The reasons for Genrikh's detention are unknown, but it appears the priest has become the latest religious figure to be affected by the regime's repression of religious communities in Belarus.
Henry suffered a heart attack and recently underwent stomach surgery due to cancer; he requires medical supervision and constant medication.
December 6 marked 20 days since the arrest of Father Genrikh Okolotovich, the rector of the parish. During this time, he was expected to either be charged with a criminal offense or released. According to sources at Katolik.life, the priest was remanded in custody, meaning he was charged.
The specific article of the Criminal Code has not yet been named, but the 20-day period for filing charges from the moment of arrest is stipulated for a number of "anti-state" articles, such as espionage and treason. However, the exact charges against the priest remain unknown.
In November 2025, he was pardoned after a visit to Belarus by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, as a special envoy of Pope Leo XIV.
Borisov photographer who was detained on June 22, 2023. Security forces searched the house and took away computer equipment. After this, Zenkov was immediately taken to Minsk, where he was kept for some time in the temporary detention center on Akrestsin, and then transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1.
As BAJ wrote , the photographer was detained in July 2020. In September, police officers came to Zenkov to “warn him about the inadmissibility of violating the law.”
Alexander Zenkov has worked as a freelance photographer since 1998, collaborating with regional independent publications.
On April 16, 2024, Alexander had a hearing of his appeal.
In a confessional video on a pro-government channel, Alexander says that he was detained for sending a video of military equipment to a chat. At that time, he was allegedly scared, so he posted the video out of emotion. “In this chat there was a narrative that hostilities were about to begin between Belarus and Ukraine,” says the engineer.
The video shows screenshots from the chat. The explanation for the video with military equipment says that it is moving along the M1 highway towards Brest. It is unknown when this was filmed.
In the video , Alexander says that he works as a karate trainer and was charged with making a video of military equipment and posting it on an “extremist” telegram channel. The detainee also said that in 2020 he hung ribbons on poles and signs and posted leaflets along the road.
On April 19, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
There are no details of the criminal case yet, it is only known that the Mogilev resident left a comment about Lukashenko in one of the telegram channels recognized by the authorities of the Republic of Belarus as “extremist”.
On January 11, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 12.10.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei was detained on September 27, and later a search was carried out at his home, during which a computer and other equipment were removed.
Tolchin has been repeatedly detained and tried for his journalistic activities since 2017. After the protests of 2020, the journalist decided to leave the profession.
The latest posts on Andrei's Facebook page are reposts of helping animals, photos with friends and acquaintances. Also, Andrei’s sister, who raised him in infancy, recently died.
On May 24, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 21.03.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution , the man repeatedly posted comments in an open telegram group in 2020. They saw a “negative assessment of a group of people united by activity” - the Belarusian army, members of election commissions, including its chairman, the police and riot police.
Ignatovich also “deliberately posted text messages on Telegram with calls for group actions that grossly violated public order, persuaded and encouraged them to participate in group actions, namely to unite and gather people, take them out onto the streets, disrupt the normal work of organizations and enterprises, government bodies, as well as law enforcement agencies.”
Trial outcome 24.10.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution , Olga Stabrovskaya in 2021 liked and left a short comment on the Odnoklassniki social network, in which the examination “found” an insult to Alexander Lukashenko.
Olga Stabrovskaya at one time received a diploma from the only Moscow State University of Printing in the entire former Soviet Union and worked at the Orsha printing house until her retirement. Recently, the woman’s illness has worsened and she has a third group disability. Her only daughter is also sick. She, like Olga’s grandson, has a hearing disability.
Trial outcome 27.09.2023:
1 year 3 months imprisonment in a general regime colony.
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