Gleb Dudko is renowned in the music scene not only in Gomel but also far beyond its borders. Combining his talents as a musician and programmer, he has launched at least two music IT startups.
Gleb'sfather, OlegDudko, isa well-known opera singerin Gomeland a former soloist of the Philharmonic.
In 2018, Gleb, together with programmer Maxim Grinevich, launched the ConcertMaster project.The ideawasto create a programthat couldautomatically accompanyvocalists .
Glebwas arrestedin March2024 in Dobrushand sentencedto prison for"disseminatingextremistmaterials ." He was subsequentlytransferredto a pretrial detention facility.
Gleb Dudko's social media posts indicate that in 2022 he condemned military aggression against Ukraine. The exact basis for the Gomel resident's political persecution is unknown.
In 2025, he was released after serving his sentence.
Trial outcome 09.07.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Igor is a physical education teacher at Baranovichi Secondary School No. 1. He was detained in the first half of 2024. In a "confession video" published on a pro-government channel, he "admits" to making offensive comments about police officers and Lukashenko.
In November of that year, he was convicted on four criminal charges: "insulting Lukashenko," "insulting a government official," "calling for sanctions," and "inciting hatred." The case was heard behind closed doors.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Marina Alekseenko, 40, is from Minsk and graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University in 2008. Afterward, she worked as a translator, but in 2012, she joined the Crowne Plaza, an elite five-star hotel in Minsk. Within two years, she had risen from assistant sales manager to head of sales and marketing.
She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024, targeting relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 18.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.
Trial outcome 12.09.2024
5 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
worked as the chief bibliographer of the research department of book science of the National Library of Belarus until November 2021. Then she went into IT.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 12.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Natalia is a psychologist with many years of experience. As the publication writes, she graduated from the biology department of BSU, and has been in the profession since at least the 2000s. Since 2011, she has worked at the social and pedagogical center of the Sovietsky district of Minsk. She worked in various areas of her profession - she worked with children with cerebral palsy, conducted psychological training for Olympiad participants, and trained teachers.
She will be tried at the same time as several others who were arrested earlier this year for helping prisoners, but the nature of the charges against her is unknown.
Trial outcome 07.10.2024
4 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 20 basic values fine.
A Ukrainian citizen. The Ministry of Internal Affairs claimed that the Ukrainian was affiliated with the "extremist group" "Belarus Beyond the Moscow Ring Road," but according to human rights activists, Alexander had no connection to the project as its founder or leader—he simply left comments there.
He was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.
Trial outcome 27.03.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexander was convicted in the summer of 2024 under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 25.06.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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