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A resident of the capital , Zakhar Pavlovich Kostko, is a citizen of Russia. He, along with Stanislav Akalovich, was accused of desecration of state symbols ( Article 370 of the Criminal Code ). In addition, Akalovich was found guilty of malicious hooliganism under Part 1 of Article 339.
That day, Alexander and a friend went to visit and got tipsy. We went out into the street and talked about political topics. Then a woman approached, made a remark and sharply demanded to shut up.
As it turned out later, this second woman called the police with a message that “there is a company of 8 people in the yard, they are scolding the authorities, calling Lukashenko a traitor and a fascist.” After 23 minutes, police appeared in the yard and took Trush and his friend to the police station.
On January 13, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In the video published in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a 36 year old man says that he was detained for writing in vk.com an offensive message about a law enforcement officer in 2021.
According to human rights activists , she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Bobkov, in February 2022, posted a publication on social networks with a video recording of the movement of vehicles of paramilitary Russian units moving through the territory of the Republic of Belarus, indicating their location. Then, using a mobile phone, he sent it to telegram channels, including those recognized by the court as extremist formations.
Before the trial, Bobkov was at large, under surety. Artyom was taken into custody in the courtroom.
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral
Detained for insulting Lukashenko A.G.
On February 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
In September 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
1 year imprisonment in a colony
Maxim was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony in December 2022.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence.
During the trial , it was established that in January 2022, Korsak posted a photo of Alexander Lukashenko with icons on his personal page on the Odnoklassniki social network, and also published an image of Nazi symbols in the colors of the national flag of the Republic of Belarus.
At the court hearing, the man explained that he understood the meaning of the posted image and did so consciously.
According to human rights activists, he was released on December 6, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
The wife of political prisoner Artem Anishchuk , was detained on November 4, 2022. Then she was sentenced to 10 days of arrest for reposting a post from Nasha Niva. After 10 days, Olga was not released. A “repentant video” appeared with her, in which she says that she was subscribed to “extremist” channels and made reposts from them. Pro-government telegram channels wrote that Anishchuk "is a candidate to spend the New Year in a temporary detention facility, as dozens of reposts have been recorded." Also, according to the security forces, Olga "fueled the situation around the penitentiary system with stuffing and fakes, bombarded government agencies with far-fetched complaints." On November 16, Olga was sentenced to 14 days of arrest for reposting from the Zerkalo telegram channel. On November 28, she was sentenced to another 10 days of arrest.
According to human rights activists, Olga has already been ill with bronchitis twice behind bars, as she is kept in inhuman conditions and sleeps on a concrete floor. In the Mogilev TDF, where she was transferred after the Akrestsin TDF, she is bullied and pressured - three times a day she is forced to undress to the naked and squat. In protest against this, on November 28, Olga Anishchuk went on a hunger strike.
On December 8, 2022, Olga left the temporary detention facility at the end of her administrative arrest.
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Convicted for participating in protests and comments on social media.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Railway employee. The circumstances of the trial/s are unknown.
On 03.03.2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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She was arrested for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno along with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. Natalia was ultimately sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a security forces raid on relatives of political prisoners and supporters. Natalia was never released and was sentenced to imprisonment.
Natalia was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. She received credit for time served in a correctional facility (eight months), as well as time spent in pretrial detention. After four months in prison, Natalia was released, having served her sentence in full.
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Sergei, an employee of the Värtanne Foundation, was detained at his home on the morning of November 4, 2022, following a search. After nearly five months in custody, he was released (reportedly on bail). Details of his case remain virtually unknown.
In March 2024, Sergei was convicted under the article "Financing the activities of an extremist group" and sentenced to restricted freedom with placement in an open-type institution.
According to human rights activists, he was released in early July 2025, having fully served his sentence.
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He was a registered observer at the 2020 elections in Minsk, prepared letters to the prosecutor's office about election fraud.
He was very badly beaten during detention. Felix allegedly had a pornographic image on his phone, his defender and family are sure that this is fiction. Felix is supported in the colony by an elderly sister.