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Dmitry Dashkevich is one of the most famous political figures in Belarus. He has been involved in public activities since 2001. He was the leader of the "Young Front" and served long prison terms several times for political activities in Belarus. Dashkevich is also one of the organizers of the "Night of Shot Poets" and "Defense of Kurapaty" campaigns.
After the 2020 elections, Dashkevich remained, perhaps, the only public opposition politician who remained in Belarus.
He was detained on March 23, 2022, sentenced to 15 days under an administrative article, during which time a criminal case was opened against Dmitry and after 15 days he was left in custody.
In July 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution” (Article 411 of the Criminal Code). On October 18, Judge Tatyana Derevyanko sentenced Dmitry to another year in a maximum-security penal colony.
In January 2024, the political prisoner was transferred again to IK No. 14. In the colony, he was placed in a punishment cell, where it is terribly cold. During the night, Dmitry has to get up to eight times to do exercises and somehow warm up. For this, they write reports about him not lying down after lights out.
At the end of May 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry.
Dmitry was charged with "people's" article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order), as well as part 1 of article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration) and was again sentenced to a new term.
According to the telegrams of channels supporting state power, he was detained for participating in protest actions in 2020.
The man was caught on video by a journalist from protest actions in the first days after the elections.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
He's an MMA (Mixed martial arts) Fighter.
Detained for participating in protest actions.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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Chairman of the primary trade union organization of the free union of metalworkers at the «MAZ» plant.
He was taken into custody for charges of preparing participants in mass riots and calls for restrictive measures (sanctions). The trial was held behind closed doors.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He is an electronics engineer of the 1st category in assembly-mounting manufacturing.
Detained for participating in protest actions.
2,5 years of imprisonment.
He was detained as part of a criminal case on November 9, 2021 for participating in protests. First, he was placed in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee, then transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1.
He was also accused of receiving telescopic batons, stun guns and other means from abroad.
He was detained according to the information of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption on December 16, 2021 at his home at night.
Convicted of participating in protests on August 9, 2020. He was identified by video.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
At first he was in Okrestina. Then he was arrested under the Criminal Code. Relatives note that Denis is a good, honest, fair and sympathetic guy. On pro-government channels, Denis is called the "chief visual editor" of the Supraci movement videos. In the video, Salmanovich says that he was detained by police officers because he "was a member of destructive Telegram channels", "collaborated with "Busly Lyatsyats"" and participated in protests in 2020.
The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence from 10 to 9.5 years' imprisonment.
Denis has a serious illness - chronic glomerulonephritis after hemorrhagic vasculitis. In the summer of 2024, an ambulance took the man from the colony. Salmanovich underwent surgery - his gallbladder was removed. After the operation, the man spent another week in the colony's medical unit until his stitches were removed.
The mother of the political prisoner says that the last time Denis contacted her was in mid-November 2024. After the call, the man was immediately taken to a punishment cell, where he remains to this day (January 2024).
In April 2025, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
in custody since June 1, 2021. He refused a lawyer, as he is confident that he can successfully defend himself.
Andrei Novitsky was found guilty of participating in the marches on September 27, 2020, holding a white-red-white flag in his outstretched arms, and publicly shouting slogans. He also took part in the march on October 11 on Kalvariyskaya Street and Pobediteley Avenue, where, among other things , he "put a white-red-white flag on his shoulders and demonstrated a clenched fist with his arm extended upward." He is accused of similar actions in connection with the events of October 25. He was also found guilty of insulting Lukashenko on YouTube no later than December 7, 2020. Andrei Novitsky was also convicted of purchasing a bulk substance no later than January 27, 2021, and illegally storing and transporting it without notifying the authorized bodies.
On June 13, 2022, a trial under Article 411 was held in the court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk, as a result of which the political prisoner was given another four months of imprisonment and the regime was changed from enhanced to strict.
On January 17, 2023, the political prisoner was again tried under Article 411 of the Criminal Code. The verdict is unknown.
Transferred to Penal Colony No. 20 .
Since April 2024 and as of the beginning of December of the same year, relatives know nothing about Andrei; in response to their request to the colony administration, they received a formal reply , according to which the political prisoner, allegedly, will tell everything himself “through correspondence”, but there are no letters from him.
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Artyom was detained on August 4 by the GUBOP officers. During the arrest, the Gubopovtsy greeted Artyom with the phrase "Welcome to the Gestapo!", after which they beat him, put him in the "swallow" and threatened with rape so that he would tell the password to his phone. The court of the Zavodskoy district of Minsk appointed him a 15-day arrest, after which he was never released. He was charged under Art. 342.1 for participating in protests and transferred to SIZO-1.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Dmitry Belikov was found guilty that on September 20, 2020, he joined the rally as part of a group of 800 people, took an active part in it, disrupted the operation of transport, and he also had a white-red-white flag with him.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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Anarchist. Detained on July 29, 2021. His apartment was searched, and during the arrest he was beaten. Demanding access to the phone and computer, the guy pulled a bag over his head. During the transfer to the pre-trial detention center, all books were taken from Yevgeny Rubashko and put on a preventive record as prone to extremism, which means making a note in a personal file, special treatment and additional work with a psychologist.
In February 2023, Yevgeny Rubashko was transferred for a month to a cell-type room in IK No. 2. Prior to that, he was placed in a ShIZO three times for 10, 7 and 7 days for far-fetched violations of internal regulations. After being kept in the PKT, Yevgeny was again placed in the ShIZO for a total of 17 days.
In Bobruisk on April 19, 2023, the court transferred the political prisoner to the prison regime .
At the beginning of May 2023, it became known that Evgeniy had been transferred to Prison No. 8 in Zhodzina.
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According to the prosecution, on September 20, 2020, Mokrenchuk was an active participant in illegal protest actions, including going out on the roadway, which led to disruption of transport and enterprises on the streets of Minsk.
Leonid is a father with many children.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.