Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
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.
List of repressed
Detained on August 11, 2021. He is accused of throwing a wooden door from a common high-rise balcony onto police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists , he was released in July 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Sentenced to 3 years and 1 month in prison.
Arrested on August 11, 2021. Charged with throwing a wooden door off a shared high-rise balcony at police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023 after the expiration of his sentence.
Sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Crane operator of the MTZ core section. Arrested on September 16th. Then he was transferred to SIZO-1: he was charged, but it is not known exactly under which article. His colleague said that under an article providing for up to five years in prison. The arrest was carried out by KGB officers.
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Citizen of Russia, resident of Cheboksary. Detained on October 1, 2021. He was accused of terrorism (Article 289 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus), then the article was changed. He is in custody. There are no relatives in Belarus. Accused of setting fire to the car of the head of the forensic examination committee, Alexei Volkov.
In the fall of 2023, he was extradited to Russia due to his consent to participate in the fight on the side of Russia.
According to the indictment, Dmitry Sonchik insulted and threatened the lives of four people in comments on one of the Telegram channels during 2020-2021. The victims were A. Perekhvatko from the Ivatsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, the head of the Nesvizh District Department of Internal Affairs A. Grinkevich, senior lieutenant of the Nesvizh District Department of Internal Affairs R. Pranevich and an employee of the GUBOPiK A. Aleksa.
In the last word, the only thing that Sonchik said was congratulating his sister and mother, who were in the courtroom, on the upcoming Mother's Day. All the time he was behind bars in handcuffs.
On March 23, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years in prison .
Yulia, the chief accountant of the IT company PandaDoc, was detained on September 2, 2020, at the company's office on charges of fraud by employees of the Financial Investigation Department.
Following the events of August 2020, PandaDoc founder Nikita Mikado launched the Protect Belarus initiative to support dismissed law enforcement officers who refused to follow illegal orders. The initiative received over 500 applications and attracted public attention.
Yulia was released in October 2020 on bail.
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Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.
On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.
In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
In the period from July 2020 to November 2020, in the telegram chats "Nikolay Maslovsky", "Army with the People", "Real Belarus", "Khabarovsk. For Furgal" and others, he left messages of an encouraging nature, such as: "Block the streets..", "Block the roads with cars and our bodies...", "Tonight they should get it in full", wrote about workers' strikes.
On February 2, 2024, Vadim will be tried under Article 411, Part 1 - Malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution executing a sentence of imprisonment.
At the end of January 2025, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Svetlana was first convicted in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left under a photograph of nine riot police officers posted on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. She was sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral and ordered to pay substantial compensation.
In December 2021, she was detained along with her daughter in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In March 2022, she was convicted again and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral.
In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open correctional facility.
Alexander was detained along with his brother in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Alexei was detained along with his brother in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Evgeny was arrested in July 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In October 2021, he was convicted of participating in post-election protests in Minsk in 2020, during one of which he was injured by a rubber bullet.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Vadim was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In October 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Marina was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In August 2022, she was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. While in prison, Marina was diagnosed with a tumor.
She was released in October 2022, having fully served her sentence.
Yevgeny was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In 2022, he was found guilty of insulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.
