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The reason for the detention of Gomel resident Vilen Turgunov was comments on the Internet, including negative ones towards the police.
Vilen Turgunov is 55 years old. His father is from Uzbekistan, his mother is Belarusian. Vilen graduated from the university in Russian Novozybkov (Bryansk region) with a degree in jurisprudence. Vilen Turgunov worked at the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs of the regional center. There were serious problems there. Back in 2001, he received a reprimand for “irresponsible attitude to service,” in 2002 he had “incomplete official inconsistency,” and in 2004 he received a reprimand for “gross violation of official discipline, violation of an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”
Later, the former policeman worked at a construction and installation trust in Gomel.
The detainee actively maintained pages on various social networks, where he spoke about political and social events. For his support of Ukraine, other netizens called him a “Banderite.”
Vilen Turgunov’s relative, Igor Kazubov, is also serving a sentence.
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).
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the winter of 2025.
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2025.
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Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
He is expected to be released on April 29, 2025.
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020, in Brest.
He was expected to be released in March 2026.
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Candidate of Historical Sciences, adjunct professor at the Institute of History, University of Wroclaw. Melnikov specialized in military history and the history of the period when Western Belarus was part of Poland (1921-1939). He has published a dozen and a half books on Western Belarus. In 2020, he was awarded the L. Sapieha Prize for the preservation of the historical heritage of Belarus.
It is known for sure that he was arrested and is being held in a pretrial detention center. Melnikov's last activity on Instagram dates back to January 21, 2024.
Melnikov is being tried for an interview he gave to an unnamed independent media outlet in 2022. The trial is being held in open mode. An excerpt from the indictment was quoted by SB:
"In 2022, Igor Melnikov, motivated by national hatred and discord, as well as political and ideological hatred, knowingly knowing about the extremist activities of participants in an information resource banned in Belarus, gave them an interview in order to develop and popularize media of this kind and involve more citizens in such activities," the prosecutor said. It is noted that the historian gave comments to the media both in Belarus and in Poland. Melnikov reportedly admitted his guilt.
The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence imposed by the court of first instance by 2 years.
Igor was released in early September 2025, having served his full sentence.
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Lyudmila Deineko is 40 years old. She graduated from Polotsk State University in 2005 with a degree in law. She initially worked in the Minsk Regional Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs, then in the Minsk City Executive Committee's Department of Justice, and as a consultant at the Zavodskoy District Court in Minsk.
The trial begins on July 22. Deineko is accused of "calling for sanctions," "insulting Lukashenko," and "inciting hostility or discord."
Lyudmila has two minor children.
On March 19, 2026, she 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).
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During Galina's imprisonment, her child was placed in an orphanage. Convicted for participating in protests in Pinsk in 2020.
He has been a table tennis coach for over thirty years. Yuri is the only internationally recognized table tennis referee in the Brest region. He was previously a board member of the Belarusian Table Tennis Federation.
Logodyuk is also known as one of Belarus's best trainers for disabled athletes. He trains people with musculoskeletal disorders. His students frequently win championships both in Belarus and abroad. He has helped hundreds of people with disabilities live normal lives.
He's being tried for "assisting extremist activity." This could be anything from a comment on the wrong website to, say, transferring money to a political prisoner.
He is expected to be released in March 2026.
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Detained and convicted for a donation of 100 USD.
Graduated from the Philology Department of BSU. Volunteered at the II European Games. Worked at Currency.com, spent almost a year in Georgia, working in remote support. Then returned to Belarus.
He is interested in languages, historical reconstruction, and heavy music.
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).
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Vitaly worked as a lead programmer and then as a lead network administrator for the Grodno Regional Executive Committee's Administration.
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).
Judge Anzhelika Danilova will begin hearing the case on July 29, 2024, in the Minsk Regional Court.
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).
Sergei was convicted in the summer of 2024 for "slandering Lukashenko" and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open facility.
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).
Previously, the guy was into ship modeling and was even in the reserve of the Belarusian national team. He also listened to punk rock and was interested in the aesthetics of this subculture.