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A defendant in a criminal case initiated after the murder of KGB officer Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser. Before her arrest, she worked at BelTA in a management position.
She was released in the second half of April 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained for participating in protests.
On March 26, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2.5 years of imprisonment.
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She is a Student of «Mogilev State University Kuleshov's name».
According to the prosecution, the girl reposted a publication in the chat criticizing the actions of Putin and Lukashenko with calls to go outside if the Belarusian army enters the war.
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Social activist from Minsk.
She was detained on February 17, 2022, at her place of residence.
Her home was searched. Initially, she was sentenced to administrative arrest, but Anastasia was not released after that.
On September 10, 2026, she was released , having fully served her sentence.
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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.
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According to the case materials , in January 2021, Gavrilov purchased and provided two acquaintances, Tatyana and Oleg Birulya, with aerosol cans of paint. After which, from January to February 2021, the latter applied inscriptions and drawings to various infrastructure objects in Soligorsk, "causing them to become damaged." They also applied an inscription to the wall of one of the houses regarding Lukashenko, "in which they accused him of a particularly serious crime, that is, they committed slander."
Then, from August to December 2021, the accused distributed leaflets and other printed materials in Soligorsk . The content of these leaflets was allegedly aimed at inciting social hatred and discord on the basis of a different social affiliation.
At the end of winter 2024, it became known that Tatyana was being transferred to a prison in Zhodino.
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She was detained for drawing "Pahonia" stencils. On September 20, the Central District Court of Minsk sentenced three political prisoners: Anatoly Latushka, the cousin of politician Pavel Latushko, Lilia Ananyan, and Elena Malinovskaya. At the trial, Latushko and Malinovskaya pleaded not guilty, while Ananyan fully admitted her guilt. Judge Dmitry Karsyuk sentenced Anatoly to six years in prison, Elena to four years in prison, and Lilia to five years of house arrest, before releasing her in the courtroom.
Elena has a minor son left at home.
Elena was supposed to be released at the end of August 2025, but she was never released. As Elena's friends told Nasha Niva , she was transported to Minsk, where a new criminal case was opened against her .
In early March, Elena was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison. Because she had already served over four years behind bars, the court counted this time toward her sentence, so she was released during the trial.
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An activist from the European Belarus movement was detained on December 30, 2021, in connection with a criminal case alleging group actions that grossly violated public order.
On January 7, 2022, the woman was transferred to a pre-trial detention facility.
Elena has a little son.
In January 2023, Elena was transferred to Gomel Women's Colony No. 4. For a long time, a lawyer was unable to see the political prisoner; she was placed in solitary confinement.
In October 2023, it became known that Elena's package had not been accepted in August. This likely indicates that she had been deprived of her packages. The last letter from Elena arrived in early September, and no letters have been received since. Since Lazarchik's transfer to the penal colony, the prison administration has not granted permission to meet with a lawyer. Elena's current situation and her current condition are unknown. Elena is experiencing dental problems in the colony and has lost weight.
In mid-November 2023, human rights activists learned that Elena had been placed in solitary confinement again.
According to the testimony of the former political prisoner, Elena served more than 90 days in a punishment cell and more than 60 days in a PKT .
In the spring of 2025, Elena was convicted under Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the lawful demands of the prison administration) and sentenced to an additional eighteen months in prison in addition to her eight years in prison. The date of the sentence is unknown. It is known that Elena refused legal representation at her trial.
On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
A resident of Vitebsk.
The girl was charged under Article 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement of Social Hatred) for transmitting data on security officials, teachers, and judges to the Telegram channel "Black Book of Belarus."
She was released in April 2026 after completing her sentence.
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Alina was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In May 2022, she was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment.
According to human rights activists, she was released in August 2023, having fully served her sentence.
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Yana was detained in St. Petersburg on November 1, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under several criminal articles, including "inciting other forms of social hatred and discord," "public calls for the seizure of state power," and "creating or participating in an extremist group."
In May 2022, a Russian court denied Yana temporary asylum.
On August 9, 2022, she was extradited from Russia to Belarus, despite a ban on extradition by the UN Human Rights Committee.
In June 2023, Yana was found guilty of administering the Telegram channel "Vitebsk 97%," in which, according to investigators, she posted messages with "negative assessments of law enforcement officers and government agencies," and allegedly published "calls to harm police officers" and "extremist materials."
On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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Oksana, a music teacher at a school in Lida, was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In June 2022, she was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in July 2022, having fully served her sentence.
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Yulia was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In July 2022, she was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in March 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Polina was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In August 2022, she was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment.
She was released in September 2023, having fully served her sentence.