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Activist, chairman of the strike committee of the Minsk Tractor Plant, member of the presidium of the Coordinating Council for organizing the process of overcoming the political crisis.
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Before his arrest, Sergei worked as a history teacher at Minsk School No. 30. The man graduated from the history department of the Belarusian State University and from his school years was fond of studying history. Previously, he was detained under an administrative article for participating in protest marches in Minsk. Convicted under a criminal article also for participation in protests.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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According to human rights activists, Oksana was detained at the end of December 2022.
She was a member of the core team of the Coordination Council. In June 2021, she was detained during the premiere of the production “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit” and was released after drawing up a report. In May 2021, her apartment was searched.
Oksana was tried together with political prisoner Bohdan Korovets , founder of the Astronim company and the White Square advertising and marketing festival.
Oksana Zaretskaya’s father has health problems, Bogdan is raising a child with a disability.
According to human rights activists, Oksana felt unwell after the verdict was announced and was hospitalized. The woman spent at least three days in a coma, and after some time she was returned to Volodarka. The pre-trial detention center doctors did not provide proper medical care to Zaretskaya, and did not even take valerian for her in the packages from her relatives.
On April 10, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Andrei is registered in the urban settlement of Ushachi (Vitebsk region), but in recent years he lived and worked in Russia. On September 23, 2022, he was detained in Moscow and placed in custody because Belarusian security forces put Andrei Nikolaevich on the international wanted list.
As was announced at the court in Brest, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office refused to extradite Protasevich to Belarus due to the absence of a crime in his actions under Russian law.
However, he was expelled from Russia under the procedure of "violation of migration legislation" and transferred to Belarus. In Belarus, Andrei Nikolaevich has been in custody since November 7, 2022. He was sentenced to three months of arrest for a comment on social networks.
It is known that Andrei had another trial, under Article 368 Part 1 (insulting Lukashenko). The outcome is unknown.
April 2, 2024 Andrey had his appeal reviewed. It is known that Andrey began serving his sentence.
In January 2025, he was released after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Detained for participating in protests in 2020. Before his arrest, he worked at the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ).
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
In November, pro-government telegram channels reported the detention of two friends - 25-year-old Denis Pishchalo and 24-year-old Ilona Zaitseva.
In the “repentance” video, the guy says that he participated in post-election protests and went out onto the roadway, was subscribed to “extremist” Telegram channels, and also left offensive comments.
On 06/06/2023 the appeal hearing of the court took place and the verdict entered into force.
On July 27, 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years in prison.
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Alexey Ilyinchik is a Gomel bard and musician.
In the spring of 2022, the man had a stroke, so Alexey had to spend several months in the hospital, since rehabilitation after the illness was problematic and the right side of the body was paralyzed.
Alexey was detained on August 18, 2022, the reason remained unknown for a long time, since the man only had a state lawyer who did not contact any of his relatives or friends.
On March 28, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court issued a final verdict in the case of Alexey. He was charged with slander against Alexander Lukashenko (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus), insulting the president (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) and inciting other social hatred or discord (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).
During his stay in SIZO-3 and in the penal colony, Alexey's health deteriorated. His right hand is almost useless, his speech apparatus is damaged, so he speaks with difficulty. He also cannot write letters on his own. On 10/1/2023, it was known that Alexey Ilyinchik was placed in the neurological department of the Republican Hospital, which is located on the territory of Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 in Minsk.
08/31/2024 released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Designer. At the request of the lawyer, the court was closed. The man was found guilty of insulting Maksim Voronko and Vitaly Blagotvorinsky on a telegram channel (presumably Lyakhovichi-97) on November 21, 2020 and February 3, 2021. The injured Voronko was previously a senior district police officer in the Lyakhovichi district, but on September 16, 2020, he resigned. Since 2017, the charity has worked in Lyakhovichi, before that - in the Baranovichi police department. Denis Koval fully admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness from the victims.
1 year 3 months of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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It is known that Alexey Alekseychik worked as a transplant doctor at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology for more than 20 years. He is considered one of the best specialists of the center, who has performed many bone marrow transplant operations.
In the spring of 2022, law enforcement officers gained access to the internal chat of employees of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center, where they discussed the political situation in Belarus, the work of the independent trade union «Panacea» and much more. It is assumed that the detention of the transplantologist is connected with this chat.
According to the case materials , “while at her place of residence, the 46-year-old accused, using her mobile phone and an account on the social network Facebook, posted material with an image of Lukashenko on the Internet for free access. In it, using obscene language, she gave a clearly negative assessment of the president’s personality, thereby humiliating his honor and dignity.”
Yuryeva admitted her guilt.
On April 13, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, she 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.
The man was accused of participating in Minsk protests several times, going out onto the roadway of Independence Avenue, which blocked the movement of public transport. The court ruling separately notes that Dmitry was photographed on the roadway with the national flag. The man was identified from photographs and videos from the protests, which the security forces found on his mobile phone.
Dmitry has a secondary special education, worked as an individual entrepreneur.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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Rodion lived abroad for some time in several countries, and then decided to return to Belarus.
He was soon detained by the GUBOPiK. The comments that the GUBOPiK accuses him of are dated 2020.
It is possible that the guy was identified long ago and a case was opened against him, but they waited until he returned to Belarus to detain him. The security forces claim that "he faces 5 to 12 years in prison" - probably referring to a criminal case for "inciting hatred and enmity."
According to human rights activists , he will be released in March 2025.