Worked at BMZ in Zhlobin. Detained for comments on social media.
At the time of his arrest, Dmitry's youngest child was six months old, and his two older children were under six years old. His wife was on maternity leave.
On June 26, 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 28.02.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The reasons for Genrikh's detention are unknown, but it appears the priest has become the latest religious figure to be affected by the regime's repression of religious communities in Belarus.
Henry suffered a heart attack and recently underwent stomach surgery due to cancer; he requires medical supervision and constant medication.
December 6 marked 20 days since the arrest of Father Genrikh Okolotovich, the rector of the parish. During this time, he was expected to either be charged with a criminal offense or released. According to sources at Katolik.life, the priest was remanded in custody, meaning he was charged.
The specific article of the Criminal Code has not yet been named, but the 20-day period for filing charges from the moment of arrest is stipulated for a number of "anti-state" articles, such as espionage and treason. However, the exact charges against the priest remain unknown.
In November 2025, he was pardoned after a visit to Belarus by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, as a special envoy of Pope Leo XIV.
He was detained on 10/31/2023 and sentenced under an administrative article to 15 days, after which a criminal case was opened against him and he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
Trial outcome 18.12.2023:
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Evgeny was detained in March 2023 and convicted under administrative article 19.11, part 2 (“distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity”), after which a criminal case was opened against him.
In January 2024, he was found guilty of a number of criminal charges, including "organizing mass riots" and "inciting hostility or discord," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
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.
According to the prosecution , Igor Kotov, at the beginning of August 2020, repeatedly posted and kept freely available in a Telnegram group, later recognized as extremist, text messages with diagrams of the movement of internal affairs officers throughout the territory of Minsk for the purpose of organizing group actions that grossly violated public order .
The accused Kotov, interrogated at the court hearing, told the court that due to communication interruptions, after the presidential elections, in early August 2020, he subscribed to a telegram group, which was subsequently recognized as extremist. Subscribers dropped various information into this chat, including the location and movement of law enforcement officers. At that time, I decided to analyze information about the movement of riot police officers and dump it into the chat. He sent information in the form of diagrams indicating the location of riot police officers.
Trial outcome 22.11.2023:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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