the charges, the details of the case, and the outcome of the trial are unknown.
Evgeny was convicted of intentionally removing the national flag from the front of the post office building and throwing it in a trash can, according to the charges. The case file states that he was intoxicated at the time of the act, which was confirmed by an expert examination.
Zhanna was convicted for participating in a protest held on September 6, 2020 in Grodno against the falsification of the presidential elections and violence in the country. She was sentenced to serve her sentence in an open-type correctional facility, after which she had to leave Belarus.
In 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Zhanna as part of a special proceeding and she had been convicted in absentia under the article on “assistance to extremist activity.”