Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich
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Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich
The staff of Pretrial Detention Center No. 7 systematically participate in violating the rights and freedoms of prisoners, in particular those arrested for political reasons.
Political prisoner Vitalia Bondarenko, who was in Pretrial Detention Center No. 7, was forced to sign 5 blank sheets of paper through pressure, threats and blackmail.
Political prisoner Mikhail Kalishuk was beaten by guards on the territory of the pretrial detention center because he refused to go to the stage for trial.
Sanctioned a ban on the transfer of books, magazines and crosswords to the pretrial detention center.
Political prisoners are held in pretrial detention centers for many months and even years in order to obtain testimony and fabricate criminal cases, which is a serious violation of their rights.
The staff of Pretrial Detention Center No. 7 systematically participate in violating the rights and freedoms of prisoners, in particular those arrested for political reasons.
Political prisoner Vitalia Bondarenko, who was in Pretrial Detention Center No. 7, was forced to sign 5 blank sheets of paper through pressure, threats and blackmail.
Political prisoner Mikhail Kalishuk was beaten by guards on the territory of the pretrial detention center because he refused to go to the stage for trial.
Sanctioned a ban on the transfer of books, magazines and crosswords to the pretrial detention center.
Political prisoners are held in pretrial detention centers for many months and even years in order to obtain testimony and fabricate criminal cases, which is a serious violation of their rights.
List of repressed
Evgeniy was arrested in November 2021 and remanded in custody pending trial.
In December 2021, he was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko for posting three videos on TikTok in November 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs press service, Alexey was arrested on charges of "financing protests." He allegedly received donations on his bank card and, between August 2020 and January 2021, helped pay protesters' fines.
He was released on bail.
Alexander was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "hooliganism" and remanded in custody pending trial.
In December 2021, he was convicted of writing red and white graffiti and declaring his love for presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
In June 2022, the court ordered an increase in the sentence, replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment to be served in a penal colony until the end of the sentence.
Alexander was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, the persecution against Alexander did not stop; he was repeatedly subjected to searches and administrative arrests for “picketing.”
In the summer of 2023, he was placed in pretrial detention on a new criminal case, and in December of that year, he was found guilty of "rehabilitation of Nazism" and "hooliganism," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2026, having fully served his sentence.
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Viktor was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
In December 2022, he was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.
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Since August 2020, Dmitry has been repeatedly subjected to political persecution by security forces: preventive detentions, searches, and fines.
He was first convicted in December 2020 of "stealing a radio" from a riot police officer during a protest and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
In November 2021, Dmitry was again detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "slander," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko."
In January 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
He was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Oleg was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In October 2022, he was found guilty of insulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
resident of Brest, was convicted on October 14, 2021 by the Moskovsky District Court of Brest for writing on a house in Brest.
Released in October 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Miroslav was arrested on September 30, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In August 2022, he was convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Initially, he was held at Okrestina. He was then arrested under the Criminal Code. Those close to him note that Denis is a good, honest, fair, and compassionate guy. On pro-government channels, Denis is called the "chief visual editor" of the "SupratsΡΡ" movement's videos. In the video, Salmanovich says he was detained by police because he "was a member of destructive Telegram channels," "collaborated with 'Busly Lyatsyats,'" and participated in protests in 2020.
The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence from 10 to 9.5 years of imprisonment.
Denis suffers from a serious illness: chronic glomerulonephritis following hemorrhagic vasculitis. In the summer of 2024, he was taken from the penal colony by ambulance. Salmanovich underwent surgery to remove his gallbladder. After the surgery, he remained in the prison's medical unit for another week until his stitches were removed.
The political prisoner's mother says Denis last contacted her in mid-November 2024. After the call, he was immediately taken to solitary confinement, where he remains to this day (January 2024).
In April 2025, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to a prison regime.
On September 16, 2026, he was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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Stanislav, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following the spontaneous protests that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020, against election fraud. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in June 2025, having fully served his sentence, and was forcibly deported to Latvia with a ban on entry to Belarus for a period of five years.
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Anna was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where people were singing and dancing in circles and were attacked with a water cannon. She was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna was released in February 2023, having fully served her sentence.
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- Parents of minors
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Nikolai was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In October 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Alexander, a former officer who condemned security forces' violence after the 2020 elections, was arrested in Stolin on September 29, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
In September 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Dmitry was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. He was initially charged with "insulting a government official," but during the trial, it emerged that the charge was for "insulting Lukashenko" for a comment he made on August 12, 2020, on the social media platform VKontakte. At that time, Dmitry commented on the news under his own name on the TUT.BY page.
In November 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Viktor was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In April 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.
According to unconfirmed information, in October 2025, a new criminal case was opened against Viktor.