Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev

Independent journalist, works for Radio Svaboda.

He was detained on November 25, sentenced to 10 days, but was not released on December 5 and was again given 10 days. But Andrei was not released on December 15 either, receiving another 10 days of arrest. A criminal case was opened against him.

On February 12, 2025, with the help of the US State Department, Elena Movshuk, journalist Andrei Kuznechik and a US citizen whose name has not yet been disclosed were released. They were pardoned by Lukashenko.

Details of the release were revealed to CNN by Chris Smith, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe.

"It was a special operation: we crossed the Belarusian border, met with authorities in Minsk, who handed over three detainees to us. We picked them up and took them through Lithuania." According to Smith, it was a "unilateral gesture" by the Belarusian authorities, seeking to improve relations with the United States.

"Lukashenko received nothing in return," he noted.

He was detained in early June 2021 while posting leaflets with the image of Alexander Lukashenko. Sergei was left in custody and charged under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the president).

On November 18, the court of the Leninsky district of Mogilev delivered a verdict.

07/31/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Dmitry Shchurko was put in a Brest pre-trial detention center. In December 2020, he was convicted of “stolen a walkie-talkie from a riot policeman” - he was given “household chemicals.” Subsequently, he was detained preventively (on the anniversary of the elections, before Independence Day 2021). Received a fine under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code for reposting. Also, Dmitry has undergone at least 5 searches since August 2020. This time, claims against Dmitry arose under Article 368. On November 9, 2021, he was taken to a temporary detention facility, and a couple of days later he was transferred to pre-trial detention center-7. On January 14, 2022, the second verdict was pronounced. The man had 2 children left at home.

At the beginning of March 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Retired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Graduated from Masherov Voronezh State University.

He was charged under Articles 342, 368, and 369 of the Criminal Code. He remains in custody during the trial.

Yakov is interested in journalism, physics, religion, philosophy, and cars.

According to human rights activists, he was released on June 12, 2023.

On September 29, 2021, he was detained in Brest in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.

Sound engineer. On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

During his imprisonment, Artem did not receive medical assistance for his ear problems, and he became deaf in one ear.

On December 30, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

He was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

Yevgeny did not admit his guilt at the trial (namely, he did not admit the intent to “incite hatred”). Nevertheless, Yevgeny was found guilty of precisely this: having intent, he incited hostility against the security forces, and also insulted them. All this was done by messages in a certain telegram chat.

According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.

was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in the Minsk apartment.

Released in February 2024 upon expiration of his sentence.

was detained on September 29, 2021 in Brest in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

On March 8, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Stepan was arrested in connection with the protests in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020, and convicted of participating in "mass riots." He was accused of attempting to hit police officers, as well as hitting a shield that hit the leg of police officer Polivoda.

At the trial, Stepan explained that he tried to pass by, but was pushed by a shield, he fell, and cut his knee. According to him, the gesture that looked like a throw on the video was actually an attempt to fix his sleeve.

He was released in February 2024, having served his entire sentence as determined by the court.

The incident for which Petrykivtsi businessman Dmitry Levkovich was convicted occurred in November last year, reports Poleskaya Vesna. After such a brutal arrest, Dmitry Levkovich was taken to the hospital with a concussion and multiple bruises. After he came to, the authorities jailed him for 15 days for disobeying police officers. He served his entire sentence. In August 2021, the trial began under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. The police officers who beat Dmitry felt insulted by the fact that during the beating he shouted "Let go, f***ers!" Dmitry was sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom without referral .

On March 15, 2022, Judge Anoshko considered another criminal case against Dmitry for insult and sentenced him to imprisonment in a penal colony.

In November 2023, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

After his release, pressure continued on Dmitry, threatening to open another criminal case. They also threatened his family.

Convicted on June 9, 2021 for insulting a government official.

04/18/2022 convicted again, awaiting transfer to a colony.

detained on August 7, 2021. Charged for a comment in the telegram chat Pinsk 97%.

04/08/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Head of the financial department of the Leninsky district administration. Yuri was detained on April 30 and convicted five times in administrative cases, as a result of which he received 50 days of arrest. Then he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center and charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: under Article 342 of the Criminal Code - for participating in protests on August 16 and 23, 2020, and under Article 368 of the Criminal Code - for reposting on a telegram.

In April 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.