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Two months after his arrest, he was released from pretrial detention without trial; the case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
Natalia Yaroshenko is the sister of former political prisoner Lyudmila Goncharenko. She spent 147 days in the Gomel temporary detention center, and then she was deported to Ukraine with a ban on entry to Belarus for five years. During her imprisonment, the woman was also interrogated by the KGB, forced to admit that she had filmed Russian military equipment. Natalia had to undergo a polygraph test, the results of which she was never informed of. "But I really didn't film anything, I didn't do anything," she says.
According to Natalia, she spent six days in a punishment cell. There was nothing there except for high bunks knocked together from planks, a washbasin and a toilet. "I felt sick. They called a doctor - I had high blood pressure," Natalia recalls. After that, she was returned to a regular cell. In the temporary detention center, Natalia, according to her, a vein burst in her leg, the woman asked for a month to be taken to the hospital. For almost five months of imprisonment, the interviewee did not have any walks or parcels.
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Orthodox priest. He is the father of 6 children, was forced to leave the country with his family. Currently a refugee in France, he serves Orthodox Belarusians in Paris. Member of the Christian Vision group from its very foundation.
On September 18, 2020, he was detained, the Sovetsky District Court of Gomel (Judge Alexander Mokhorev) imposed an administrative penalty on him in the form of 10 days of administrative arrest under Part 1 of Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established procedure for holding a meeting, rally, street procession, demonstration, picketing, or other mass event). On September 28, 2020, Archpriest Vladimir, immediately after serving his sentence according to the court of September 18, was again subjected to an administrative penalty in the form of 15 days of arrest under the same article by the same court, in the same composition.
Thus, in total, Archpriest Vladimir Drobyshevsky spent 25 days in prison continuously. In the temporary detention center, his pectoral cross and cassock were taken away from him. The Investigative Committee continued to put pressure on the priest.
According to information from the "list of extremists", he was released from criminal liability in connection with the commission of a socially dangerous act in a state of insanity, on the basis of Article 28 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, Part 1
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On September 13, he was detained by GUBOPiK officers. On September 16, a trial took place - the man was arrested for 13 days under Part 2 of Article 19 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). The case did not end with one "administrative" case. After that, Nikolai was tried again: on September 27, then on October 3 and 16. Three times he was found guilty of disseminating "extremism", once - of illegal picketing (Part 1 of Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Nikolai spent a total of 56 days in the Novopolotsk CIP.
Nikolai's fourth "day" ended in November. According to Nikolai, he had barely gone outside when he saw GUBOPiK officers waiting for him. This time he was detained on a criminal charge.
On February 12, 2025, he was released in an exchange.
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She was released in the summer of 2025, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
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It's unclear exactly when Marina was detained, but she last appeared on social media in mid-October 2024. Her extremist listing indicates she is currently serving a sentence, meaning she either received a probationary sentence or a prison colony. However, judging by the fact that she hasn't appeared online since her trial, it's likely Marina Luts was sentenced to a prison colony.
From 2014 until the end of 2022, she ran her own business organizing weddings and other events. In 2023, she retrained as a UX/UI designer, working primarily as a freelancer. Marina has a young son.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the summer of 2025.
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The man was charged with "discrediting Belarus" (Article 369-1 of the Criminal Code). The nature of the case is unknown. Semyon was threatened with arrest, a penal colony, or a prison colony for up to four years. The list of "extremists" indicates that he is "serving a sentence," meaning he was sentenced to a penal colony or a penal colony with a referral.
In 2016, he founded his own consulting company, Strategy and Capital, and a few years later, he became head of the Belarusian branch of Civitta, where he is also an associate partner. Civitta is a large consulting firm with Lithuanian roots. It was founded by a former partner at McKinsey, one of the so-called Big Three consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, and Bain). It currently has a presence in 15 countries and employs hundreds of consultants and developers.
Released.
Detained in a criminal case related to "extremist activity."
His common-law wife Vera Kanonenko is also in pre-trial detention .
According to the investigation , the defendants in the case were couriers for the BYSOL initiative, "their tasks included receiving and transferring money to other members of the organization, distributing it to meet the needs of participants in illegal protest and extremist activities."
He is expected to be released in February-March 2026.
Pavel was arrested in August 2024 and convicted six times in a row under administrative law for subscribing to “extremist materials.”
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Karina Fasevich is 29 years old. She works as a manicurist and has a young son.
She was released in February 2025.
Alexander was convicted in the spring of 2025 under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.