5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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Alexey is a surgeon by training , but has never worked in his profession. He is an evangelical preacher and a healthy lifestyle advocate. Last year, a regional government newspaper wrote about his promotion of his smoking cessation method.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Pavel, leader of the Barysfen knights' club and a reenactor, has not been released after being detained on November 3 and sentenced to 15 days in jail. The reasons for his detention and the administrative charges are unknown.
Around the same dates, two more people involved with Barysfen were detained, but no details are available about them.
On November 4, it was revealed that Pavel Stankevich's personal social media accounts and the pages of his projects "Barysfen Knight's Club," "Barysfen Medieval Show - Theater," and "Journey to the Middle Ages - Weekend Tour" were added to the "list of extremist materials."
Valery is a Belarusian poet. He is a member of the Belarusian Union of Journalists. His works have appeared in all well-known Belarusian magazines and newspapers. In 1998, his poems were published in a secondary school reader and four anthologies.
In 1994, he won a diploma at the First National Festival of Belarusian Bard Songs. Many of his poems have been set to music.
He was detained several times on politically motivated administrative charges. He was arrested in connection with a criminal case in the summer of 2025. He was placed on bail pending trial.
Valery has a bedridden, disabled mother who requires constant care.
Trial outcome 14.08.2025
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Oleg was convicted in November 2025 under the article "assistance to extremist activity" and sentenced to restricted freedom with placement in an open-type institution.
A former employee. After university, he received an officer's rank and joined the Nesvizh District Department of the Investigative Committee.
Trial outcome 03.11.2025
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Natalia has problems with her legs. Pretrial detention center regulations prohibit lying down during the day, so she experiences severe swelling.
Natalia's husband,SergeiDoronin, was sentencedto imprisonment and served his sentence. On March 20, 2026, he was pardoned, the day before Natalia was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison.
Trial outcome 19.03.2026
8 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A former investigator. In 2010, he was appointed head of the investigative department of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate. He was later sent to work for the Investigative Committee.
His last job was at the Mogilevskie Vedomosti news agency. Shishkov may have been responsible for security there. ONT claimed Shishkov was fired from there in 2023 for his political views.
In March 2024, ONT aired a "New Belarus" passport issued in Shishkov's name. However, the document was clearly fake.
Trial outcome 30.10.2025
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 500 basic values fine.
AlexanderEliseev is a socialactivistfrom Kalenkovichi . Hewas a member of the United CivilParty, which was liquidatedin Belarus . Eliseev participated in numerousindependent election observations at various levels, and because he witnessed violations of democratic procedures in all of them, he argued that the decisions of an illegitimate government cannot be implemented.
In 2020 and later, authorities detained himand imposedlengthyadministrativearrests . Duringone of these arrests, he went on a hunger strike.This was in February 2022, when he was arrestedfivedaysbefore the Russian occupation army began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Alexander refused to pay the fines imposed on him for politically motivated administrative charges.
In November 2025, it became known that Alexander was being held in a pretrial detention center in Mogilev. According to preliminary information, he is accused of treason and insulting Lukashenko.
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Nikita graduated from the Faculty of Radiophysics and Computer Technology in 2019. He was recognized as the best student in the "Best BSU Graduate" category.
Has 7 years ofexperienceworkingonadvancedresearchprojectsinvariousfields(includingstatistics,probabilitytheoryandlinearalgebra,semiconductorandthermalphysics).
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Appeal 03.02.2026
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Anton was convicted for his comments, as well as in the "Gayun case".
Anton has two minor children and is the sole breadwinner in the family because his wife is on maternity leave.
Trial outcome 13.10.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Thirty-six-year-old Mozyr blogger Maxim Shukanov had over 6,000 subscribers on the Union Bell YouTube channel. He analyzed political processes and told the truth about the war between Russia and Ukraine. Sometimes these videos garnered tens of thousands of views.
Even after the repression intensified, Maxim didn't leave the country. Together with his fiancée, Polina Zyl—also a blogger—he went underground.
The couple avoided contact with the Belarusian government, but in February 2025, they were finally forced to seek medical attention, as Maxim's health problems worsened following the arrest of his father, Igor Shukanava, an employee of the Mozyr Oil Refinery.
When a wanted person seeks medical attention with their passport, the police receive a tip. This is likely what happened in the blogger's case.
The situation was doubly dramatic because it also led to the arrest of Polina Zyl.
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.01.2026
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Anastasia, originally from Mozyr, graduated from the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture and Sport (BSUPhK) with a degree in tourism and hospitality and worked at the Minsk Arena. She traveled extensively and loved sports, including hockey and cycling.
The date of Anastasia's arrest is unknown. She last posted on Telegram in February 2025. It was that month that arrests in the Gayun case were in full swing.
Gritskevich hasn't been online since her arrest. This suggests she was sentenced to imprisonment.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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