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In custody: 680 days
Hometown: Vyazan
Date of birth: 02.12.1971
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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On August 22, 2022, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 01.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 22.08.2023
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Hermann Olegovich Lebedev
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In custody: 289 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 07.08.2005
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.

The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”

09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".

On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus

20.09.2023 19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А.

Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: 178 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Gomel 2020
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 23.08.2000
XX.01.2025 He was sentenced to imprisonment for political reasons. He was released, presumably, in the spring of 2024. On June 14, 2024, he signed a contract with the Russian army. Alexander died in early 2025.
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On 22.12.2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

He was released, presumably , in the spring of 2024. Since in May the search party "Simuran " reported that on May 10 Alexander left home and disappeared. Volunteers specified that he may need medical assistance .

Since then, Vitukhnovsky has not been heard from. On social media, Flagstok journalists found his selfie from June 24, 2024, and a blurry photo of a man in uniform, similar to an infantryman, from the back from November 4, 2024. His name was found on the list of Belarusian citizens who joined the Russian army.

Trial outcome 25.10.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 23.12.2023
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Alexander Sergeevich Leonovich
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In custody: ~47 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 21.02.1991
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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According to pro-government media, he was convicted of sending the data of three of his former colleagues to one of the “extremist” Telegram channels.

On October 24, 2023, a court hearing was held on the subject of “the release of the convicted person from a sentence of imprisonment, the execution of which was suspended.”

Trial outcome 08.09.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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folder Categories of cases: Special proceedings (trials in absentia)
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 05.10.1971
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According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."

The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.

Trial outcome 30.08.2023
10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 07.01.1980
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According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."

The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.

Trial outcome 30.08.2023
10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 04.03.1976
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According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."

The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.

Trial outcome 30.08.2023
8 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 26.01.1983
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According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."

The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.

Trial outcome 30.08.2023
8 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
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In custody: 589 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 08.05.1998
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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In September 2023, the sentence came into force.

Trial outcome 28.08.2023:

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Anna Yuryevna Skrigan
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In custody: ~474 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 28.03.1976
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Life Safety, Belarusian-Russian University in Mogilev, ecologist.

Trial outcome 23.08.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Valentin Gennadievich Shtermer
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In custody: ~598 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 02.02.1964
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
XX.01.2025 Valentin was sentenced to 5 years in prison for "eight comments on the topic of Russian aggression" and for joining an extremist group. He came to the colony after a stroke. Valentin died in early 2025. It is not certain whether Shtermer died in the colony or was taken to a hospital - a prison or civilian one. Detailed information is hidden by the RB regime.
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According to pro-government Telegram channels, Valentin was detained on June 9, 2023, for "eight comments on the topic of Russian aggression with insults to Russian citizens," by which he allegedly "attempted to incite ethnic hatred." It is also reported that insults were left against Lukashenko.

Before his arrest, Valentin Shtermer was the director of Avangardbiznesresurs LLC and was the founder of commercial firms in Russia.
The court found Stormer guilty of joining an extremist group for the purpose of committing an extremist crime.

On 01.12.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

He came to the colony after a stroke. "Valentin spoke very slowly, and walked with difficulty - when we walked from work, he always lagged behind, because he could not keep up. Plus, in the winter, he slipped and fell. He had either a broken arm or a dislocation," said a political prisoner from his unit.

Valentin died in early 2025.

The exact date of death is unknown. There is also no certainty whether Shtermer died in the colony or was taken to a hospital - a prison or civilian one. In the realities of Lukashenko's dictatorship, all such information is hidden.

Trial outcome 04.10.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 01.12.2023
unknown.
Catherine Anatolievna Dzhig
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In custody: ~466 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 07.07.1971
Number of children: 4 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Suspended for social media comments. Ekaterina has 4 children, one of them is a minor, the eldest daughter has a disability of the 2nd group.

Trial outcome 07.09.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.11.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~477 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 25.03.1982
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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According to journalists, the accusation is related to the fact that the Gomel resident transferred money to help Ukraine through the BYSOL fund. After the full-scale Russian invasion, he spoke out against the war on social networks and published reports on humanitarian assistance to residents of the Chernihiv region, they note.

Yuri Tashkinov is a Gomel entrepreneur, a resident of the city technopark. In 2018, he developed a mobile application for searching for providers of various services.

On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 17.08.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.10.2023
unknown.
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In custody: 1004 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Slutsk
Date of birth: 15.09.1983
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Alexey was arrested in March 2023 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and was placed in pretrial detention pending trial. In October of that year, he was convicted on three criminal charges, including "financing the activities of an extremist group," and sentenced to imprisonment.

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.

Trial outcome 27.10.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.12.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~679 days
folder Categories of cases: SBNS case
Hometown: Smarhon'
Date of birth: 09.09.1996
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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According to pro-government telegram channels, Alexander and three other guys "beginning in 2020 administered four tik-tok accounts and two telegram channels. These resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass riots, resisting law enforcement officers in order to encroach on independence, territorial integrity, the foundations of the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus... The guys united in a telegram group, which was recognized as an extremist formation in early November." They allegedly "should have found executors to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement officers."

Of the relatives, Alexander has only a sister.

Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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