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.
Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. The BKDP unites several independent trade unions. It includes the Free Trade Union of Belarus (SPB), the Free Trade Union of Metalworkers (SPM), the Belarusian Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers (REP) and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP).
On April 19, 2022, searches were conducted at Alexander's place of work and residence, equipment was seized. Yaroshuk was detained and placed in a pretrial detention center.
On September11,2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania.Among them are citizensof Europeancountries . Among those released isAlexander Yaroshuk.
Trial outcome 26.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Activist of the branch of the independent trade union of radio-electronic industry workers in Orsha. At one time, he led a school in Vysokoye and headed the district Council of Deputies, but after the establishment of a dictatorship in the country, he left the bureaucracy and eventually joined the human rights sphere. To date, he is 71 years old.
While still in the pre-trial detention center, Vasily’s health condition deteriorated significantly: the most dangerous thing is that he suffers from pain in his only kidney. However, the situation is so critical that drug treatment does not make sense. Need a kidney transplant.
Former head of the Independent Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers — REP. In 2018, for active trade union activities, he was sentenced to 4 years of restriction of freedom without direction — "house chemistry". On April 11, 2022, the KGB recognized the Independent Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers (REP) as an "extremist formation".
On September11,2025, it became known that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania.Among them are citizensof Europeancountries . Among those released is GennadyFedynich .
Trial outcome 05.01.2023
9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
The 36 year old youngest son of the legendary Belarusian businessman from the village of Komarovo, Eduard Voitekhovich, was traveling to his father's funeral from Riga and was arrested by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption right at the border.
He tried to enter Belarus on January 14, 2022, the Belarusian border guards did not let him go for a long time, and then the staff of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption arrived from Minsk and took him to the detention center on the «Okrestina».
According to human rights activists, he will be released at the beginning of October 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
In December 2024, the term of serving house arrest will be completed.
15.03.2025
Арестован - февраль 2022.
Суд - Май 2022. Вышел из СИЗО - май 2022.
Приговор - 3 года «химии». Отбывал в минской области.
Судимость не погашена. Профилактический учет до 2027 года.
Trial outcome 13.05.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
pastor of Light of Hope Baptist Church, member of the independent metal workers' union. A possible reason for the detention was his activities as a member of an independent metal workers' trade union, since other members of the trade union movement were detained on the same day in Minsk. In 2020, the pastor was an active participant in the trade union movement for fair elections and decent working conditions. Chichmarev was taken into custody and at first was in the KGB pre-trial detention center.
Initially, the 30-year-old man was charged only with being one of the first, on September 29, 2021, to leave a comment on Instagram under a post about the news about the deceased employee of the state security committee: «the earth will be concrete for the bandit».
Soon a video appeared on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the Rogach was forced to confess to the crime and repent on camera. The man was also forced to say that he is a supporter of the LGBT community and promises to improve.
During the investigation, which lasted 11 months, the investigators brought additional charges of insulting a representative of the authorities and organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 20, 2023,having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 11.08.2022:
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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