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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~1291 day
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth: 02.02.1992
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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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.

Trial outcome 09.12.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.03.2022
unknown.
Natalia Pavlovna Antonova
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In custody: ~571 day
folder Categories of cases: Raid January 23-24, 2024, Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Suhinichi
Date of birth: 12.06.1960
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 17.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 04.10.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.01.2025
unknown.
Sergei Josephovich Makarevich
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In custody: ~597 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Vilyeyka
Date of birth: 21.03.1987
Was in: IUOT-24IUOT-24, 230025, Grodno, ul. Lidskaya, 29б
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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.

Trial outcome 26.03.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Felix Petrovich Zhilinsky
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In custody: ~1401 day
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 23.11.1964
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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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.

Trial outcome 15.09.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 478 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 05.07.1994
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Convicted for participating in the 2020 protests.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~519 days
folder Categories of cases: Zeltser's case
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.06.2000
Was in: Turma №8Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
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Alexander was arrested 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, and was sentenced to imprisonment in November 2022.

He was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 28.11.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 200 basic values fine.
Appeal 21.02.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: 729 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 08.07.1998
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He was detained and convicted in 2020.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in July 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 09.10.2020:

2 years imprisonment in a general regime colony

Ekaterina Konstantinovna Khulkhachieva
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In custody: 497 days
folder Categories of cases: Zeltser's case
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 24.05.1991
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Ekaterina was arrested on September 29, 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.

At the end of January 2022, the girl was expelled in absentia from the Minsk State Linguistic University, and in February 2023, she was sentenced to imprisonment.

Ekaterina was released in the courtroom after the verdict was announced, as the time she spent in custody completely covered the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 08.02.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Nikita Andreevich Maliar
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In custody: ~730 days
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth: 06.02.2002
Was in: IUOT-6IUOT-6, 225886, Brestskaya obl. Kobrinsky rayon, d. Luschiki, ul. Lesnaya, 14
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Nikita, a student at BNTU, was arrested and convicted under the article "desecration of state symbols." According to the prosecution, he was walking around Bobruisk in the fall, jumped up and tore off a flag that had been installed near a store. The flag, together with its fastening, fell to the ground, after which Nikita ran with it for about 20 meters, waving the flagpole. The next day, the flag was thrown out on the street.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 25.11.2022
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~621 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Fanipol
Date of birth: 11.10.1989
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Convicted for participating in 2020 protests.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 22.11.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.02.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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Hometown: Zhlobin
Date of birth: 23.07.2002
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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According to human rights activists, he was released in April 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 31.08.2023:

2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.

On August 31, 2023, the restriction of freedom was replaced by imprisonment in a colony for a period of 7 months and 21 days.

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In custody: 457 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Navapolatsk
Date of birth: 10.04.1985
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Convicted for participating in protests in 2020.

The appeal was heard on 10 February 2023.

She was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 21.11.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.02.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 219 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 24.01.1985
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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He was detained in connection with a case of discrediting Belarus, in which other political prisoners, Dmitry Luksha and Polina Polovinko, are involved.

In addition to the "housekeeping" punishment, Konstantin was given a fine of 100 base units (3,200 rubles).

On January 8, 2025, a meeting was held to change the regime; probably, Konstantin's house arrest was replaced with imprisonment.

In August 2025 , he was released, having served his entire sentence.

Trial outcome 02.12.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 08.01.2025
3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Dzianis Yarouski
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In custody: 419 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 03.06.1988
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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He is on trial together with Dmitry Luksha about discrediting Belarus, as well as active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order. In addition to imprisonment, Denis was awarded a penalty of 3 200 BYN..

At the end of July 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence. 

Trial outcome 02.12.2022:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 314 days
Hometown: Mazyr
Date of birth: 19.06.1982
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Stanislav was detained in a hotel in Moscow. He was put on the wanted list in the Republic of Belarus under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - “Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus.”

To avoid criminal prosecution, Ilyin decided to get lost in Russia. However, on November 14, the police raided the hotel and detained Ilyin.

He was extradited to Belarus.

On November 10, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 03.01.2023:

1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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