Belarusian IT manager and political activist, wife and campaign leader of Valery Tsepkalo during the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, and representative of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's joint campaign headquarters during the election.
The start date of special production is 15.03.2024.
Trial outcome 08.07.2024
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
In 2024, she was added to the Russian wanted list.
According to the court schedule, the caseon replacingthe restrictionof freedomwithimprisonmentin a penal colony was heardon November 27, 2024 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk.
Trial outcome 21.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 27.11.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
54-year-old Sergei is accused of facilitating extremist activities. He is invited to return to Belarus and come to the department of the Investigative Committee for the Grodno region.
The man is accused of participating in protests and writing comments in protest chats. A number of photos and videos from the protests were found on Vitaly's phone, which GUBOP officers claim were his.
In 2024, he was added to the Russian wanted list. He also went through a trial to change his regime.
Trial outcome 02.05.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The Investigative Committee began the process of special proceedings against the ex-director of the Grodno children's hospice Olga Velichko. “Special proceedings are proceedings in a criminal case against an accused who is outside the Republic of Belarus and is avoiding appearing before the body conducting the criminal proceedings.” That is, special proceedings are actually the first step towards trials in absentia of those who are abroad, recently legalized in Belarus. In July 2022, Alexander Lukashenko signed a law on amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which allow Belarusians who are abroad to be tried in absentia and even sentenced to death.
Trial outcome 02.08.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
She is an active lawyer at the Minsk City Bar Association, and has represented the interests of citizens in court in many politically motivated cases. In particular, she was a party to the defense of her son, political prisoner Parkhimichka Viktor Viktorovich (at the moment he has fully served his sentence and has left the Republic of Belarus). Galina has been an active member of the Belarusian Popular Front party since 1994. On April 1, 2017, she participated as an expert in the talk show “Each of Us” on the Belsat channel, which is recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
On February 28, 2024, Galina was detained and her apartment was searched. She was charged with participating in protests because KGB officers managed to recover deleted photographs from a peaceful protest march on July 16, 2020. In addition, KGB officers accused her of providing financial assistance through Facebook to persons who suffered from repression by the security forces of the Republic of Belarus.
Galina was released on bail, after which she left the Republic of Belarus.
15.03.2024
Галина Сергеевна защищала таких политзаключенных как: Андрей Царёнок ,Татьяна Козак , Артём Боярский , Борушко Ольга, Зуев Евгений, Мазгар Елена.
An architect and restorer who was detained on February 14, 2024, during mass arrests and searches of architects. It was later revealed that he was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Roman has two small children. The second child was born during his imprisonment. The author of the restoration of the Pobeda cinema, the Minsk factory kitchen, the Main Post Office, the Lida and Grodno breweries, an active participant in the campaign to protect Osmolovka.
Trial outcome 28.06.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 25.03.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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