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.
According to human rights activists , the son of politician Anatoly Lebedko is accused of financing extremist activities. Artem was detained in late March and subsequently sentenced to two 15-day arrests, after which he was charged and transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
According to the prosecution, in 2020, "motivated by ideological hatred," Lebedko made several money transfers over the phone using a bank account to three foundations designated as "extremist groups." The funds were reportedly transferred through the payment system of the popular social network Facebook. These foundations allegedly include BY_help and the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Foundation.
At the trial, the political prisoner did not admit guilt and stated that he did not at all understand the essence of the charges brought against him and did not understand why he was in the dock.
On October 31, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In July 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 24.08.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Minor Artem Voitekhovich is the brother of the administrator of the channel "Live. The Community of Railway Workers of Belarus". He was taken into custody under Part 2 of Art. 208 of the Criminal Code (Extortion). The brother receives demands to stop activities as a condition for Artyom's release.
Famous Belarusian poet and musician. Former frontman of the band Hurma, as well as the author of a number of songs for various artists. In 2015, he won the Golden Apostrophe award in the Debut nomination for the best publication of poems in the Dzeyasloў magazine. Detained in March 2023 for participating in protests in 2020.
Gennady was released in the courtroom after the announcement of the decision. Before the verdict, he was in custody.
The man was found guilty of participating in one of the Marches, during which he also "interfered with the movement of vehicles." Gennady pleaded guilty and said that he went out onto the roadway and filmed everything on the phone.
Trial outcome 04.04.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Denis was taken away from home, and 10 days of administrative arrest were appointed under Article 19.1 of the Administrative Code (Hooliganism). After he was re-detained under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility
Dmitry Bogush worked in the banking sector for 18 years, was Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of JSC «Technobank». Subsequently, he went into business — built wind farms at two sites in the Grodno region.
In December 2022, 50-year—old Bogush was detained for an article about inciting discord - he allegedly wrote comments on social networks threatening Lukashenko and law enforcement officers.
According to Bogush, he was prompted to speak publicly on social networks by photos of beaten young people detained at protests after the 2020 elections.
The businessman said that he subsequently deleted his posts, but refused to leave Belarus, although his friends told him about it.
A citizen of Poland. As it turned out , Robert Tompala has lived in Belarus since the 90s, has a residence permit, and is a co-founder of OrionSvit LLC, a company that supplies confectionery products.
He was released in April 2025. Forcibly deported to Poland, banned from entering the Republic of Belarus for 8 years.
Trial outcome 17.04.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
He was arrested in Minsk in October 2022, in his office, for allegedly posting comments in the chatbot of the "Belarus of the Brain" channel. He is reportedly in pretrial detention and facing two criminal charges.
Ivantsov is 38 years old. He studied at the Faculty of Biology at BSU, worked as a junior research fellow at the Academy of Sciences, and served as a medical representative for several pharmaceutical companies. Since 2013, he has headed the company "De Visu," which conducts marketing research in the pharmaceutical industry. Five years ago, Ivantsov entered graduate school at BGPU and worked at the university. Ivantsov is also a practicing psychologist and a proponent and popularizer of the Enneagram.
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 Ukraine.
Trial outcome 31.05.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Artem Zubryakov, a Belagro employee, was detained in late September 2022 along with his colleagues. Criminal cases were reportedly opened against four of them, and approximately 20 were detained. Pro-government sources reported that the company's employees had been actively protesting since 2020.
During a search in the fall of 2022, paraphernalia and furniture in white-red-white colors were seized from them.
Artem Zubryakov noted that he was detained for subscribing to "prohibited" Telegram channels and forwarding "extremist" materials.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
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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