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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kenyukh Igor Grigorievich is an employee of the security forces involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence.
Kenyukh personally participated in torture, beatings and violence in the temporary detention facility on Okrestina. He threatened prisoners with rape.
On November 15, 2020, he demanded that doctors be removed from the temporary detention facility, who, in his opinion, showed excessive loyalty to the detainees and sympathized with them.
He testified as a witness in politically motivated cases in court.
According to some testimonies, he has a tendency towards pedophilia.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kenyukh Igor Grigorievich is an employee of the security forces involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence.
Kenyukh personally participated in torture, beatings and violence in the temporary detention facility on Okrestina. He threatened prisoners with rape.
On November 15, 2020, he demanded that doctors be removed from the temporary detention facility, who, in his opinion, showed excessive loyalty to the detainees and sympathized with them.
He testified as a witness in politically motivated cases in court.
According to some testimonies, he has a tendency towards pedophilia.
List of repressed
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- Activists
- Parents of minors
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- Activists
- Parents of minors
Vadim, an architect, was detained and beaten during a memorial event for Roman Bondarenko on Change Square on November 15, 2020, and hospitalized with injuries. He pleaded not guilty, saying that participating in the event was his civic duty, and was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
On March 15, 2024, a “special case” was opened against Vadim, and in the summer he was charged in absentia with “conspiracy to seize power,” “assisting extremist activity,” and “creating an extremist group.”
Mikhail was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of spray painting on Tabakerka kiosks, an arch, and a fountain in the area of the former Volgograd supermarket.
Released in January 2022 on the basis of a pardon.
Alexey, a construction engineer, was detained on September 23, 2020, after Lukashenko's inauguration, when he tried to hide from people in uniform. According to investigators, he failed to comply with a demand to stop and, while reversing, ran over police lieutenant Zavadsky, causing him injuries. Alexey was convicted of "resisting the police with the threat of violence."
"I'm ashamed of you," Alexey said to Judge Gennady Yankovsky as he said goodbye. "And you'll have to live with this," he said to Prosecutor Olga Dindilevich.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in early May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Factory workers
- Associations
- Factory workers
Artyom worked as an optician at the Optik plant in Lida. He studied at the Grodno Physics and Mathematics Lyceum and the Lida Polytechnic College. He was arrested on September 27, 2020, in connection with a mass riot and accused of participating in "radical" Telegram channels and intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka newsstands.
In May 2022, Artyom was convicted again for participating in protests that took place in Lida in 2020.
He was released in July 2026.
- Associations
- Administrators of TG-channels
- Activists
- Associations
- Administrators of TG-channels
- Activists
Anna, a volunteer for the "Drivers 97%" Telegram channel, was detained on October 28, 2020, and convicted of "calling for mass riots and roadblocks due to dissatisfaction with the government and election fraud."
She was released on November 25, 2022, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
After her release, Anna went abroad.
On July 8, 2026, the Investigative Committee opened a special investigation against Anna.
Denis was arrested on October 4, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.
He was released on December 27, 2021, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- Entrepreneurs
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- Entrepreneurs
The Russian citizen was detained on October 27, 2020 and convicted of “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
In the summer of 2022, Alexander was transported from Belarus to Russia.
On June 16, 2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Journalists
- Parents of minors
Former television journalist of Belteleradiocompany and member of the Coordination Council, Ksenia was detained on December 22, 2020 in the Press Club case on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for possible compensation for damages that were allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case." The case was closed, but later a new criminal case was opened against Ksenia, and she was accused of "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power."
Released on August 20, 2024, on the basis of a pardon.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Associations
- Journalists
Piotr, a camera operator, sound engineer and employee of the Belarus Press Club, was arrested on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Associations
- Journalists
The former Belarus-1 operator was arrested on December 22, 2020, in connection with the Belarus Press Club case for tax evasion.
Almost 110,000 rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for potential damages allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case."
Released on August 23, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
Died in February 2026.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Associations
- Journalists
Alla, the program director of the Belarus Press Club, was detained on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Human rights activists
- Associations
- Journalists
- Human rights activists
Sergei, a human rights activist and financial director of the Press Club Belarus, was arrested on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Associations
- Journalists
Yulia is a journalist and founder of the Press Club. From 1995 to 2010, she was the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda and European Radio for Belarus. Since 2011, she has been heading the Belarus in Focus office in Warsaw.
On December 22, 2020, she was detained at the airport on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Alexey was detained on November 5, 2020 and convicted in the case of hacking the computer system of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
On February 9, 2024, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Activists
- Parents of minors
- IT staff
- Associations
- Activists
- Parents of minors
- IT staff
Kim, a member of the Dzeya public movement's council, was arrested on November 3, 2020, in a criminal case opened under several articles, including "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In January 2022, he was convicted of hacking the Minsk City Executive Committee's computer system.
On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.