Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kenyukh Igor Grigorievich is an employee of the security forces involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence.
Kenyukh personally participated in torture, beatings and violence in the temporary detention facility on Okrestina. He threatened prisoners with rape.
On November 15, 2020, he demanded that doctors be removed from the temporary detention facility, who, in his opinion, showed excessive loyalty to the detainees and sympathized with them.
He testified as a witness in politically motivated cases in court.
According to some testimonies, he has a tendency towards pedophilia.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kenyukh Igor Grigorievich is an employee of the security forces involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence.
Kenyukh personally participated in torture, beatings and violence in the temporary detention facility on Okrestina. He threatened prisoners with rape.
On November 15, 2020, he demanded that doctors be removed from the temporary detention facility, who, in his opinion, showed excessive loyalty to the detainees and sympathized with them.
He testified as a witness in politically motivated cases in court.
According to some testimonies, he has a tendency towards pedophilia.
List of repressed
Vladislav was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case involving group actions that grossly violated public order. In April 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restricted freedom sentence with a prison term in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Vladislav's presence, remains unknown.
- Associations
- Military
Maxim was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020. It is also known that during the protest, he was detained by security forces and severely beaten. Maxim was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility, but was released in the courtroom.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Alexander was arrested in August 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and placed in pretrial detention.
In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He left Belarus before beginning his sentence. On July 18, 2022, Alexander was placed on the wanted list.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
- Associations
- Activists
Olga, an activist and former head of the organization "Radislava," which helps women victims of domestic violence, was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for organizing women's marches in 2020.
In May 2022, Olga was found guilty of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In September 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of "replacing a restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."
Igor was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Boris was arrested in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In April 2022, he was found guilty of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 23, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Vyacheslav was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" for posting leaflets with the texts "Adolf Grigoryevich Lukashenko" and "We need a corpse in a king's clothes, not a living idiot at the helm."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, political persecution against Vyacheslav continued, and he was forced to leave Belarus.
- Associations
- Activists
- Parents of minors
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Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.
On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.
In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Nikita was detained in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In January 2022, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.
- Associations
Kirill was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was convicted in January 2022 for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
Yan was arrested on August 30, 2021, for "distributing extremist materials" and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was not released after serving his sentence and was placed in pretrial detention as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "insulting Lukashenko" and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation therein."
In December 2021, he was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko by posting a video on social media, as well as participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was detained along with his brother in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Alexei was detained along with his brother in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Evgeny was arrested in July 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In October 2021, he was convicted of participating in post-election protests in Minsk in 2020, during one of which he was injured by a rubber bullet.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Andrei 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 September 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
