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.
She was kept in the Akrestsin temporary detention center, then for a month and a half in Prison-8 (Zhodino), before the trial she was transferred to pre-trial detention center-1.
Trial outcome 14.12.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
According to the prosecution , Anna and Alexandra “publicly shouted slogans, made loud handclaps, blocked traffic, thereby causing damage to Minsktrans in the amount of 5,839 rubles 65 kopecks.”
The court featured photographs that confirmed their participation in the protest.
Trial outcome 26.01.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
According to pro-government media, 32-year-old Roman Dudkin allegedly “posted many comments containing insults to Lukashenko and internal affairs officers using profanity.”
It is alleged that a number of criminal cases have been initiated against him.
Trial outcome 08.12.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
The reasons for Genrikh's detention are unknown, but it appears the priest has become the latest religious figure to be affected by the regime's repression of religious communities in Belarus.
Henry suffered a heart attack and recently underwent stomach surgery due to cancer; he requires medical supervision and constant medication.
December 6 marked 20 days since the arrest of Father Genrikh Okolotovich, the rector of the parish. During this time, he was expected to either be charged with a criminal offense or released. According to sources at Katolik.life, the priest was remanded in custody, meaning he was charged.
The specific article of the Criminal Code has not yet been named, but the 20-day period for filing charges from the moment of arrest is stipulated for a number of "anti-state" articles, such as espionage and treason. However, the exact charges against the priest remain unknown.
In November 2025, he was pardoned after a visit to Belarus by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, as a special envoy of Pope Leo XIV.
He was detained on 10/31/2023 and sentenced under an administrative article to 15 days, after which a criminal case was opened against him and he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
Trial outcome 18.12.2023:
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Vladislav was accused of repeatedly publicly insulting government officials and disclosing their personal information in the Telegram channels and chats "Punishermen of Belarus," "Chat-Partisan," and "My Country Belarus." He pleaded not guilty at his trial, claiming he could not remember the comments and data he posted due to a mental illness—mixed personality disorder—and subsequently refused to provide an explanation. His mother confirmed the diagnosis, but experts stated that the condition does not affect memory or the ability to understand one's actions.
Trial outcome 02.11.2023
4 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 100 basic values fine.
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. She was detained after she was invited to pick up her mobile phone at the police department (which was not returned when she was detained in 2020).
Trial outcome 31.10.2023:
2 years 7 months of restriction of freedom without direction.
Borisov photographer who was detained on June 22, 2023. Security forces searched the house and took away computer equipment. After this, Zenkov was immediately taken to Minsk, where he was kept for some time in the temporary detention center on Akrestsin, and then transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1.
As BAJ wrote , the photographer was detained in July 2020. In September, police officers came to Zenkov to “warn him about the inadmissibility of violating the law.”
Alexander Zenkov has worked as a freelance photographer since 1998, collaborating with regional independent publications.
On April 16, 2024, Alexander had a hearing of his appeal.
Head of dormitory No. 4 of BSEU. Detained for participating in the 2020 protests. A “repentance video” appeared on pro-government Telegram channels, in which Elena says that she once went to a rally, where she took part in a mass event. Drabudko says that a relative recently called her and told her to come to the investigative committee to “repent.” But the woman did not do this. At the end of the video, the channel’s authors attached a video of Elena singing along with the previously detained teachers.
Trial outcome 30.10.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The girl is a citizen of Ukraine, originally from the city of Kherson. She studied in China, graduated from the university there in 2015, and in 2016 moved to Belarus. In Belarus she worked as a translator from Chinese.
Ekaterina was detained while crossing the Belarusian border. They demanded that she give her phone for verification; she provided it to the employees along with the passwords. Belarusian security forces found that on March 30, 2022, she sent 2 videos to the chatbot of the Zerkalo editorial office. The video showed the movement of Russian military equipment near Minsk, which she herself captured.
On December 12, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
Trial outcome 13.10.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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