Pavel has a disability, he has stage four cancer. His condition noticeably worsened in custody, the inflammatory process began. In July 2022, during the medical rehabilitation expert commission, Pavel was assigned the first disability group - before that he had a disability of the second group.
Pavel is a Catholic believer. Together with his sister, they constantly went to divine services in the Molodechno church. The young man is very fond of music, he graduated from a music school in the piano class.
At the end of September 2022, Pavel was transferred to the republican hospital on «Volodarsky», where he will stay until the diagnosis for cancer patients. In this hospital, people are not in wards, but in ordinary cells adapted to medical needs.
According to the channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, he was detained for registration in the «Peramoga» plan, as well as for comments in social networks.
According to pro-government channels, he was detained for comments in a chat about Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Engineer. Previously, he was brought to administrative responsibility for participating in protests.
On November 8, 2022, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
Yevgeny was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. In the spring of 2022, he was convicted of "inciting social discord" and "insulting a government official."
Evgeny worked at BelAZ for over 20 years. He has two adult children and grandchildren.
On May 24, 2022, the KGB included him in the list of persons “involved in terrorist activities,” as well as in the list of citizens involved in “extremist activities.”
The sentence against Evgeny has entered into legal force; the exact term of his sentence and the place of his imprisonment are being clarified.
According to pro-government channels, he was detained for participating in protests.
He was detained in March, since then, after another administrative period, a new protocol was drawn up and Vitaly was detained again. After three months of imprisonment in Akrestsin he was transferred to pre-trial detention center-1.
Vitaly’s former cellmate from Volodarka said that he was immediately charged with participating in one march. But before the case was closed, he was charged under Part 1 of Art. 130 Criminal Codes on the Internet found his comments for August 2020.
On March 3, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released at the end of autumn 2023after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 14.12.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the case materials , between August 2020 and March 2022, Anatoly Sashunov posted comments on various Telegram channels and chats, including those deemed extremist by the court, that falsely implied that law enforcement actions in the line of duty were illegitimate.
According to investigators, his statements incited hatred and social discord based on his professional affiliation. He also publicly insulted Lukashenko A. and other government officials.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2025.
Trial outcome 15.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Detained on March 6, 2022 for comments in Telegram channels.
The hearings were held behind closed doors. It is known that Judge Nikolai Dolya sentenced the woman to imprisonment , the length of which is being determined by human rights activists.
She was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 24.11.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
A Gomel activist, organizer of travel, rafting, walking, was detained by a special purpose police detachment in his house on the morning of March 1, 2022.
Six members of the special purpose police unit participated in the arrest, who used physical force, laying Igor face to the floor.
He worked as a foreman at the Mozyr Electric Grids branch of the Gomelenergo RUE.
Detained for comments addressed to government officials. Confessions were published on a pro-government channel.
At home there are two sons, 3 and 9 years old.
On September 19, 2022, Gomel Regional Court Judge Anatoly Sotnikov found Evgeny guilty and sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison and a fine of 4.2 thousand rubles.
On January 13, 2023, another case against Yevgeny was heard in Mozyr under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. The trial was conducted behind closed doors by Judge Galina Knizhonok. According to human rights activists, the political prisoner was sentenced to 1 year and 8 months of imprisonment, but the final term of punishment remained the same. The judge also ordered the man to pay 4.2 thousand rubles in compensation for moral damage. An appeal against this sentence was heard on March 10, 2023 in the Gomel Regional Court.
Evgeniya was transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 to Novopolotsk Correctional Colony No. 1 at the end of March 2023.
On 24.02.2025 he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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