Heorhii Uladzimiravich Karpuk
Head of the security department of Pretrial Detention Center No. 7 in Brest.
Involved in the repression of political prisoners in 2020–2021.
Head of the security department of Pretrial Detention Center No. 7 in Brest.
Involved in the repression of political prisoners in 2020–2021.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
Stanislav, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following the spontaneous protests that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020, against election fraud. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in June 2025, having fully served his sentence, and was forcibly deported to Latvia with a ban on entry to Belarus for a period of five years.
- Associations
- Activists
Anna was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where people were singing and dancing in circles and were attacked with a water cannon. She was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna was released in February 2023, having fully served her sentence.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Nikolai was arrested in September 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 October 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Military
- Civil servants
- Parents of minors
Alexander, a former officer who condemned security forces' violence after the 2020 elections, was arrested in Stolin on September 29, 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 a Minsk apartment.
In September 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
Viktor was arrested in the fall of 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 April 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.
According to unconfirmed information, in October 2025, a new criminal case was opened against Viktor.
Roman was arrested on October 1, 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 September 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Stepan was arrested in connection with the protests in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020, and convicted of participating in "mass riots." He was accused of attempting to hit police officers, as well as hitting a shield that hit the leg of police officer Polivoda.
At the trial, Stepan explained that he tried to pass by, but was pushed by a shield, he fell, and cut his knee. According to him, the gesture that looked like a throw on the video was actually an attempt to fix his sleeve.
He was released in February 2024, having served his entire sentence as determined by the court.
Valery was arrested in May 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for "insulting Lukashenko," and in September of that year, he was found guilty of three criminal charges for social media posts. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
People who served time with Valery said he died at the very beginning of 2025. The former political prisoner suffered a blood clot.
- Associations
- Activists
- Twice political prisoners
Dmitry was a witness in the case of Brest political prisoners and bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov, who were sentenced to three years in prison in April 2021. As he told Brest human rights activists, the criminal case against him was opened for refusing to answer questions from the judge hearing Petrukhin and Kabanov's case because the judge had failed to present his official identification. In September 2021, Dmitry was found guilty of "refusing or evading testimony" and sentenced to arrest.
He was released in February 2022, having fully served his sentence.
In December 2024, Dmitry was convicted again under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights defenders, he was released in the spring of 2026 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
According to the indictment, on August 20, 2020, Artyom posted a wanted poster on the "Lyakhovichi 90%" Telegram chat using his mobile phone. He posted a photo of Lukashenko and contained ethnic information. That same day, he posted another wanted poster in the same chat containing statements directed at Lukashenko.
On September 9, 2021, Artyom was taken into custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.
According to human rights activists, he was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
Irina, a Russian citizen, was arrested on May 28, 2021, in Brest and convicted in September of that year for a tweet published on May 23. It contained a link to a LiveJournal post reprinting a BBC Russian Service report on the incident with the Ryanair flight carrying Roman Protasevich. She added her own headline to the reprint: "Lukashenko's latest crime: an act of state aviation piracy." The expression "an act of state aviation piracy" was used in the BBC text as a quote from the Greek Foreign Ministry's response.
On September 1, 2022, she was released after serving her sentence and immediately deported to Russia with a 10-year ban on entering Belarus.
Vadim was arrested on August 7, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "inciting hatred or discord." In March 2022, he was convicted for messages left in the Telegram chat "Pinsk 97%," in which, according to the charges, he "called for violence against police officers, prosecutors, and judges."
He was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Twice political prisoners
Alexander was first arrested in March 2021 and convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest. At that time, the participants were singing and dancing in a circle, and a water cannon was used against them. He served his full sentence and was released in July 2022.
However, in December 2023, it became known about his new arrest in connection with a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. In April 2024, he was sentenced to imprisonment for participating in the protest.
He was released in September 2024 as part of a pardon.
Natalia was convicted in August 2021 in a criminal case opened on charges of insulting Lukashenko and destroying official documents. According to the prosecution, police officers arrived at Natalia's home on May 27, 2021. There, according to investigators, she "publicly insulted" Lukashenko with the words "we have a f*cking state" and "a f*cking president," thereby committing a crime, according to the prosecution. An hour later, investigators conducted a search of her apartment. During the search, the prosecution alleges, Natalia, "wanting to express her superiority and permissiveness," tore up the police report, thereby "damaging an official document."
She was released in March 2022 as part of a pardon.
Ilya was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
According to human rights activists, he was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence.
