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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~684 days
Hometown: Smalyavichy
Date of birth: 1971
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Worked as a flight attendant for an airline.

In 2022, the man openly spoke out against the war and did not hide his views.

Following a neighbor's denunciation to the KGB, he was arrested in the fall of 2022 at work and at the airport. Vadim's phone was found to contain subscriptions to "extremist" Telegram channels and correspondence with Ukrainian friends, in which he had written comments about Lukashenko.

Trial outcome 30.06.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.08.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 396 days
Hometown: Borisov
Date of birth: 1976
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Trial outcome 28.06.2023:

1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony

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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 24.03.1997
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Trial outcome 28.06.2023:

unknown years of restriction of liberty

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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 21.03.1997
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Trial outcome 28.06.2023:

unknown years of restriction of liberty

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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 24.06.1986
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Trial outcome 27.06.2023:

unknown

Former political prisoners
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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 29.10.1976
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Trial outcome 27.06.2023:

2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral

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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 30.01.2004
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Convicted for participating in 2020 protests.

Trial outcome 27.06.2023:

1 year and 8 months of restriction of liberty without a referral.

Former political prisoners (current status unknown)
Bank of letters 4
In custody: ~365 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Zhlobin 2020
Hometown: Zhlobin
Date of birth: 26.02.2002
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Artyom was convicted in the summer of 2023 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with placement in an open-type institution.

Trial outcome 26.06.2023
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 01.09.2023
unknown.
Olesya Vyacheslavovna Shapkina
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~1106 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Krasnaya Sloboda
Date of birth: 30.12.1988
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Programmer at SamSolutions.

On September 15, 2023, the appeal was heard.

In the summer of 2025, she suffered from pneumonia and was hospitalized in the medical unit.

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 30.06.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~579 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 21.10.1985
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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On September 15, 2023, the appeal was considered.

Trial outcome 26.06.2023
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~792 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Zaruby
Date of birth: 28.03.1970
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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A businessman from Mogilev, his home was searched. A regional state television channel claimed that Tychinsky "was a supporter of Ukrainian Nazi groups" and that he "drove with Ukrainian nationalist symbols in his car." The latter refers to the official flag of Ukraine.

As a result, a criminal case was opened against Vladimir. He is accused of filming the movement of Russian military Z-type equipment on his mobile phone in April 2022 and sending the video to media outlets, which the authorities deemed "extremist."

On October 24, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists , he was released in the spring of 2025, having served his full sentence.

Trial outcome 15.08.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.10.2024
unknown.
Alexei Aleksandrovich Orlov
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~985 days
Hometown: Orsha
Date of birth: 15.11.1992
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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He was detained on May 15, 2023 on charges of financing extremist activities - for donations from an organization recognized as an extremist formation. Prior to this, in April, Aleksey was detained by the GUBOPiK, and then he was sentenced to arrest under an administrative article.

Trial outcome 24.10.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.12.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 216 days
Hometown: Drahichyn
Was in: Temporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of BrestTemporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Brest. 224001, Belarus, Northern Gorodok, 10
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Vladimir was detained on May 9, 2023 at the Terespol-Brest border crossing when returning to Belarus. His phone was checked and then he was detained.

There are several known administrative courts against Vladimir. So, on May 10, 16, 26 and June 7 he was tried under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of extremist materials) and was sentenced to arrest. The last time he was sentenced to 15 days

Searches were carried out at the place where he and his relatives lived. Since his arrest, Vladimir has been kept in the temporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Brest.

On the night of June 22-23, 2023, Vladimir was released into a temporary detention facility.

Vladimir was detained again on October 28, 2023 in the Drogichinsky district. There was a preliminary search and seizure of office equipment; after checking his phone, he was detained under Art. 19.11 part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of information products included in the republican list of extremist materials, as well as production, publication, storage or transportation for the purpose of disseminating such information). It is known that Vladimir was arrested because of old subscriptions.

The trial date is still unknown. Since his arrest he has been held in the temporary detention center of the Ivanovo region .

On December 11, 2023, it became known that Vladimir was free.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 648 days
Hometown: Mateevichi
Date of birth: 02.03.2006
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After the regime changed and Stanislav was transferred to a penal colony, he was convicted again, but no longer for political reasons (Part 1 of Article 205 - theft, Part 1 of Article 400 - knowingly making a false denunciation).

On March 19, 2026, he 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 23.06.2023
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 10.06.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Political persecutions
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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 20.09.1989
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Trial outcome 23.06.2023:

unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction

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