Political prisoners

Member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group in Gomel. He was detained on June 7, 2020 before a picket to collect signatures and was later convicted of two criminal charges.

Detained on November 4, 2020 along with the drummers. He was sentenced to 15 days, but was not released upon expiration of the term. Alexey was accused of preparing to participate in mass riots and participating in protests. The car was confiscated.

Vladimir is a blogger, author of the MozgON YouTube channel. On his channel, he recounted first economic and social, and then political news, and began broadcasting from various events - not only from Tikhanovsky’s pickets. In 2019, he began to speak out against the road tax and rising gasoline prices. He spoke about Tikhanovsky for the first time in the fall of 2019 - he was outraged by his detention and called for him to come to his trial; later he also supported Tikhanovsky. On May 31, 2020, he broadcast a picket from Komarovka, before which Statkevich was detained. He was detained on June 9 to serve a 15-day arrest issued back in March 2020. On June 26, 2020, he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center in the “Tsikhanouski case.”

On April 10, 2023, Vladimir was sentenced to another year in addition to 15 years in prison for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of the correctional institution.”

On November 30, 2023, a trial was held again under Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, and on 02/08/2024 an appeal hearing was held.

An activist of the anarchist movement, he was detained on August 12, 2020 at about 13:00 in a car parking lot and convicted on numerous criminal charges.

The court awarded 16 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the huge sentence for Akihiro by only 3 months.

Activist of the anarchist movement and volunteer of the Viasna Human Rights Center. He was detained on October 2, 2020 and convicted on several criminal charges.

The court sentenced 6 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the huge sentence for Andrei by only 3 months.

An activist of the anarchist movement, he was detained on August 12, 2020 at the exit from the entrance and convicted on numerous criminal charges. Previously, he served a sentence in the “anarchist case” in 2010.

The court awarded 17 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the huge sentence for Alexander by only 3 months.

Confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for Gomel and the Gomel region. He was detained on August 6, 2020 and accused of “mass riots” and plans to “seize buildings.”

In the fall of 2023, he was transferred to prison for 2 years.

An activist of the Narodnaya Hramada party, he was detained on June 25, 2020 by police officers in civilian clothes using physical force and accused of preparing riots and obstructing the work of the Central Election Commission.

The opposition politician, co-founder of the BCD party, was detained by police on June 7, 2020 on his way home. Spent 75 days under administrative arrest. Pavel was convicted in a criminal case for mass riots.

On June 21, 2023, a trial was held in Shklov to change the regime of detention. Judge Alexander Tarakanov decided to transfer the politician to prison for a period of three years .

On July 10, 2023, it became known that the political prisoner was transferred from Correctional Colony No. 17 to Prison No. 1 .

Volunteer at Viktor Babariko’s headquarters. He was detained on the night of August 12-13 along with Vladislav Koretsky in the case of mass riots. Convicted for participating in protests.

A member of the expanded Coordination Council, he was detained and beaten by riot police on September 29, 2020.

Accused of participating in “radical” telegram channels.

Artyom is a former border guard, a member of the initiative group for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s presidential nomination, and one of the videographers for the “Country for Life” Youtube channel. I was at a picket to collect signatures in Grodno on May 29, 2020. Detained on May 31. He was accused under four articles of the Criminal Code.

On November 9, 2022, by court decision, Artem was transferred to prison regime in Mogilev.

It is known that on August 19, 2022, the administration of the Shklov colony placed Artem in the PKT for a period of four months. The court also ruled that all defendants must pay 22 million rubles in compensation to “employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for additional time on duty during post-election protests.”

Volunteer at Viktor Babariko’s headquarters. According to information from his parents, he was beaten and remained in a military hospital until August 18, 2020, where he underwent surgery. Igor was later convicted in the case of mass riots.

Coordinator of the volunteer service "Spring" and human rights activist. She was detained along with her husband Vadim Zheromski on the evening of September 17, 2020.

The court sentenced her to 15 years in prison, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that the judge, by his decision, reduced Marfa’s sentence by only 3 months.

He was detained on September 25, 2020 and convicted of participating in protests.