Political prisoners

The reasons for Heinrich’s detention are unknown, but it seems that the priest has become yet another religious figure affected by the regime’s repressions against religious communities in Belarus.

Heinrich is about 70 years old, suffered a heart attack and recently had gastric surgery due to cancer; he needs medical supervision and constant medication.

On December 6, 20 days have passed since the arrest of the rector, Fr. Genrikh Okolotovich. During this time, he should have either been criminally charged or released. And, according to sources of the publication Katolik.life., the priest was chosen as a measure of detention in the form of detention, that is, he was charged.

The article of the Criminal Code has not yet been named, but the period for filing charges of 20 days from the moment of arrest is provided for a number of “anti-state” articles - such as espionage and treason. But what exactly the priest is charged with remains unknown.

On March 10, 2023, he was convicted under administrative article 19.11, part 2, for the distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities. After which a criminal case was opened.

On March 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Due to the closed nature of the trial, the essence of the case is still unknown. It is only known that Vladimir Romanovsky was detained in Bobruisk during the “feeding the pigeons” event on May 9, 2020. Then riot police detained about 15 people in the city.

According to the verdict , Romanovsky has now been found guilty of publicly insulting Lukashenko on social networks and has been sentenced to imprisonment.

On 02/06/2024, the court's appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

On January 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Andrey is 36 years old. In 2020, he worked at the Etazhi real estate agency. The man has a small daughter.

According to pro-government telegram channels, he himself wrote to the Black Book of Belarus and offered to drop the addresses of security forces involved in the repressions. Andrei did not know that on the other side, GUBOPiK employee Artur Gaiko was answering him.

Andrey was detained on November 10, 2023. He now faces up to 12 years in prison.

The man has been using the same account since 2019. From it he “leaked” information into the Black Book of Belarus, and from it he wrote comments in open chats and groups. The video shows his archived username from the ChKB bot database, which was saved by Arthur Gaiko. Through it you can find the current name of the telegram account and ID.

On January 26, 2024 , the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Vladimir has been interested in urban development and architecture for about 20 years. He created a unique database with thousands of photographs of various buildings in Belarus and abroad - photobuildings.com.

In the video shown on ONT, Vladimir says that he allegedly registered in the Peramoga chat plan, and in November 2022 Alexander Azarov allegedly contacted him.

On February 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Convicted in January 2023. After the protests of 2020, he resigned from the service of the Lida District Department of Internal Affairs. For this he was subjected to repression.

On August 13, 2023, he was detained for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities.” After this, a criminal case was opened against him. After the arrest, a “repentant” video was published with Artem, where he said that in 2020 he proposed throwing “Molotov cocktails” at police officers and sent instructions for making them to friends.

Detained in May 2023 for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities.” After the administrative punishment, a criminal case was opened.

On April 16, 2024, Oleg’s appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Detained along with his son for donations. According to officials, the man was convicted of making more than 100 money transfers totaling $1,885. Transfers were made from August 7, 2020 to March 24, 2021.

This was considered “financing the activities of an extremist formation” (although, most likely, at that time the initiatives were not any “extremist formations”).

On 02/02/2024 the appeal hearing was held, the verdict came into force.

Most likely he was detained on January 26, 2023 for the distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities. After which a criminal case was opened under numerous articles. Before the trial, he was allegedly imprisoned in a prison in Zhodino.

On January 26, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

According to the case materials , Savinsky transferred the equivalent of 50 US dollars to the accounts of funds recognized as “extremist” over the course of a year and a half. At the same time, he repeatedly used his Facebook account. He also created and posted 4 text messages in one of the telegram chats, allegedly aimed at “inciting social hostility in society.”

On January 12, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

According to the case materials , the accused subscribed to Telegram channels in 2022 and took an active part in their activities through Telegram bots. In particular, while on the territory of Gomel, he took photographs and videos of the movement of military equipment. Then he sent such material with comments about the route of the cars to Telegram channels through bots that supported his activities. The information products of the Telegram resources used by the accused were recognized by the court as extremist materials.

On January 09, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.