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.
Detained under Articles 130, 368 and 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 10, 2022, Judge Elena Shilk found Ivan guilty and sentenced him to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was soon transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the end of September, Ivan was transferred to Correctional Colony No. 2 in Bobruisk, and soon to Brest Pretrial Detention Center No. 7. In December, the political prisoner was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
On December 29, 2022, the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk considered Ivan's case under Article 391 of the Criminal Code (insulting a judge). It is known that the trial was conducted by Judge Anna Skuratovich and the final sentence of the political prisoner has not changed.
In January 2023, Ivan was transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the beginning of 2024 he was transferred to Penal Colony No. 1.
He was detained on December 10 and sentenced to administrative arrest. But after his release, he was not released. It is known that the security forces beat him.
After his arrest, a "repentant video" appeared on pro-government channels, in which he said that he allegedly passed on information related to his professional activities to third parties. But the company then stated that Nikolai did not have access to client data.
The trial was held behind closed doors, but it became known that Nikolai Bredelev was found not guilty under Part 2 of Article 424 of the Criminal Code (Abuse of power or official authority) and acquitted due to lack of evidence of participation in the commission of a crime.
He was accused of providing funds to deliberately support the activities of an extremist group (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) — blogger Anton Motolko. Motolko denied this accusation.
Charges were brought under three articles: 368, 130 and 328 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Sentenced January 18, 2022.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Svyatoslav Shubich.
14.05.2022
Since April 27, 2022, he has been in IK 17, Shklov
Trial outcome date unknown
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel was detained in March 2021 by traffic police on a highway near Minsk, where leaflets, newspapers and stickers were found in his car; according to the Investigative Committee, "thousands of copies of protest newspapers, stickers with unregistered symbols and leaflets" were seized. The department immediately after his detention called him the administrator of the Telegram channel "Atolino".
At the time of his arrest, Pavel worked for a private advertising company and was previously a video engineer on television. In 2020, he was part of the campaign staff of presidential candidate Viktor Babariko.
In January 2022, he was convicted on charges of producing and distributing protest printed materials (leaflets, stickers, newspapers), as well as participating in Sunday marches that took place in Minsk in August–September 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in October 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
A tester at EPAM, has two minor children. She was detained on December 16, 2021, as part of a criminal case on group actions that grossly violate public order. Her home was searched. Transferred to a pretrial detention center.
He was detained in December 2021 for participating in a student action on September 1, 2020. He became a defendant in a criminal case on organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order. It is known about Konstantin that he graduated from the Minsk Culinary College. He worked and played in amateur theater.
Sergei was detained and convicted of violating public order during mass protests. It is known that the reason for initiating the case was his participation in the hitch on August 9, 2020. He was wounded that day.
Released in January 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council, well-known lawyer and international mediator, partner and director of the law firm "Vlasova, Mikhel and Partners". She was detained on August 31, 2020 by the DFR. On October 19, 2020, the preventive measure was changed to house arrest. On October 23, 2020, house arrest was lifted.
Resident of Minsk. Detained on December 14, 2021. For the last fifteen years, Nikolai has been a member of the United Civil Party. The reason for the detention is a subscription to banned telegram channels and photos on social networks from peaceful protests in August 2020.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
A resident of Minsk. Father of 6 children: 4 boys and 2 girls, aged from 1 to 16 years.
Detained on December 7, 2021 for participating in protests on August 10, 2020 near a supermarket in «Riga», was identified on video. Convicted on June 16, 2022.
Trial outcome 16.06.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
A resident of Minsk, works as a car parts sales manager, detained on 21.10.2021. Andrey has two children. Convicted for messages in the chats "Lebyazhy 97" and "Central 97".
He was released in early May 2025, having served his entire sentence.
Trial outcome 13.06.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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