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Irena Iosifovna Klevets
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In custody: ~899 days
folder Categories of cases: Black Book of Belarus
Hometown: Slonim
Date of birth: 18.08.1983
Number of children: 4 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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39 year old Irena is a specialist of the Minsk City Agency for State Registration and Land Cadastre, she was detained in the summer of 2022. It is known that the woman has 4 minor children. Slander was charged with four articles of the Criminal Code.

Trial outcome 28.03.2023
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.07.2023
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Maxim Sergeevich Yaroshenko
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In custody: ~409 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 27.10.2004
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On January 30, 2023, 18 year old Maxim was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime. He was found guilty under part 1 of Article 130, Article 369 and Article 391 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

At the time of detention on May 10, 2022, the guy was a juvenile.

Trial outcome 30.01.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: 587 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 17.07.1966
Number of children: 3 children
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Detained for participating in protests in 2020. Victor has three children, one minor.

On November 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 07.09.2023:

3 years imprisonment in a colony

Natalya Petrovich
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In custody: 610 days
Hometown: Yuzefovo
Date of birth: 27.02.1955
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Pensioner. Was detained at home for commenting.

On February 27, 2023, the woman turned 68 years old, which she met in prison.

02.08.2023 07.08.2023 пачнецца суд: 10.00, Мінскі гарадскі суд (вул. Дуніна-Марцінкевіча,1)

Trial outcome 11.08.2023:

6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Yan Pavlovich Rudik
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 25.03.1993
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In 2020, a criminal case was opened against Yan, the editor of the NEXTA Telegram channels, under a number of articles, including "organizing mass riots" and "inciting hatred." As part of the special proceedings, in May 2023, he was convicted in absentia and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony. According to the Belarusian state news agency BelTA, the defendants in the "case" are accused of committing at least 1,586 crimes, and a claim for more than 30 million rubles has been filed.

Earlier, the KGB included Yan on the “terrorist list”, and the NEXTA channel in Belarus was recognized as a “terrorist organization”.

Trial outcome 03.05.2023
19 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).
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In custody: ~689 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Kolosy
Date of birth: 27.01.1977
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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The man, according to the materials of the prosecution, posted publications in Telegram in which he gave a negative assessment of Lukashenko — profanity was used in the messages. In them, the accused allegedly also called for violence against military man of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, law enforcement officers, incited national and social enmity: «Russian invaders participating in the forcible seizure of foreign state territory by military force»‎.

Trial outcome 31.03.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: ~592 days
folder Categories of cases: Chatrulette case, Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Rahachow
Date of birth: 01.12
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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He was detained for a chat-roulette conversation with Yuri Komar.

During the conversation, he asked Ukrainians for weapons, and to Komar's question: «Are you going to kill supporters of the current government?»; he answered: «Yes».

Dmitry was detained together with a friend — white-red-white flags were put on their heads, and then they were forced to wash the floor with these flags.

An appeal hearing was held on September 19, 2023. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 19.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: 485 days
folder Categories of cases: Information about the movement of equipment
Hometown: Suhmeni
Date of birth: 24.06.1998
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According to pro-government telegram channels, he was detained "for promoting extremist activities."

Trial outcome 21.07.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Igor Vadimovich Chemyakin
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.06.1991
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Igor is a former officer of the Almaz special forces unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a captain at the time of his dismissal. He is credited with participating in the brutal dispersal of protesters at the intersection of Pushkin and Pritytskogo streets (Pushkinskaya metro station) in Minsk in 2020. At that time, a group of armed security forces in full gear left the Almaz base and headed towards Pushkinskaya, simultaneously shooting point-blank at civilians.

According to available information, Igor decided to leave the service after receiving an order to detain Maria Kolesnikova, who was kidnapped on the street in Minsk in September 2020.

Since the beginning of the war, which began in February 2022, Igor defended Ukraine, fought in the "Sakhashchik detachment" as part of the 79th separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the battles, he was seriously wounded, after which he underwent rehabilitation and fully recovered.

In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on politically motivated terrorism charges and a number of criminal charges. He was given a long prison term, the first five years of which were to be in prison. He was also stripped of his military rank.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."

Trial outcome 21.06.2023
20 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (among them 5 years of prison regime), military service restriction (trial in absentia).
Appeal 04.10.2023
the sentence was upheld (trial in absentia).
Denis Yakovlevich Khamitsevich
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 04.08.1982
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Until 2008, Denis served in the 8th Directorate of the Security Department, ensuring the security of diplomatic missions, consulates of foreign states and facilities of primary national importance in the Republic of Belarus.

In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on politically motivated terrorism charges and a number of criminal charges. He was given a long prison term, the first five years of which were to be in prison. He was also stripped of his military rank.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."

Trial outcome 21.06.2023
16 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (among them 5 years of prison regime), military service restriction (trial in absentia).
Appeal 04.10.2023
the sentence was upheld (trial in absentia).
Vadim Evgrafovich Prokopiev
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 04.12.1971
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Vadim is a businessman, founder and deputy commander of the Pagonya regiment, and has been outside of Belarus since 2020. In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on charges of politically motivated terrorism and numerous criminal offenses. He was sentenced to a long prison term and a fine, and stripped of all his military ranks.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with the goal of committing extremist crimes. It included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally." The case involves charges of attempting to set fire to the home of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."

For the second time, as part of a special proceeding, Vadim was convicted in December of the same year under articles on “inciting hatred and discord,” “slander and insult of Lukashenko,” and “insulting a government official.”

In December 2024, it became known that a new special case had been opened against Vadim on four more criminal charges, including “creation of an extremist group” and “undergoing training to participate in extremist activity.”

Trial outcome 21.06.2023
25 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine, military service restriction (trial in absentia).
Appeal 04.10.2023
the sentence was upheld (trial in absentia).
Trial outcome 26.12.2023
25 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine, deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities (trial in absentia).
Olga Alexandrovna Kovalkova
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folder Categories of cases: Special proceedings (trials in absentia)
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 26.01.1984
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Political activist, co-chair of the unregistered party Belarusian Christian Democracy and member of the Coordinating Council for organizing the process of overcoming the political crisis.

Trial outcome 06.03.2023
12 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Maria Petrovna Moroz
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folder Categories of cases: Special proceedings (trials in absentia)
Hometown: Polatsk
Date of birth: 07.12.1985
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Member of the initiative group and head of the headquarters of the election campaign of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Currently, he heads the charitable foundation «Country for Life».

Trial outcome 06.03.2023
12 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Sergei Anatolievich Dylevsky
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folder Categories of cases: Special proceedings (trials in absentia)
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 01.09.1989
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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.

Trial outcome 06.03.2023
12 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
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In custody: ~762 days
Hometown: Ostrovec
Date of birth: 09.01.1987
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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According to human rights activists, he will be released in December 2025.

Trial outcome 11.05.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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