Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service. Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service. Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
Andrei was detained in the spring of 2025 and later convicted of "assisting extremist activity" in a criminal case opened after Belarusian security forces gained access to the chats of a bot used by the Gayun monitoring project, where users were transmitting information about Russian troop movements.
Trial outcome 21.08.2025
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
An activist, detained in June 2025 in Pruzhany. The detention was demonstrative, security forces arrived for him in four cars, a search was conducted at his place of residence. Pavel is a former officer, a lawyer.
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 without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Oleg Suprunyuk is known to residents of Brest region as a reporter who covered socially and publicly significant problems of the region. During his time in the profession, he worked for the newspaper "Brest Courier", the online publication "First Region", and collaborated with other independent publications.
The journalist disappeared on January 22, he stopped answering calls and did not appear on social networks. It later became clear that he was detained as part of a criminal case. For almost five months, nothing was known about Oleg's fate.
Previously, the journalist was prosecuted under an administrative article. On December 12, 2024, security forces came to Oleg Suprunyuk with a search. Then they took away his computer equipment and phone, and took him away for questioning. After the interrogation, an administrative protocol was drawn up for allegedly distributing "extremist information products" (under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The journalist was sentenced to 15 days of arrest, and was released on December 27.
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).
Dmitry is a designer, he was also involved in PR, media and social projects. He was part of the company "Fajno", which, among other things, developed the design of the bird lamp.
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 without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Valery was arrested in March 2025 and later convicted of "insulting Lukashenko" and "inciting hatred or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Nikolai was arrested in February 2025 in a criminal case opened under the statute "inciting social hatred," but the charge was later changed to "calls for sanctions." In the middle of that year, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei was convicted under the article "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
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
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Anton and his wife Snezhana have three children (one together and two of his wife’s children from her first marriage).
On August 9, 2020, he was wounded at a rally against election fraud in Baranovichi. He was shot in the shin with rubber bullets. Five times he managed to throw away flash-bang grenades flying at people, and the sixth exploded in his hands. He was stunned by the explosion, people carried him out in their arms and called an ambulance. After first aid, he returned to the rally and was detained a short time later. He, completely bandaged, was beaten with truncheons in a paddy wagon and imprisoned for 5 days.
After his administrative arrest, Anton hid from the security forces for 4 years, as a criminal case was opened against him. In June 2024, a letter was sent to his address that the criminal case against me was closed. However, in February 2025, he was detained while taking the exam at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and put in a pretrial detention center pending trial.
Trial outcome 28.05.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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 of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei Orel is being held in Brest Pretrial Detention Center No. 7. His arrest was motivated by what appears to be a like or comment online following Russia's attack on Ukraine.
On June 18, 2025, the stores of 52-year-old businessman Andrey Orel, which sold children's toys, clothing, bicycles, and bicycle repairs, closed. The reason for the closure was the owner's arrest.
Trial outcome 03.12.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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