Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik

Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).

And the press service of the court announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranavichy, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, “deliberately obstructing the movement of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.” The exact date when the protests took place is not even indicated, it is simply called “August 2020.”

Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranavichy have already been sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a prison colony for a period of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was that a woman with a child under 3 years of age was sentenced to a suspended sentence).

Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).

And the press service of the court announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranavichy, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, “deliberately obstructing the movement of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.” The exact date when the protests took place is not even indicated, it is simply called “August 2020.”

Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranavichy have already been sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a prison colony for a period of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was that a woman with a child under 3 years of age was sentenced to a suspended sentence).

A special forces detachment burst into Alexey’s home, they knocked the man to the floor and one security officer sat with his knees on Samoiluk’s body (with one knee on Samoiluk’s neck).

The pro-government channel claims that Samoiluk “threw stones at the police during the riots.” In that publication on the same channel they also posted photographs: in one picture there are two people in hoods and masks, one holding a Ukrainian flag, the second a sheet of paper with the text “Brest residents with Ukraine.”

On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

On 13.08.2024 a new trial of Alexander should begin under Article 361-3, Part 2

On February 21, 2024, in the Pinsk District Court, Judge Andrey Bychilo considered the case under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Distribution of information products included in the republican list of extremist materials, as well as the production, publication, storage or transportation for the purpose of distributing such information products).

Apparently, a criminal case was opened after this.

Alexander is accused of participating in protests and of being involved with the "Pismo.bel" service, which allowed people to send letters to political prisoners. His brother, artist Vladimir Lykshin, was detained along with him.

According to preliminary information from former cellmates, the brothers are charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

On March 18, 2024, the Sovietsky District Court of Minsk held a trial for the brothers, as well as Alexander's wife, Elizaveta . Judge Alexander Yakunchikhin sentenced them all to 2.5 years of house arrest.

Was detained again   at the end of 2024 under Part 1 of Article 361. Before the trial, he was held in ST-8, then in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1, and awaited appeal in ST-4.

A father of many children, allegedly detained for administering the “Solidarity Ivatsevichi” chat in 2020.

He worked as a taxi driver.

In addition to imprisonment, Vitaly was awarded a fine of 40,000 rubles.

On 05/03/2024 the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

During the detention, “special equipment and physical force” were used against Yevgeny, according to the June 2 court decision (the man was accused of disobeying the police). He was taken out of his office in handcuffs and with a bag over his head, we know from our sources.

At the moment, Evgeny Pelekhaty is awaiting trial. He is accused of writing several tough telegram comments about Lukashenka and the security forces.

According to human rights activists , the son of the politician Anatoly Lebedko is charged with financing extremist activities. Artyom was detained at the end of March and then twice sentenced to 15 days of arrest, after which he was charged and transferred to SIZO-1.

According to the prosecution, in 2020, “for motives of ideological hostility,” using the account of one of the banks, he made several money transfers over the phone to three funds that were recognized as “extremist formations.” It is reported that the funds were transferred through the payment system of the popular social network Facebook. Presumably, we are talking about, among other things, the BY_help funds and the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund.

At the trial, the political prisoner did not admit his guilt and stated that he did not understand the essence of the charges and did not understand why he was in the dock.

Victor Lameko, an entrepreneur from Zelva, was brutally detained and beaten during his arrest. Initially, a protocol was drawn up against him under the administrative article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (dissemination of extremist materials). Without even allowing Lameko to leave the courthouse, the security forces again detained him and again drew up a protocol under Art. 19.11 Administrative Code of the Republic of Belarus. When the man was in the pre-trial detention center, a third protocol was drawn up against him.

As it became known , the businessman is in a pre-trial detention center, he has already been charged under a criminal article for libel against A.G. Lukashenka.

While the man was in jail, his mother died.

Viktor sued the tax authorities and defended entrepreneurs from the Grodno region in courts.

On October 24, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Activist from Baranovichi. Igor has a disability of the 3rd group, because. 10 years ago, he got into an accident and had his leg amputated. He was arrested on February 23, 2023, sentenced to 15 days, then transferred to a pre-trial detention center under a criminal article.

According to the investigation, in different periods of time from May 1, 2020 to May 23, 2022, Shumilov published four posts in Odnoklassniki with satirical images, in which the investigation considered insulting Lukashenka and government officials, as well as slandering Lukashenka. It is known that on one of the images Lukashenka, together with the listed persons, is depicted as prisoners who are kept in a prison cell. At the trial, Igor fully admitted his guilt. He explained that the publications on his page appeared only after he "liked" these posts. He himself did not understand at that time that these drawings could be regarded as an insult.

Alexandra was detained in February 2023 upon her return to Belarus and sentenced the next day under an administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials" to 10 days. However, after serving her arrest, she was never released, as a criminal case was opened against her for two interviews with an information resource recognized as an "extremist group."

She was accused of assisting “extremist groups,” administering Telegram channels, inciting hatred, insulting the authorities, disseminating personal data, and slandering Lukashenko, and was convicted under eight criminal articles.

In March 2024, the court heard the appeal and reduced her sentence by one year, without the right to further appeal.

In May 2024, it became known that she was convicted again for “insulting a government official and a judge.”

In the spring of 2025, information appeared that another criminal case had been opened against Alexandra, and she was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.

Pyotr was arrested in January 2022 on politically motivated terrorism charges and convicted on several criminal charges. He was sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence, the first five years of which will be in a penal colony.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly plotted extremist crimes in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine, and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes, and businessmen seeking to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of MP Oleg Gaidukevich's home in June 2021 and the "organization of mass unrest."

Petr was transferred again to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in 2025, likely for a new criminal case; in early November 2025, he was again transferred to a penal colony.

In the period from August 2020 to July 26, 2022, Alexander administered the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!», for which he was detained on July 27, 2022.

On November 24, 2022, by the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!» was recognized as an extremist formation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

The trial of Alexander took place on February 9, 2023, where he was accused under 5 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: Part 1 of Article 361-1, Part 1 of Article 342, part 2 of Article 367, Article 369, part 3 of Article 361.

It is known about Alexander Sumar that in 2006 he worked in the Luninetsky district police Department as a forensic expert. In recent years, he lived in Moscow (Russia).

One of the most famous Belarusian-language bloggers in the 2000s and a former activist. Detained for participating in protests in 2020.

Ivan was detained on January 5, 2023, received 13 days of administrative arrest, and on January 18, criminal charges were brought.

04/17/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

In June 2025, it became known that Ivan was detained again, this time for a comment under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.