Belarusian philosopher and methodologist, public and political figure, founder of the Flying University. He was detained on August 4, 2021 after a house search as part of a criminal case.
On February 13, in the court of the Shklovsky district, a trial was held to change the detention regime for Vladimir and transfer him to a prison regime.
5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
Political scientist, founder and editor of the site of the expert community "Our Opinion", editor and author of the "Belarusian Yearbook" and head of the group of monitoring experts "Belarus in Focus".
Valeria was detained on June 30, 2021 after a search of her house. The search was carried out by the KGB. She was placed in a temporary detention center, from there she was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1 on Volodarsky.
The case was considered behind closed doors, so the details are unknown.
10 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Works at TUT.BY since 2008. At first she was a legal adviser and then became a director. In 2017, Lyudmila headed Tut By Media. The trial in closed session lasted more than two months - a total of 37 sessions were held. The essence of the charges against Chekina is unknown.
12 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Journalist. Marina Zolotova joined Tut.by in 2004 and soon became its editor-in-chief. The trial in closed session lasted more than two months - a total of 37 sessions were held. The charge of "tax evasion on an especially large scale" was dropped from Marina. But the essence of the charges against Zolotova is unknown.
12 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Grodno journalist, member of the Union of Poles of Belarus, publicist. The journalist and activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus was accused of inciting hatred and calling for sanctions. Andrey was detained on March 25, 2021. The indictment against the journalist states that Poczobut in the media called the USSR attack on Poland in 1939 an aggression. In addition, he was accused of statements in defense of the Polish minority in Belarus, articles in Gazeta Wyborcza about Belarusian protests in 2020, and a text in Magazyn Polski written in 2006 and dedicated to Anatoly Rodionik, one of the commanders of the Polish anti-communist underground in the Grodno region.
Pochobut spent more than 1.5 years in a pre-trial detention center. In October he was added to the “terrorist list.” It is known that Poczobut was offered to write a petition for pardon, but he refused.
Today he has been in the punishment cell almost continuously for six months. In IK-1 (Novopolotsk) he is regularly put under pressure, deprived of visits and transfers. Also, there are no calls from Andrey.
8 years of imprisonment in a colony.
Denis lives in Grodno, is married. He has been working as a volunteer editor of the Belarusian version of the InformNapalm International Investigative Community website since 2014, and as a freelance correspondent for the Novy Chas newspaper since 2018. Known for his investigations into the influence of the "Russian world" on Belarus and Syria, about the scandalous construction in Kurapaty, and also about the transfer of former Ukrainian Berkut soldiers to the power structures of Belarus.
On March 12, 2021, journalist Denis Ivashin was detained by KGB officers for interfering with the activities of the police. The security forces conducted a search in the journalist's apartment. Also that evening, a search was made at the home of Denis's mother, and on March 15 they came with a search to his 95-year-old grandmother.
In mid-March 2022, human rights activists also became aware that the KGB accused Ivashin of collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence. On August 15, the trial of the journalist's case began behind closed doors in the Grodno Regional Court.
The wife of the political prisoner said that they repeatedly tried to compromise Denis by transferring him to a cell with people who have a low social status behind bars. However, relatives note that Denis quickly adapts to external conditions, studies internal rules and traditions. In April 2023, it became known that the relatives of the political prisoner were allegedly threatened to stop any communication with him if they did not stop spreading information about Denis.
13 years 1 month in prison.
In July 2023, it became known that Denis was secretly tried and transferred to a strict prison regime.
Journalist of the Belsat TV channel. Together with journalist Daria Chultsova, she became a defendant in a criminal case after a live broadcast from the scene of the brutal dispersal of demonstrators by the security forces on the "Square of Changes" in Minsk on November 15, 2020.
After seven days of administrative arrest, she was not released. Katerina was transferred to a detention center in Zhodzina.
On February 18, 2021, she was sentenced to 2 years in prison and sent to a general regime correctional colony.
On February 10, 2022, Katerina was transferred from correctional colony No. 4 to the Gomel pre-trial detention center in connection with “procedural actions”.
