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Pavel Pashukevich was detained for comments in the "Dyatlovo for Life" Telegram chat.
The appeal hearing took place on May 18, 2023. The verdict entered into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024-25.
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Citizen of Ukraine. The court found Pavel guilty of “undercover activity” in favor of Ukraine. Authorities accused him and two other men of sending data to Ukrainian military intelligence.
Propagandists claim that Kuprienko was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Taras Machinsky is accused of transmitting data on the deployment and movement of military equipment in Belarus to Kuprienko, and he, in turn, to the Ukrainian special services. It is reported that Dmitry Solovyanchik was “used in secret.” In the video they say that Dmitry filmed the movement of military equipment in Belarus and asked his relatives about it, and then passed it on to Kuprienko, “not knowing what they were for.”
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
It is known that during a search at home in connection with the case, a white-red-white flag was taken from Vlasyuk, which was later included in the materials of the criminal case.
According to the prosecution, an online comment written on April 22, 2022 under a video of Alexander Grigorievich’s speech was considered a public insult to Lukashenko. This message contained obscene language.
In October 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Semyon was accused of participating in a November 2020 protest and of allegedly paying his subordinates salaries "in envelopes."
On 12.05.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
According to the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a criminal case was opened against Mikhail for insulting Lukashenko. In total, representatives of law enforcement agencies counted 860 comments of Mikhail against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.
Before the trial, Mikhail was under house arrest, on the day of the verdict he was taken into custody in the courtroom
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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Former police officer Alexander Sazonov and Yevgeny Vasilevsky were detained almost a year ago, on February 27, 2022, in Minsk, and on March 1, both were punished with administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk sentenced Sazonov to 13 days of arrest for participating in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Vasilevsky to 15 days.
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. It is likely that it concerns the transfer of personal data of security officials to protest chats.
According to human rights activists , he was released on September 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry was detained on September 21, 2022 by GUBOPiK officers. The teacher was forced to read his own poems on camera and make excuses - he allegedly went to protests in August 2020, wrote messages on Facebook and VKontakte. Screenshots from his social networks criticizing the actions of the authorities also appeared on pro-government channels.
Children's poet and prose writer, winner of the Writers for Children competition (2017). He is a member of the International Union of Writers "New Contemporary", the Belarusian Literary Union of Writers "Polotsk Branch". Teacher at the Smart School private school.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years in prison
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Former presidential candidate, detained in a criminal case.
Andrey Dmitriev is the co — founder and co-chairman of the «Govori pravdu» association.
In 2021, the association «Govori pravdu» was searched, after which the current account of the organization were blocked, and the office was sealed. On August 12, 2021, Dmitriev was detained for a short time, but then released.
The man was detained again on January 11, 2023 and put in the pre-trial detention center «SIZO -1». The Investigative Committee reported that Dmitriev participated in the post-election protests of 2020, therefore he became a suspect under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On April 20, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Yuri was detained on January 12, 2022 right at the department of the university where he works.
Yuri Bubnov has been the head of the Department of Humanities at the Belarusian University of Food and Chemical Technologies (formerly MGUP) since 1997. His portrait is on the veterans honor board of the Belarusian State University of Technology (formerly MGUP). The man was awarded the badge «Vydatnik adukatsi». In Mogilev, Yuri Bubnov is known as an expert sociologist, one of the founders of the Center for Urban Initiatives and the festival «Dranik-fest».
In a video from a public page related to the security forces, Nikita Karpenko said that he was subscribed to VKontakte groups, which were recognized as “extremist” and, in addition, left some offensive comment in one of them.
07/05/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years in a colony under general regime conditions
Andrei was convicted of slandering Lukashenko and participating in protests 2020. The circumstances of the case are unknown, as the court session was held in closed form.
On March 22, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Grigory returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
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Convicted for liking posts on social media. Russian citizen.
He was released at the end of September 2025, having served his entire sentence. He was immediately deported to Russia afterward.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Bobkov, in February 2022, posted a publication on social networks with a video recording of the movement of vehicles of paramilitary Russian units moving through the territory of the Republic of Belarus, indicating their location. Then, using a mobile phone, he sent it to telegram channels, including those recognized by the court as extremist formations.
Before the trial, Bobkov was at large, under surety. Artyom was taken into custody in the courtroom.