Sergey Aleksandrovich Katzer
Sergey Aleksandrovich Katzer
Number of repressed: 32
Administrative cases: 3
Date of birth: 25 december 1982
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Making politically motivated decisions
Massively awards days and fines to participants in peaceful protests in June, July, August, September 2020.
Fines issued in the amount of 28,265 rubles, adm. arrest - 1522 days.
He sentenced Lyubov Kasperovich to 15 days for prof. activity.
Andrei Tsemenovsky was also awarded 2 years of home chemicals + 1000 rubles in compensation for insulting the commander of the Minsk riot police Dmitry Balaba.
He sentenced blogger Alexei Mikhalkevich to five years in a maximum security colony for a blog on the topic of weapons and ammunition.
Timur Gazizov was sentenced to 2 years of chemotherapy for participating in peaceful protests.
Included in the recommended list of persons for the imposition of individual sanctions by the EU.

Making politically motivated decisions
Massively awards days and fines to participants in peaceful protests in June, July, August, September 2020.
Fines issued in the amount of 28,265 rubles, adm. arrest - 1522 days.
He sentenced Lyubov Kasperovich to 15 days for prof. activity.
Andrei Tsemenovsky was also awarded 2 years of home chemicals + 1000 rubles in compensation for insulting the commander of the Minsk riot police Dmitry Balaba.
He sentenced blogger Alexei Mikhalkevich to five years in a maximum security colony for a blog on the topic of weapons and ammunition.
Timur Gazizov was sentenced to 2 years of chemotherapy for participating in peaceful protests.
Included in the recommended list of persons for the imposition of individual sanctions by the EU.

List of repressed

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In custody: 387 days
folder Categories of cases: The Gayun Case
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 26.01.1988
Address for letters: No information
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Yevgeny was arrested in July 2025 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "assistance to extremist activity" after Belarusian security forces gained access to the chats of a bot belonging to the monitoring project "Belaruski Gayun," where people were sending information about Russian troop movements.

In March 2026, Evgeniy was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Trial outcome 23.03.2026
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 26.05.2026
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Artem Alexandrovich Kucharenok
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In custody: ~779 days
Hometown: Smilavichy
Date of birth: 03.09.1982
Address for letters: IK β„–15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Artem has worked in this field all his life - as a veterinarian, a teacher at the Smilovichi State Agricultural College, a technician. He is also the director of the veterinary company "Khimvet".

Artem's last comments date back to May 2024, after which he disappeared from social media. That's probably when he was detained .

It seems that the issue is in his social media posts and comments on Telegram - the accounts are called by his own name, and the Telegram account is linked to Artem's own phone.

Trial outcome 06.03.2025
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Arthur Aleksandrovich Rolic
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In custody: 1079 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 14.09.1984
Address for letters: No information
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Most likely he was detained in the summer of 2023. In 2013, Arthur opened his own business store, Grandbazaare, where he sold branded clothing and shoes. The VKontakte group has more than 40 thousand subscribers. In recent years, his company has specialized in the Under Armor brand. And from 2023, he translated the pages of his business into the Belarusian language.

Arthur is interested in sports, but especially football, and even previously played in amateur leagues as a goalkeeper. He uses football players and other athletes as photos for his avatars on social networks.

In addition to imprisonment, Arthur was awarded a fine of 700 basic units.

Trial outcome 20.05.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
unknown.
Regime change trial date unknown
unknown years of prison regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Anton Olegovich Cheremnykh
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In custody: ~1277 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 15.02.1983
Number of children: 2 children
Address for letters: IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Deputy commander of the 310th artillery group for ideological work of the 120th separate guards mechanized brigade of the guard, lieutenant colonel. He is accused of “treason against the state by a person subject to military status” and “inciting other social discord.”

The circumstances of the case are unknown.

On July 5 and 17, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 28.03.2024
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Appeal 17.07.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~413 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 19.01.2001
Address for letters: IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Detained for participating in protests in 2020.

On August 13, 2024, Judge Olga Lavrinovich will make a decision in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk "On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."

As of October 2025, it became known that Viktor was again detained and was being held in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.