On April 7, 2022, it became known that the journalist was charged with a new charge of "treason against the state" ( Part 1, Article 356 of the Criminal Code ). On July 4, 2022, the case began to be considered behind closed doors by the judge of the Gomel Regional Court Oleg Khoroshko . On July 13, he appointed Katerina 8 years and 3 months in a colony under a reinforced regime.
8 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Blogger, active member of an anarchist movement. Was detained on November, 11, 2020, charges indicted: Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. Was beaten with cruelty during detention, video with confession was published by law-enforcement officers in different telegram channels.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The journalist and consultant for Radio Liberty, as well as the administrator of the telegram channel “Belarus of the Brain,” was detained on June 25, 2020 and convicted of “organizing mass riots.”
15 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions
Detained on January 12, 2021. Charges indicted: Art. 342 of the Criminal Code – Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.
Aleksandrov is a media manager. On January 15, 2021, Deputy Interior Minister Gennadiy Kazakevich said in an official statement that Aleksandrov and Zlobina had been detained "on suspicion of financing protest activities". According to him, Aleksandrov and Zlobina had been involved in the financing of persons taking part in the protests in Minsk since August 2020, including by paying their fines and reimbursing the costs of detention in the Isolation Centre for Offenders (TsIP) and Temporary Detention Facility (IVS). On September 1, 2022, Andrei and Irina Zlobina got married in SIZO-1.
14 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
Former TV journalist for Belteleradiocompany. Member of the Coordination Council. She was detained on December 22, 2020 in the “Press Club” case, but after the closure of this case, Ksenia was charged with new charges under Art. 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
| 03.06.2022 | As of May 29, 2022, chamber 97 |
| 12.02.2022 | As of 02/08/2022, chamber 82 |
| 15.12.2021 | As of 12/05/2021, cell 74. |
| 25.09.2021 | Chamber 94 from about September 10-15 |
| 19.07.2021 | Transferred to cell 82 SIZO-1 |
| 05.06.2021 | Middle name Ksenia Olegovna, cell 86 in SIZO-1 |
8 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
The creators and editors of the Nexta project: Stepan Putilo, Yan Rudik and Roman Protasevich, are accused of a number of criminal articles, and a lawsuit has been filed against them for a total amount of more than 30 million rubles. Putilo and Rudik were subjected to "special proceedings". Protasevich complied with the terms of the pre-trial cooperation agreement concluded with him in full, therefore he remains under house arrest - he is the only one of the accused who actually participates in the trial. According to the Belarusian state agency BelTA, the defendants are accused of committing at least 1,586 crimes.
Earlier, the KGB put Putilo and Protasevich on the "terrorist list", and Nexta in Belarus is a "terrorist organization".
19 years in prison in absentia.
Belarusian journalist, blogger, director, TV presenter, author and creator of NEXTA channels on social and political topics.
The creators and editors of the Nexta project: Stepan Putilo, Yan Rudik and Roman Protasevich, are accused of a number of criminal articles, and a lawsuit has been filed against them for a total amount of more than 30 million rubles. Putilo and Rudik were subjected to "special proceedings". Protasevich complied with the terms of the pre-trial cooperation agreement concluded with him in full, therefore he remains under house arrest - he is the only one of the accused who actually participates in the trial. According to the Belarusian state agency BelTA, the defendants are accused of committing at least 1,586 crimes.
Earlier, the KGB put Putilo and Protasevich on the "terrorist list", and Nexta in Belarus is a "terrorist organization".
20 years in prison in absentia.
She was detained together with her husband Alexander Lychavko. Snezhana previously worked at TUT.BY, now at Onliner. Alexander is a local historian and journalist from Minsk who, according to the security forces, collaborated with The Village.
On the morning of October 6, they stopped communicating. Later there was information that they were detained. The next day, a telegram channel close to the GUBOPiK posted “repentant” videos with the spouses detained the day before - in the video they say that they were detained for subscribing to telegram channels that the Belarusian authorities recognized as extremist, as well as for participating in protest marches in 2020 year.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
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