A Gomel activist, organizer of travel, rafting, walking, was detained by a special purpose police detachment in his house on the morning of March 1, 2022.
Six members of the special purpose police unit participated in the arrest, who used physical force, laying Igor face to the floor.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A criminal case was opened for distributing and spreading leaflets calling for counting the votes of voters honestly.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was detained by Russian border guards when he tried to leave Belarus. He was handed over to the Belarusian security forces and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
At the beginning of September 2022,it became known that a trial was held in Orsha to strengthen the political prisoner regime and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
Dmitry’s mother died on April 13, 2023.
It recently became known that in Orsha on September 1, 2023, a trial was held under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (Malicious disobedience to the requirements of the prison administration). Dmitry was added to his prison term by another 1 year and 15 days . That is, the political prisoner’s term should have ended on August 18, and he should have been released, but this did not happen due to re-arrest and trial on a new criminal case.
2 years 6 months and 15 days of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony.
He was detained after the announcement of the court verdict.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He worked as a foreman in the branch «Mozyr electric grids» of RUE «Gomelenergo».
Detained for comments addressed to representatives of the authorities. The confessions were published on the channel supporting the current state power.
At home, two sons are 3 and 9 years old.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a colony.
28 year old Alexey Mandik was detained in November 2021. He is an employee of the fifth city polyclinic, head of the prevention department, a general practitioner.
The reason for the detention by the staff of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption is participation in Telegram channels recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus, where he wrote destructive and offensive comments to the employees of the Department of Internal Affairs.
His letter of remorse was published on the website supporting the current state authorities.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Convicted for a personal message to Vladimir Kozlovsky, a senior police inspector of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the administration of the Leninsky district of Grodno: «Well, my friend, you don't have long left, count the days, a corrupt rat. Do you feel your ass burning? We'll be coming for you soon, you little pig».
Ilya is married and has two little children.
4 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Nichiporko is accused of more than 30 criminal episodes. In particular, in September 2020, he spray-painted fences in the village of Niva in the Berezovsky district, bus stops, garages and buildings in the city of Bereza, pasted leaflets on city poles, painted the entrance doors and the facade of the house of a police officer, stole almost two dozen surveillance cameras, ruined the facades of high-rise buildings with liquid with the content of petroleum products, shredded several state flags of the Republic of Belarus.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained for participating in protest actions. He worked at the «Minsk Tractor Plant».
Suspected of calling for a strike.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Evgeny was charged under 9 articles of the Criminal Code. The reason for this was comments in Telegram and sending 0.28 and 0.004 bitcoins to the administrators of Telegram channels.
In addition, from December 2019 to January 2020, he purchased particularly dangerous psychotropic substances, and on the territory of Russia (in the Bryansk region) he bought a firearm – a Makarov pistol (PM) and at least 46 cartridges for it.
The trial lasted from February 14 to June 2, almost four months.
Yevgeny partially admitted his guilt, explained that he did not agree with the results of the presidential elections in Belarus, and that is why he decided to act actively.
8 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
A former employee of the prosecutor's office.
He is accused of disclosing the data of law enforcement officers.
Married, has two juvenile daughters (7 years and 1 year).
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
He was detained on politically motivated arbitrary charges of terrorism for nonviolent activities: according to reports, he met with Interior Ministry employees and persuaded them to refuse to execute criminal orders, facilitated the relocation of those of them who were leaving the service and feared persecution.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means. The "criminal group" included Prokopiev himself, Vitaly, Anastasia, Vladislav and Olga Voitekhovichi, Sergei Lisovsky, Nikolai Roy, Vladimir Savenkov, Sergei Sokolov, Pyotr Yurkevich, Igor Chemyakin and others.
20 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime with the first five years served in prison, deprivation of military rank
Nikita Storozhenko is a former detective. He resigned after the presidential elections of Belarus in 2020 in protest against the current government. After his dismissal, Nikita worked as a lawyer.
He was detained on April 23, 2021 for "unauthorized picketing", convicted and sentenced to 15 days in prison according to Article part 1 of Article 24.23 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. He was released on May 8, 2021.
On May 4, 2021, Storozhenko, like other law enforcement officials who resigned in protest, was deprived of the rank of senior lieutenant of justice reserve by Lukashenka.
Nikita was detained again on February 1, 2022 in a shopping center in Minsk. In a video posted on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he says that he transferred the contacts of two employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption and the deputy head of the Investigative Committee for Minsk to one of the "protest telegram channels".
The trial took place on November 15, 2022 in the Minsk City Court. Nikita was tried for "inciting other social enmity and discord" under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, as well as for "illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life" (Part 1 of Article 179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).
On December 2, 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a high-security penal colony. he is also obliged to pay a fine of 5 000 BYN (2 056 USD) as moral compensation to employees, whose data, according to the prosecution, he transmitted to the "protest telegram channel".
7 years of imprisonment in a colony with reinforced regime.
Convicted of distributing leaflets with a photo and personal data of the prosecutor in Braslav.
A father with many children.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the case file, in January 2021 Gavrilov purchased and provided aerosol cans with paint to two acquaintances — Tatiana Birulya and Oleg Birulya. After that, Tatiana and Oleg, from January to February 2021, applied inscriptions and drawings to various infrastructure facilities in Soligorsk, carrying out their damage. They also put an inscription on the wall of one of the houses in relation to Lukashenko, in which they accused him of a particularly serious crime, that is, they committed slander.
Then, from August to December 2021, the defendants distributed leaflets and other printed materials on the territory of Soligorsk. The content of these leaflets was allegedly aimed at inciting social hostility and discord on the basis of other social affiliation.
At the end of winter 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Oleg and his wife.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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