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
Tatyana was convicted in November 2024 in a criminal case opened under the articles "assistance to extremist activity," "creation of an extremist group or participation therein," and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Marina was allegedly detained in February 2024 during a raid on the Telegram chat "Common Sense on Alibegov," when it was designated an "extremist group." The KGB's decision listed 19 members of the chat, including Marina Myshko.
In April 2025 , she was released, having fully served her sentence.
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- Parents of minors
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Andrei was arrested along with his wife in October 2024 as part of a criminal case opened under the article for "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
In mid-2025, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. Details of the case are unknown.
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.
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- Entrepreneurs
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Jurijs, a businessman and Latvian citizen, was arrested in August 2024 and convicted of three criminal charges, including “discrediting the Republic of Belarus.” The nature of the charges remains unknown, as the trial was held behind closed doors.
On June 21, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's Special Representative, Keith Kellogg.
Human rights activists do not know what exactly the man is accused of.
According to Yan Karlionov 's social media , he is 37 years old. The Minsk resident graduated from BSU, is married, and has a 15-year-old daughter. Yan's last publications on social media were in 2020: Viktor Babariko's speech and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's message to the Belarusian people.
In November 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Dmitry was arrested and convicted in the fall of 2024 under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" 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.
Vladislav, HR of the IT company PandaDoc, was detained on September 2, 2020, at the company's office by employees of the Financial Investigations Department on charges of fraud.
Following the events of August 2020, PandaDoc founder Nikita Mikado launched the Protect Belarus initiative to support dismissed law enforcement officers who refused to follow illegal orders. The initiative received over 500 applications and attracted public attention.
He was released in October 2020 on bail.
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- IT staff
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Dmitry, the director of the IT company PandaDoc, was detained on September 2, 2020, at the company's office on charges of fraud by employees of the Financial Investigations Department.
Following the events of August 2020, PandaDoc founder Nikita Mikado launched the Protect Belarus initiative to support dismissed law enforcement officers who refused to follow illegal orders. The initiative received over 500 applications and attracted public attention.
He was released from custody on October 13, 2020: the measure of restraint was first changed to house arrest, and then to a written undertaking not to leave.
Participant of national, international and personal exhibitions. Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Belarus. The artist's works are in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Webkunsthaus Gallery of Germany, private collections in the USA, Italy, France, Russia, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Japan, Greece, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Australia, Germany.
Rimashevsky and his wife Lyudmila Shchemeleva were detained around the beginning of October 2024 and two weeks later they were still not released.
She was released together with her husband after serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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In 1987 he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Minsk. Since 1982 he has been a participant of national and international exhibitions. His paintings are in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Art Fund of the Republic of Belarus, the Webkunsthaus Gallery in Germany, the Schaer und Wildbolc Gallery in Switzerland, as well as in private collections in England, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Holland, France, Spain, Israel, Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, Italy, Japan, Ukraine, the USA, China, the Czech Republic, Syria, and Lebanon.
Rimashevsky and his wife Lyudmila Shchemeleva were detained around the beginning of October 2024 and two weeks later they were still not released.
He was released together with his wife after serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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- Parents of minors
- Service sector
- IT staff
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- Parents of minors
- Service sector
- IT staff
Artem was arrested in February 2024 and convicted under the article on "financing the activities of an extremist group." He was held in a pretrial detention center before the trial.
He has two higher educations, worked as a programmer, was involved in photography and owned a company renting photo and video equipment.
It is currently known that he is being prosecuted again in connection with a new criminal case under the article “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.”
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A renowned basketball referee. He was arrested for creating a basketball chat room.
He was detained in January 2024 while returning to Belarus. He is currently in pretrial detention. He is accused of "insulting Lukashenko" and "creating an extremist group" under Articles 361-1 and 368 of the Criminal Code.
Syritsa had previously believed that coming to Belarus was not associated with major risks. His wife was also detained at the border (she served a day in custody). The chat participants were summoned for questioning.
Alexander Syrytsa was one of the top basketball referees in Belarus for many years. He has been a FIBA referee since 2005. In 2019, Syrytsa and his colleagues filed a lawsuit against the basketball federation, lost, and was blacklisted. He lived in Australia, ran a business, and frequently visited Ukraine.
On January 16, the KGB designated the "Fund of Belarus Friend LTD" as an "extremist organization." It was then reported that Belarusian citizen Alexander Syritsa was associated with it.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Andrei Loboda is 54 years old. He is a resident of Minsk and graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (then the Minsk Radiotechnical Institute) in 1993. Since then, he has worked in the banking sector.
Andrey was detained in April 2024. On April 12, he was sentenced to administrative arrest for "dissemination of extremist materials." After that, a criminal case was opened against him. In the GUBOPiK video, he says that he made a donation to the "Country for Life" foundation and wrote comments.
Dmitry was arrested in August 2024 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko," and in the fall of that year he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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.