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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~665 days
Hometown: Zhlobin
Date of birth: 19.11.1997
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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The man was accused of participating in protests in 2020 and going out onto the roadway. "They stood in a chain with other people, clapped their hands, shouted loudly, and shouted various slogans," the court ruling says.

At the rally, police officers pushed Kirill back with a metal shield and cut his head with a rubber truncheon until it bled.

Komarov fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.

Kirill has a secondary specialized education and is supporting a minor child.

According to human rights activists , he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 16.02.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.04.2023
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Ilya Dmitrievich Kovalev
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In custody: ~89 days
Hometown: Drybin
Date of birth: 02.08.1999
Was in: Turma №4Turma №4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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Ilya and his friend Vladislav Mazurov were accused of the fact that on October 27, 2022, the guys, being drunk, tore down the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, hanging on the club building in the a-t. Temny Les. At the same time, they broke the flagpole. Then, returning from the a-t. Temny Les at the place of residence, the guys arranged a photo session with a flag.

According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 01.02.2023
3 months of arrest.
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Hometown: Drybin
Date of birth: 04.09.2000
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Vladislav and his friend Ilya Kovalev were accused of the fact that on October 27, 2022, the guys, being drunk, tore down the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, hanging on the club building in the a-t. Temny Les. At the same time, they broke the flagpole. Then, returning from the a-t. Temny Les at the place of residence, the guys arranged a photo session with a flag.

According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 01.02.2023:

3 months of arrest.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~676 days
Hometown: Dzyatlava
Date of birth: 18.08.1993
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Pavel Pashukevich was detained for comments in the "Dyatlovo for Life" Telegram chat.

The appeal hearing took place on May 18, 2023. The verdict entered into force.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024-25.

Trial outcome 18.05.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.07.2023
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Pavel Petrovich Kuprienko
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In custody: ~594 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 27.02.1968
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Citizen of Ukraine. The court found Pavel guilty of “undercover activity” in favor of Ukraine. Authorities accused him and two other men of sending data to Ukrainian military intelligence.

Propagandists claim that Kuprienko was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Taras Machinsky is accused of transmitting data on the deployment and movement of military equipment in Belarus to Kuprienko, and he, in turn, to the Ukrainian special services. It is reported that Dmitry Solovyanchik was “used in secret.” In the video they say that Dmitry filmed the movement of military equipment in Belarus and asked his relatives about it, and then passed it on to Kuprienko, “not knowing what they were for.”

On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.

Trial outcome 09.03.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 306 days
Hometown: Zburazh
Date of birth: 06.03.1961
Family members: Yuri Leonidovich Vlasyuk
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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It is known that during a search at home in connection with the case, a white-red-white flag was taken from Vlasyuk, which was later included in the materials of the criminal case.

According to the prosecution, an online comment written on April 22, 2022 under a video of Alexander Grigorievich’s speech was considered a public insult to Lukashenko. This message contained obscene language.

In October 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 13.02.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 463 days
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 21.11.1975
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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In a video published by security forces , Stepan reports that he was detained for distributing extremist materials and insulting police officers on the Internet.

01/24/2024 released after expiration of sentence.

Trial outcome 16.02.2023:

1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~435 days
Hometown: Elizovo
Date of birth: 22.03.1987
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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On February 10, 2023, the first trial took place under Articles 369 and 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; the appeal hearing was on April 7, 2023.

On October 16, 2023, a new trial was held under Articles 369 and 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; no appeal was filed.

He was released in mid- February 2024, under preventive supervision.

Trial outcome 10.02.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 07.04.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 16.10.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~982 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.02.1980
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Semyon was accused of participating in a November 2020 protest and of allegedly paying his subordinates salaries "in envelopes."

On 12.05.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

He was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 23.02.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.05.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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On May 2, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. In the fall of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.

However, as a citizen of the Russian Federation, after his release he was most likely deported.

Trial outcome 07.02.2023:

1 year imprisonment in a colony

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Lapitsky
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In custody: ~858 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 29.08.1984
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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The circumstances of the case are still unknown to human rights activists, as the court hearing was closed.

For the first six months after his arrest, Konstantin was under house arrest, after which the measure of restraint was changed to detention.

Trial outcome 27.02.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.04.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 311 days
Hometown: Kobryn
Date of birth: 09.12.1982
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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According to the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a criminal case was opened against Mikhail for insulting Lukashenko. In total, representatives of law enforcement agencies counted 860 comments of Mikhail against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.

Before the trial, Mikhail was under house arrest, on the day of the verdict he was taken into custody in the courtroom

According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 24.03.2023:

1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 314 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 01.06.1994
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Anatoly came to Belarus to be examined: he was diagnosed with cancer.

At first, the man was convicted under administrative article 19.11 (distribution of extremist materials) before his arrest. But even before the end of this arrest, he was charged under article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenko, and put in prison.

10.23.2023 released after expiration of sentence.

Trial outcome 21.02.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 652 days
folder Categories of cases: Zeltser's case
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 03.07.1987
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Mikhail was arrested in October 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 November 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in the summer of 2023, having served his full sentence.

Trial outcome 14.11.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 31.01.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~592 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 02.04.1981
Was in: Turma №4Turma №4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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Karpeshko and two of his friends had their own private chat for three people. After the beginning of the military invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, in March 2022, Michael left a comment in which he wrote about the experience that wars could begin on the territory of Belarus. For this message, the man was detained and convicted.

Witnesses at the trial were two other chat participants – friends of Karpeshko, who had previously been brought to administrative responsibility under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code of the Republic of Belarus.

At the trial, the materials of the Karpeshko case indicated that the man had left a message in a «public chat in Telegram».

Trial outcome 03.02.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.05.2023
unknown.
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