Victoria Vasilevna Poleshchuk
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Victoria Vasilevna Poleshchuk
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 32 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 60 days of administrative arrest, at least 6,345 rubles in fines, and at least 16 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. She sentenced three years in prison to two young men, Pavel Peskov and Vladislav Evstegneev, who were tried under Part 2 of Art. 363 of the Criminal Code for resisting riot police officers with violence during a clash with security forces at a rally on June 19, 2020 in Molodechno, during which a riot police officer of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Republic of Belarus pulled out a pistol. The convicts tried to fight off the detained protester from the riot police. She also imposed a large fine on parents with three children for participating in peaceful protests. Convicted political prisoner Natalya Dulina, a former teacher at Moscow State Linguistic University, under Part 1 of Art. 342 (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), Part 1 of Art. 361-4 (Promoting extremist activities) of the Criminal Code. The sentence is three years and six months in prison. Found Alexander Mishuk guilty under Part 1 of Art. 361 of the Criminal Code (Calls for restrictive measures (sanctions), other actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus) and sentenced him to two years and six months of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions for speaking to employees of Belaruskali. .
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 32 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 60 days of administrative arrest, at least 6,345 rubles in fines, and at least 16 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. She sentenced three years in prison to two young men, Pavel Peskov and Vladislav Evstegneev, who were tried under Part 2 of Art. 363 of the Criminal Code for resisting riot police officers with violence during a clash with security forces at a rally on June 19, 2020 in Molodechno, during which a riot police officer of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Republic of Belarus pulled out a pistol. The convicts tried to fight off the detained protester from the riot police. She also imposed a large fine on parents with three children for participating in peaceful protests. Convicted political prisoner Natalya Dulina, a former teacher at Moscow State Linguistic University, under Part 1 of Art. 342 (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), Part 1 of Art. 361-4 (Promoting extremist activities) of the Criminal Code. The sentence is three years and six months in prison. Found Alexander Mishuk guilty under Part 1 of Art. 361 of the Criminal Code (Calls for restrictive measures (sanctions), other actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus) and sentenced him to two years and six months of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions for speaking to employees of Belaruskali. .
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Maxim graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics with a degree in network engineering. He began his career at the Minsk Electromechanical Plant, then worked as a programmer at IBA and Netland. In 2022, he took the position of system architect at A1.
He was detained and convicted in August 2024 under the articles “financing extremist activity” and “financing or other material support for war.”
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Anna was detained on December 18, 2023. After 72 hours, she was still not released. Preliminary, a criminal case was opened for insulting Lukashenko and a police officer.
Anna was convicted of several criminal charges, including "assistance to extremist activity," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine. The trial was held behind closed doors.
Presumably, one of the reasons for the persecution was her solidarity with political prisoners - it is known that Anna actively wrote letters to them.
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Igor was first convicted for unfurling a banner reading, "While there is lawlessness in the country, resistance is our duty," blocking traffic. He was given a large fine.
Later, he was convicted again for insulting the authorities through a comment in the chat "Molodechno for Life" and was assigned a preventive measure in the form of "house arrest". Igor has a disability, as he is missing one leg.
At the end of 2024, it became known that Igor had been detained again and placed in custody. In July 2025, he was convicted under the article "Assistance to extremist activity", sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
Viktor was arrested on January 4, 2020, as part of the criminal "Autukhovich case" and accused of participating in a "terrorist organization" involved in arson attacks on police property. He was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "attempted seizure of power," "illegal actions in relation to firearms," and "illegal movement of firearms across the customs border."
In 2024, Viktor was convicted again for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration." From February 2025, he was kept in a cell-type facility (PKT), and in May of the same year, it became known about a new sentence under the same article, which is often applied to prisoners for refusing to cooperate with the administration. As a result, the total term of imprisonment was 22 years and 6 months.
On July 3, 2025, Victor's appeal was considered .
Detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.
On 25.08.2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
In October 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
The man has a higher education and works as a driver in a private company. He has six children, three of whom are minors. One of them is two years old.
Dmitry was accused of leaving offensive comments in a Telegram chat in January 2022 regarding the Minsk prosecutor, the captain of the Minsk traffic police, the captain of the Bobruisk OMON police, the judge of the Leninsky District Court of Grodno, a police major, the deputy head of law enforcement and prevention of the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk, and OMON police sergeants of the Mogilev Regional Department of Internal Affairs.
He is expected to be released on March 14, 2025.
He was released in early June 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Convicted for a comment deemed threatening.
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The former MSLU teacher was detained in early October 2022 as part of a criminal case for participating in protests. She was detained by at least six security officials.
Prior to this, Natalia was detained four times during the year and tried on politically motivated administrative charges.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
On June 21, 2025, Natalia was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
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According to the case materials , between August 2020 and March 2022, Anatoly Sashunov posted comments on various Telegram channels and chats, including those deemed extremist by the court, that falsely implied that law enforcement actions in the line of duty were illegitimate.
According to investigators, his statements incited hatred and social discord based on his professional affiliation. He also publicly insulted Lukashenko A. and other government officials.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2025.
Anna was convicted of unfurling a banner reading, "While there is lawlessness in the country, resistance is our duty," blocking traffic.