All persecuted

A severe sentence in a criminal case is revenge from the authorities for participating in a peaceful protest on August 9, 2020 against the results of the presidential elections in the Republic of Belarus and working in the strike committee at the BMZ.

Recently, the majority of those convicted in Zhlobin under the same article received restrictions of freedom without being sent to open institutions. However, the case of Alexey Avdeev was treated very harshly. Specifically, two weeks before the consideration of his criminal case, an administrative case under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus, which was carried out against a young man.

It is known about Alexey that he actively volunteered during the Covid epidemic, was one of the first to go on strike after the 2020 elections, in his free time he trained teenagers who were interested in motorsports and cross-country racing, and assembled a motorcycle for himself with his own hands.

A pharmacist by education, Dmitry is accused under six articles of the criminal code.

According to the state prosecution , from August 2020 to February 2023, the man transferred 68 euros to the accounts of the Belsat information resource, as well as 68 euros and 78 dollars to the accounts of the Bysol Solidarity Fund. In addition, for more than a year he transferred money from a media resource - "whose materials are recognized as extremist", as well as 33 euros to the accounts of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment.

The defendant made photocopies of departmental documents that were sent to the pharmacy and sent them to Telegram channels, which Lukashenko's servants call "extremist groups." During the first court hearing, it became known that the documents included information about the verification of military registration cards of those liable for military service, about the disappearance of some Ukrainian-made medicines from the Belarusian market, an appeal from the Belarusian Union of Women in connection with the situation at the border, and a decision by the Ministry of Health. In addition, the man recorded a video from the pharmacy's outdoor surveillance cameras showing the movement of Russian military equipment and also sent it to Telegram channels.

On 28.11.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.

Former head physician of the Belarus sanatoriums in Lithuania and Russia. According to pro-government media, he was detained in the summer of 2021. He is accused of treason against the state for “collecting data about Belarusians who were vacationing in sanatoriums.” In addition, Belarus 1 claims, Kobel collected “information about Lukashenko’s residence in Sochi.”

On November 24, 2023, an appeal took place in his case, and in December he was sent to a colony to serve his sentence.

Convicted for participating in protests, as well as for comments on social networks.

On August 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict has entered into force.

Freelance journalist from Pinsk, owner of the website and TikTok page “about Stolin”.

Alexander lived alone in Polesie for a long time, so his detention became known by chance. Concerned people became worried that he had not been in touch for a long time. It turned out that Alexander was placed in Brest pre-trial detention center-7. According to unverified information, he is charged with “assisting extremist activities.”

Alexander is also the father of the guy who “dismantled” the water cannon in Minsk during the 2020 protests.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs , the man made videos with incriminating evidence, showed them to local entrepreneurs and demanded money for “silence.” He also allegedly “promoted the activities of an extremist telegram channel whose administrators are located abroad.”

On May 28, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

On August 2, 2023, the case "on transfer to a correctional institution of a different type and changing the conditions of the regime" was considered . The verdict is unknown.

Combat training instructor.

On October 24, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Convicted for donations. According to human rights activists, Vadim had a number of diseases and was very ill in prison. The political prisoner died on the night of January 8-9, 2024 in IK-3.

On 02/09/2024 an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

Detained for comments on social networks. Alexander is accused of “extremist calls inciting social hatred” and “insulting government officials.” The pro-government Telegram channel showed screenshots of messages that implicate Polivko. For example: “Collaborators and slaves, it’s disgusting to watch! So that they all get angry and impale this mustachioed fascist.”

Thus, according to the prosecution, on June 14, 2021, under the publication of the telegram channel “Belarus of the Brain,” Alexander wrote a message where he said that he once worked at Lukashenko’s residence, and one of his colleagues talked about his conversation with Lukashenko’s security guard. And according to the guard, Lukashenko personally, due to faults on the part of the guard, could put them in a row and “punch through the plywood” (strike with all his might in the chest or stomach so that the person bends over from such a blow). Apparently, this comment was written under a post with the title “BYPOL: Roman Protasevich was personally beaten by the dictator” (all comments under the post have been deleted at the moment). At the trial, Polivko was asked to name what kind of colleague told such a story - but the man could not remember either his name or other personal details, because. he worked at the residence for a very long time, around 2008-2009. But finding an ex-colleague based on documents would be unrealistic, because... they worked without official employment. He was also convicted for 4 more comments under various articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

The man left behind two minor children (they are 14 years old and 4 years old).

Alexander was convicted on May 13, 2023 for donating to initiatives recognized as extremist. The exact sentence is unknown.

On August 11, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Former head of the Republican Union of Tourist Organizations. Alexander Mirsky created the travel agency “Sakub” and then headed the company “Nova Tour”. He also headed the Republican Union of Tourist Organizations from 2008 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2019.

The detention of Mirsky became known in the winter of 2023 - this was described in a propaganda film on ONT. It was reported there that the man collaborated with Polish and Lithuanian intelligence services for 7 years, and is now under investigation and accused of treason.

As follows from the press release of the Brestobl Court, Evdokimenko was charged with the fact that from August to December 2020 he transferred “personal and other personal data of employees of internal affairs bodies for public dissemination on the Internet.” At the same time, I took the data from databases to which I had access at work. Presumably he worked at the Brest BTI.

On October 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Presumably detained for giving interviews to foreign media.

It is known that Ekaterina was detained at the beginning of summer in one nightie, in which she was kept in a pre-trial detention center until the first transfer from her relatives.

At the beginning of April 2024, Belsat sources gave the editors a letter from Ekaterina. On a piece of toilet paper, she described her horrific detention and subsequent imprisonment:

“I fell from the second floor of the bed, my head on a wooden bench. They took a picture, but they haven’t reported the result for more than a month.”

“They put it on the flag, beat the whole office. They said it was for my interviews, the channel and for my fiery appeals.”

On July 16, 2024, the appeal was considered.