Vitaly Olesevich Lapko
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Vitaly Olesevich Lapko
He handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where he imposed a fine in the total amount of at least 1346.5 rubles and administrative arrest for at least 7 days.
Found Mikhail Labanya guilty and sentenced him to 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine of 100 basic units under Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code, Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code and Article 369 of the Criminal Code for commenting on the Internet .
Found Leonid Shamov guilty under Part 3 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison in a general regime colony for distributing information on the Internet that allegedly could contribute to participation in mass riots.
He sentenced Ilya Lobatsevich to one and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for defending his mother from being hit with batons by riot police officers. Ilya was convicted under Article 364 of the Criminal Code.
He handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where he imposed a fine in the total amount of at least 1346.5 rubles and administrative arrest for at least 7 days.
Found Mikhail Labanya guilty and sentenced him to 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine of 100 basic units under Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code, Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code and Article 369 of the Criminal Code for commenting on the Internet .
Found Leonid Shamov guilty under Part 3 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison in a general regime colony for distributing information on the Internet that allegedly could contribute to participation in mass riots.
He sentenced Ilya Lobatsevich to one and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for defending his mother from being hit with batons by riot police officers. Ilya was convicted under Article 364 of the Criminal Code.
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Truck driver. A video on a pro-government channel claims that he was "transporting ballot forms from Poland with a choice already made in favor of one alternative candidate."
After 2-3 months after the stage in the penal colony he was sent to a punishment cell, from which he never returned. He was transferred to prison regime for three years.
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Alexander, a BMZ employee, was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against plant employees who supported the strike and were part of the "Rabochy Rukh" (Workers' Movement) initiative. On September 21, 2021, this initiative was designated an extremist organization, following which mass arrests of workers occurred across the country.
In February 2023, Alexander was found guilty of treason and the creation of and participation in an extremist group and sentenced to imprisonment.
In the spring of 2024, another court hearing took place, following which Alexander was transferred to prison.
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Naftan member and drummer of the Paranoia Dolls group Dmitry Shalak was detained last summer, then he was given administrative arrest.
But the persecution of Dmitry did not end with this arrest. Criminal cases were opened against the man under two criminal articles of the Criminal Code: 369 - Insulting a government official; 368 part 1 - Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
According to the prosecution , on February 28, 2021, in the VKontakte public group “Polotsk, Novopolotsk...” Maxim posted a publication with a photo of the injured police officer Lyashko, his personal data, thereby “publicly insulting him as a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties.”
According to human rights activists , he was released on May 11, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Mikhail, the owner of the Samorodok jewelry workshop, made jewelry for reenactment clubs and studied medieval history. In February 2022, he was arrested and later convicted of "slandering and insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official."
In May 2024, a new court hearing was held, following which Mikhail's conditions of detention were tightened, transferring him to a prison regime.
In February 2025, he was convicted again, this time for "financing the activities of an extremist group," and sentenced to restricted freedom. As a result, after a recalculation, his total prison term was increased by six months.
He was released in the spring of 2026, having fully served his sentence.
Viktor was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.
According to human rights activists, he was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence.
In July 2021, Tatyana was convicted of "insulting a government official" for posting a video on social media containing verbal obscenities directed at traffic police officers, which was viewed by at least 120,000 people.
Andrei was convicted for a comment he left on VKontakte about a government official, as well as for possessing a small amount of gunpowder left over from his hunting days. He was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.
It is known that on October 30, 2022, the political prisoner was detained in a penal colony and tried under an administrative charge for "disseminating extremist materials."
In June 2023, the court toughened the punishment, and Andrei was transferred to a penal colony for one year.
According to human rights activists, Andrei was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Ruslan was first detained on August 10, 2020, during a protest in Brest against election fraud. After a brutal beating, he was hospitalized and subsequently sentenced to seven days of administrative arrest. A criminal case was later opened against him, but he fled the country during the investigation.
Upon returning to Belarus, Ruslan attempted to cross the border into the European Union but was detained . In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
In July 2024, he was convicted again, this time for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration." This article is used to prosecute prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, based on fictitious violations.
He was released in the summer of 2026, having served his full sentence.
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Igor is a lawyer from Lida. In 2020, he was an election observer, and after that, he helped victims and those dismissed for political reasons. He was detained in January 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated under the article "Violence or threat against an official performing official duties." The reason for initiating the case was an incident that occurred during Igor's detention.
In the pretrial detention center, he went on a hunger strike for 32 days. In June 2021, Igor was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
According to available information, Igor was subjected to strong pressure and torture in penal colony No. 1.
In August 2022, the court toughened the punishment, after which Igor was transferred to prison.
He was released in September 2023, having served his entire sentence.
Vitaly was convicted in a criminal case opened after a protest held on August 10, 2020 in Novopolotsk against the falsification of the presidential elections, for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order", and was sentenced to restriction of freedom. However, in June, he was released from the correctional facility pending appeal, as the prosecutor filed a protest. In late June, his sentence was changed to imprisonment.
Vitaly left Belarus.
Viktor was arrested in August 2020 as part of a criminal case opened after a protest held on August 10, 2020 in Novopolotsk against the falsification of the presidential elections. He was later released on bail.
In January 2021, Viktor was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restriction of freedom. However, in June, he was released from the correctional facility pending appeal, as the prosecutor filed a protest. At the end of June, his sentence was changed to imprisonment.
In December 2022, Viktor's sentence was changed to prison.
According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.