Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
List of repressed
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Rock musician, leader of the punk band Mister X and activist. He was arrested in October 2020 for performing a performance in the form of a barefoot dance in front of a police car and charged with hooliganism.
In September 2021, a retrial was held, which decided to replace the remaining part of the sentence from "chemistry" to a colony. However, on November 24, 2021, a hearing was held at which the musician's transfer to the colony was denied.
He was released in December 2021 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry, a member of the initiative group to nominate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for president, was detained on May 29, 2020, during an election picket in Grodno while collecting signatures and convicted in the "Tikhanovsky case."
On October 21, 2021, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Evgeniy, a volunteer for presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's team, was arrested on May 30, 2020 and convicted in the "Tikhanovsky case" initiated after a picket on May 29, 2020, in Grodno, where Sergei Tikhanovsky and his supporters were detained.
On April 24, 2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Ukrainian citizen Mikhail was detained on September 16, 2020 and spent seven months in the temporary detention facility on Okrestina. He was charged with participating in three marches and organizing protest activities through the Telegram channel "Brave People", including writing protest inscriptions and hanging white-red-white ribbons.
He was released on December 16, 2023, after serving his full sentence, but was immediately arrested again in Mogilev.
Released on February 1, 2024, Mikhail was forced to leave Belarus.
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Vadim, an architect, was detained and beaten during a memorial event for Roman Bondarenko on Change Square on November 15, 2020, and hospitalized with injuries. He pleaded not guilty, saying that participating in the event was his civic duty, and was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
On March 15, 2024, a “special case” was opened against Vadim, and in the summer he was charged in absentia with “conspiracy to seize power,” “assisting extremist activity,” and “creating an extremist group.”
Mikhail was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of spray painting on Tabakerka kiosks, an arch, and a fountain in the area of the former Volgograd supermarket.
Released in January 2022 on the basis of a pardon.
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Vitaly worked in a private medical laboratory and was interested in airsoft, military history, science fiction, and motorcycles. He was detained at home on November 17, 2020, and convicted of "preparing for mass riots."
He was released in July 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
Alexey, a construction engineer, was detained on September 23, 2020, after Lukashenko's inauguration, when he tried to hide from people in uniform. According to investigators, he failed to comply with a demand to stop and, while reversing, ran over police lieutenant Zavadsky, causing him injuries. Alexey was convicted of "resisting the police with the threat of violence."
"I'm ashamed of you," Alexey said to Judge Gennady Yankovsky as he said goodbye. "And you'll have to live with this," he said to Prosecutor Olga Dindilevich.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in early May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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An activist of the European Belarus movement and a principled opponent of the current regime, Maksim has been repeatedly subjected to repression for his peaceful opposition activities: fines, arrests, attacks and intimidation. On January 22, 2021, he was detained and convicted of “preparing for mass riots.”
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 Maksim Viniarsky.
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Vladislav, a student at the Belarusian State Medical University, was detained on November 19, 2020 and convicted of administering the Telegram channel "White Coats".
He was released in April 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Anna, a volunteer for the Telegram channel “Drivers 97%,” was detained on October 28, 2020 and convicted of “calls for mass riots and road blockades in connection with dissatisfaction with the government and election fraud.”
She was released on November 25, 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Denis was arrested on October 4, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.
He was released on December 27, 2021, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeniy was detained on October 15, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on October 11, 2020 near the Pushkinskaya metro station in Minsk.
He was released in June 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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- Parents of minors
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Nikolai was arrested on December 21, 2020 and convicted of administering a yard Telegram chat.
He was released in July 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Anastasia was detained on October 16, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
On June 16, 2022, she was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court.