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.
Anastasia worked as a programmer in the Minsk office of the American IT company Exadel. According to the charges, she may have posted comments on Telegram but was not active on other social media.
In the fall of 2024, Anastasia was convicted of "slander against Lukashenko," "calls for sanctions and other actions aimed at harming national security," and "inciting hostility or discord," 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.
Trial outcome 05.11.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The couple were arrested for participating in protests in 2020.
In a video on a pro-government channel, a girl says she took part in protest marches and wrote comments about the movement of equipment to "extremist" channels. A man who says he is her husband also "admits" to taking part in the protests.
Trial outcome 19.12.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Kirill worked at various factories and companies selling industrial equipment. In 2015, he founded a small company, Grifkom-Vector, which sold assembly line components (it closed in 2021). Kirill writes music and film scripts and is also listed in the national register of copyright holders.
He was detained in January 2024: initially for several days for “petty hooliganism,” but then he was not released and a criminal case was opened.
In September 2024, Kirill was convicted of "calls to actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment. In February 2025, he was convicted again, this time under the articles "creating or participating in an extremist group" and "inciting hostility or discord," and also 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 26.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 22.11.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 20.02.2025
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Anton Bulakh, 32, is a former firefighter at the Oktyabrsky ROChS (district department for emergency situations) emergency rescue unit. He publicly resigned in 2020. After his resignation, he worked in the IT sector.
Previously, he had an Instagram account where he shared stories about his work. "What's the main thing in reports? To show the end result: the fire has been extinguished, there are no victims. I try to write in a way that would be interesting to people and that would at least minimally imagine what happens at each stage of the work of firefighters and rescuers," Anton said.
Sergei was arrested in August 2024 and convicted in October of that year of "financing extremist activity." 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.
Trial outcome 01.10.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alla was detained during a "solidarity raid" in late January 2024 on charges of supporting political prisoners and their families. That fall, she was convicted of "assisting extremist activity" 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.
Trial outcome 30.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Elena, a nurse at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Children's Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology, was arrested and convicted of "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment.
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.
Trial outcome 19.09.2024
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Igor was arrested in September 2024 for calling for protests in chat rooms; a pro-government channel published a video of him. In the recording, he claims to have been a member of destructive chat rooms in 2020, where he allegedly "urged people to coordinate and damage state property." Security officials also showed screenshots of messages about "fake courtyard chat rooms" and "targeted exits for sabotage," but the author of these messages is unknown.
In March 2025, he was found guilty of “calls to actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus” 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 14.03.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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