Михаил — доцент, кандидат технических наук, автор монографий и разработок, первым в Беларуси зарегистрировал автомобиль на альтернативном топливе. Руководил лабораторией в Витебском технологическом университете, занимавшейся водородными технологиями.
В 2006 году интерес к его работе проявил КГБ. После отказа сотрудничать с органами Михаила обвинили в «хищении через злоупотребление служебными полномочиями» и в 2007 году приговорили к 5 годам колонии.
После освобождения он занялся правозащитной деятельностью: вошёл в организацию «Платформа», позже стал сооснователем «Платформы Инновейшн». Повторно был задержан в августе 2014 года, через неделю после оглашения приговора в отношении директора ЧКПУ «Платформа Инновейшн» Андрея Бондаренко. В 2015 году Витебский областной суд признал его виновным по нескольким статьям — разглашение служебной тайны, незаконные средства для сбора информации, дача взятки — и приговорил к лишению свободы в условиях строгого режима. В октябре того же года Верховный суд усилил наказание на полгода.
Освобождён в феврале 2021 года, полностью отбыв назначенный судом срок наказания.
23 января 2024 года Михаила вновь задержали, при обыске и допросах к нему применяли насилие. После выхода из изолятора он покинул Беларусь.
Trial outcome 10.07.2015
6 years of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions, deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities.
Appeal 23.10.2015
6 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions, deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities.
Judging by social media, the man worked in various blue-collar jobs in his hometown.
The nature of the charges is unknown, but is almost certainly related to his social media activity.
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 date unknown
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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 date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Nikita Grushevskyi graduated from the Sukhoi Gomel State Technical University in 2022. He worked shifts in Russia.
According to information available to human rights activists , Nikita Grushevsky expressed his opinions, including about the individuals currently illegally holding power in Belarus, in online comments on social media communities.
Among other things, he was convicted for being part of a certain community that the regime declared an “extremist group.”
The trial of Nikita Grushevsky was held behind closed doors.
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 23.09.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Maxim, a Russian citizen, was arrested and found guilty of "calls to actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
In places of imprisonment he was subjected to systematic torture motivated by political and national hatred.
He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and was deported to Russia on March 24 of that year.
Trial outcome 18.08.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Elena is accused under Part 3 of Article 361-1 (creation of an extremist group or participation in it) of the Criminal Code.
The case is presumably related to "yard chats." As a reminder, in the fall of 2024, a wave of arrests swept across Belarus's regions in connection with yard chats that were allegedly "attempting to organize." Around the same time, the KGB designated a number of yard chats as "extremist groups": "Zlye Kogtiki," "Sukharevo," "Senica2.0," "Solidarity," "Volnyya Vauki," "Navagrudskiya Partisany," "VILIYA," "Skromnye Matryoshka," and "Sosedi."
It is known that Elenais free, but the sentencefor the politicalarticle, the placewhere she will serveher sentence, and the date of her release are unknowndue to the closed judicial system in Belarus.
In 2013,Ivan moved to the run-down village of Prodvino in the Bobruisk district with his wife and son. At the time of Ivan's resettlement,only a few dozen residents remained.Hebecamethevillage elder and did his best to revitalize it.He began holding an annualfestivalto commemoratethe village's founding anniversary . He also workedtoimprovethe village: he landscaped it, rebuilt a crossin honor of those who died during World War II, and cleaned the communal well.The district newspapercalledhim a "caring person" and a "thrifty manager."Ivanwas recognizedas oneof the best village elders in the district. He hosted the "VillageElder " channel on TikTok .
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 date unknown
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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