All persecuted

On July 4, 2024, the KGB recognized the telegram channel "ShapitoDich" as an "extremist formation". According to the agency, Elena Elkina is involved in it.

The woman's initials completely match those of a dentist from Vitebsk - the last messages on her social networks are dated May 2024.

Liliya Kachan disappeared from all social networks after October 16, 2024, when her last post with photos was published. After that, the woman did not appear online, and her Telegram account was also deleted.

Lilia Kachan's trial will begin on December 27, 2024, in the Minsk City Court.

In 2012, Liliya completed her residency in surgery. She worked at the 10th City Clinical Hospital in Minsk, as well as at Nardin. She has over 17 years of experience as a doctor.

She was detained in March 2024 while relaxing with a friend in a cafe. Most likely, the reason for her detention was in the comments on Telegram. Karina had an old account registered to her own number, with her personal photo.

Karina Malinovskaya is 32 years old. She is originally from Borisov. She has two minor children.

Karina has tried herself in many things - she worked as a hairdresser, was interested in psychology, and from 2018 to 2022 she ran her own business selling LED lighting.

Victoria from Minsk, graduated from medical college. At first she worked in state clinics, then in the medical center "Sinevo".

A person who knows Svetlana from college said that she was not interested in politics during her student years and was never a public activist. However, the events of 2020 changed the lives of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Belarusians beyond recognition. And Veras was no exception.

It is unknown when Victoria was detained.

She was detained at least six months ago. Judging by the charges, she could have left comments on Telegram - at least, she did not actively comment on anything on other social networks.

Anastasia's trial will begin on October 31 in the Minsk City Court. She is charged under three articles: "slander against Lukashenko" (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code), "calls for sanctions" (Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code), and "incitement of hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code). The girl faces four to twelve years in prison.

She worked as a programmer in the Minsk office of Exadel. This is a large IT company from the USA, which employs several thousand people.

Lyudmila Deineko is 40 years old. In 2005, she graduated from Polotsk State University with a degree in jurisprudence. First she worked in the internal affairs department of the Minsk regional executive committee, then in the justice department of the Minsk city executive committee, and as a consultant in the court of the Zavodsky district of Minsk.

The trial begins on July 22. Deineko is accused of “calling for sanctions,” “insulting Lukashenko,” and “inciting hostility or discord.”

Lyudmila has two minor children.

She worked for the state newspaper "Brestsky Vestnik" (founded by the city executive committee) and the television and radio company "Brest".

Also, Elena Timoshchuk previously collaborated as a freelancer with the regional publications “Evening Brest”, “Brest Courier”, “Brestskaya Gazeta”, the online publication “Virtual Brest”, as well as the “Brest Green Portal”.

As local journalists note , Elena Tymoshchuk did not prepare publications on political topics during her collaboration with independent publications. Sometimes she wrote advertising articles and wrote on psychology topics, as she has a higher education in this specialty.

It is still not exactly known what caused the criminal prosecution of the journalist.

According to the verdict, in addition to imprisonment, Elena was sentenced to a fine of 46,000 rubles.

On August 16, 2024, the appeal hearing took place and the verdict came into force.

The first time she was detained by the KGB at the end of January 2024 (during the mass detentions of relatives and friends of political prisoners) for writing letters and transferring money to the accounts of political prisoners in the pre-trial detention center of prison No. 1. Then a criminal case was opened against her under Art. 361-2 (financing extremist activities), but the woman was not taken into custody.

During the search, equipment and money were confiscated from her. After examining the technique, unwanted comments were allegedly discovered on social networks, and an examination was then carried out on them. After receiving the results of the examination, on April 20, 2024, Victoria was re-detained and placed in a temporary detention facility, and subsequently in a pre-trial detention center.

According to a pro-government Telegram channel, she was detained along with her son for participating in protests in 2020. On March 6, 2024, she was convicted under an administrative article ( Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Petty hooliganism). After that, she was charged under criminal articles.

She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.

It is known that Nadezhda has two adult daughters and a minor son with disabilities.

On March 1, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came 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.

Former accountant of the Minsk Electrotechnical Plant named after Vavilov . The trial began on May 19 and was held behind closed doors, so there is little information about the nature of the charges . It is known that Anna was fired from her job after the "People's Ultimatum" in 2020, then she sued the company for illegal dismissal.

Alexandra was detained in February 2023 upon her return to Belarus and sentenced the next day under an administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials" to 10 days. However, after serving her arrest, she was never released, as a criminal case was opened against her for two interviews with an information resource recognized as an "extremist group."

She was accused of assisting “extremist groups,” administering Telegram channels, inciting hatred, insulting the authorities, disseminating personal data, and slandering Lukashenko, and was convicted under eight criminal articles.

In March 2024, the court heard the appeal and reduced her sentence by one year, without the right to further appeal.

In May 2024, it became known that she was convicted again for “insulting a government official and a judge.”

In the spring of 2025, information appeared that another criminal case had been opened against Alexandra, and she was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.