3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Olga Bulanova worked as an accountant for many years, and then in 2018-2019, she trained at the IT Academy and became a UI/UX designer. She then found work in IT.
Until her arrest , she lived in Lithuania but traveled to Belarus every couple of months. She has a husband and child.
Trial outcome 06.01.2026
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was held in custody for participating in protests in Brest on August 11, 2020, under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He was released on bail on April 1, 2025.
Trial outcome 26.05.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
As of March 2026, he was 48 years old. Vakulchik's sentence had been extended six times. In March 2026, he was in the Mozyr PKT, from where he was periodically transferred to solitary confinement. His initial sentence, originally seven years, now totals 16 years and three months .
According to the human rights center Vesna, Vladislav communicated with political prisoner Mykola Dedok in the penal colony, despite the dangers involved. He subscribed to "Novy Chas" and supported the "non-parasite" protests in 2017. In 2020, he participated in protests in the penal colony, for which he was recognized as the organizer of these protests and placed on a preventive watch list. Therefore, after serving seven years of his sentence under Article 328 (drug offense), he is now imprisoned for participating in non-violent resistance actions in the Babruisk penal colony.
He has a perforated stomach ulcer. In 2020, he was taken from the penal colony to the hospital, where doctors saved his life. Twenty-five days after the operation, he was placed in solitary confinement.
Trial outcome date unknown
16 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A political scientist, the wife of a political analyst, and an expert on international politics and security, Igor has lived and worked in Ukraine for a long time. He regularly appears in the media as an expert on Belarusian-Russian relations, the war in Ukraine, and Belarusian domestic politics.
Olga was arrested in October 2024 in connection with the "yard chats" case.
On October 29, 2024, the KGB recognized the courtyard coalition "Orden", which includes the courtyard chats "Zlye Kogtiki", "Sukharevo", "Senica2.0", "Solidarity", "Volnyya Vauki", "Navagrudskiya Partisans", "VILIYA", "Skromnye Matryoshka", and "Sosedi", as an "extremist formation".
According to the agency, those involved in these initiatives include Irina Yakovleva, Natalia Doronina, Diana Gavrilova, Ukrainian citizen Ivan Omelyan, Olga Nekhaychik, Konstantin Kirilenko, Yelizaveta Plitnik, Natalia Guzhova, Irina Smolyarova, Stanislav Botvin, and Natalia Lantukh. A few days later, mass arrests in this case took place across Belarus.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexander cared for his mother, a Group 1 visually impaired person who has problems with her musculoskeletal system.
Trial outcome 18.12.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 04.03.2026
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Dmitry Lugovich led a busy and varied life: he traveled and attended concerts. He was apparently arrested last summer, when his last social media posts were recorded.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Before the events of 2020, Dmitry worked at the Lida locomotive depot and, in recent years, was a long-distance truck driver in the European Union.
He was presumably detained in the fall of 2025 after one of his regular flights. His last reports concern crossing the border during this period.
In 2026, Dmitry was found guilty of "slandering Lukashenko," "inciting hatred," and "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Sergey is originally from Zhlobin, but recently lived in Minsk.
Ryabtsev spent many years developing Belarusian daily apartment search services and creating IT solutions to automate landlords' businesses—kdv.by (Apartments for You) and tutkut.by.
He is also a co-owner of Alodging, a company that developed a mobile app to automate landlord business processes. The company grew rapidly and even partnered with major payment systems like WebPay.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Angela was arrested in October 2024 in connection with the "yard chats" case.
On October 29, 2024, the KGB recognized the courtyard coalition "Orden", which includes the courtyard chats "Zlye Kogtiki", "Sukharevo", "Senica2.0", "Solidarity", "Volnyya Vauki", "Navagrudskiya Partisans", "VILIYA", "Skromnye Matryoshka", and "Sosedi", as an "extremist formation".
According to the agency, those involved in these initiatives include Irina Yakovleva, Natalia Doronina, Diana Gavrilova, Ukrainian citizen Ivan Omelyan, Olga Nekhaychik, Konstantin Kirilenko, Yelizaveta Plitnik, Natalia Guzhova, Irina Smolyarova, Stanislav Botvin, and Natalia Lantukh. A few days later, mass arrests in this case took place across Belarus.
Trial outcome 19.03.2026
8 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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