14.03.2023 01.11.22 Zazherzhan On 11/16/22 he was placed in the punishment cell at the Akrestsino 11/25/22 transferred to Volodarka 10.02.23 closing of the case under 342.1 03/14/23 court (1 year 6 months restriction without referral)

Trial outcome 14.03.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 13.08.2023
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Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Igor Vladimirovich Ilyash
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In custody: 655 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.07.1988
Address for letters: IK β„–2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Igor is a journalist for Belsat TV. He previously worked for the newspaper "Belorusy i Rynok" (Belarusians and the Market) and the Belarusian service of Radio Svaboda. He has also published in Russian and Ukrainian publications. Together with his wife, journalist Ekaterina Andreyeva, he wrote the book "Belarusian Donbass," a study of the role of Belarusians in the war in eastern Ukraine.

He was first detained on July 16, 2021, during mass searches of independent journalists on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them." His apartment was searched, his equipment and books were seized, and he was then placed in a temporary detention facility. He was released on July 26.

In October 2024, news of his second arrest broke . Pro-government Telegram channels published a photo of Igor in handcuffs and a video in which he claimed he was being persecuted for an interview with media outlets deemed "extremist" in Belarus. Shortly before his arrest, in a commentary to the Dozhd TV channel, he noted that "Putin has embarked on a course of sharp escalation and is leading the country toward all-out war," while Lukashenko, in his opinion, "most likely does not want to participate directly in it, but is forced to face increasing pressure from the Kremlin."

In February 2025, Igor was charged with "discrediting Belarus" and "assisting extremist activity." The trial began on February 21 in Minsk. The court rejected the request for an independent expert examination, and on September 5 of that year, the journalist was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Trial outcome 05.09.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 05.11.2025
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Hanna Mikalayeuna Soroka
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 14.02.1990
Number of children: 1 child
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Before the trial, she was under a travel ban from the Republic of Belarus and was on bail of 500 base values.

Convicted along with her husband.

Trial outcome 17.03.2026
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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In custody: 557 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 14.12.1995
Was in: IK-15IK β„–15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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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).

Trial outcome 23.05.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 985 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.03.1996
Was in: IK-2IK β„–2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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He was a suspect under Part 1 of Article 342 before the trial. He was ultimately convicted under Articles 328 and 329 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

Trial outcome 13.08.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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In custody: ~136 days
Hometown: Luninyets
Date of birth: 28.10.2000
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Trial outcome 18.11.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Anastasiya Valerievna Zhylskaya
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In custody: ~458 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 05.02.1991
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Anastasia worked as a programmer in the Minsk office of the American IT company Exadel. According to the charges, she may have posted comments on Telegram but was not active on other social media.

In the fall of 2024, Anastasia was convicted of "slander against Lukashenko," "calls for sanctions and other actions aimed at harming national security," and "inciting hostility or discord," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Trial outcome 05.11.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2025
the sentence was upheld.
Elena Tikhonovna Lesnevskaya
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In custody: ~261 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Terehovka
Date of birth: 28.05.1961
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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The woman is probably accused of solidarity with political prisoners. The exact date of the woman's arrest is unknown.

The trial of Elena Tikhonovna began on October 3 in the Minsk City Court. The case is being heard by Judge Sergei Katser.

It is known that the woman was detained in May 2021. Then Judge Tatyana Motyl fined Elena 50 basic units for "unauthorized picketing."

Trial outcome 10.10.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 06.12.2024
unknown.
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In custody: 633 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 19.02.1993
Was in: Turma β„–4Turma β„–4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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Igor was arrested in September 2024 for calling for protests in chat rooms; a pro-government channel published a video of him. In the recording, he claims to have been a member of destructive chat rooms in 2020, where he allegedly "urged people to coordinate and damage state property." Security officials also showed screenshots of messages about "fake courtyard chat rooms" and "targeted exits for sabotage," but the author of these messages is unknown.

In March 2025, he was found guilty of “calls to actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus” and sentenced to imprisonment.

On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Trial outcome 14.03.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Paul Alexeyevich Shorokhov
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In custody: ~458 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 25.09.1989
Number of children: 4 children
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Presumably arrested in February 2024.

He is expected to be released in June 2025 .

Trial outcome 25.11.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.02.2025
unknown.
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In custody: ~199 days
folder Categories of cases: Raid January 23-24, 2024
Hometown: Orsha
Date of birth: 13.12.1990
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Trial outcome 09.08.2024
5 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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