Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service.
Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service.
Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
List of repressed
An activist of the REP trade union, she was detained on March 25, 2020 after searches of her home and the organization’s office.
Convicted for insulting Lukashenko A.
On January 29, 2024, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
- Associations
- Activists
Activist of the «Belarusian People's Front» party.
Lyudmila has been charged because of a letter she sent in the investigative committee. In the letter, the woman spoke out against the war in Ukraine and the policy of A. Lukashenko.
On August 7, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to the prosecutor's office, from December 29 to April 30, 2021, Pavel published deliberately false information about the work of the Belarusian police and authorities on Wikipedia and on the website of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR).
Released in the summer of 2023 after the expiration of the sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Evgeny was accused of writing a comment on the Brest 97% Telegram channel on August 12-13, 2020, which, according to a forensic linguistic examination, contained “a statement of an inciting nature calling for violent and aggressive actions against individuals united by professional affiliation.”
According to human rights activists, he was released.
In 2025, he was removed from the KGB's "terrorist list".
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2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Sentenced for a comment that, according to the examination, contained “indirect incitement to violence against the cooperation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”
02/28/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The case was opened for the distribution and mailing of leaflets calling for voters' votes to be counted fairly.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in October 2024.
Nichiporko is accused of more than 30 criminal episodes. In particular, in September 2020, he spray-painted fences in the village of Niva in the Berezovsky district, bus stops, garages and buildings in the city of Bereza, pasted leaflets on city poles, painted the entrance doors and the facade of the house of a police officer, stole almost two dozen surveillance cameras, ruined the facades of high-rise buildings with liquid with the content of petroleum products, shredded several state flags of the Republic of Belarus.
Karaban Denis is accused at trial of leaving the following comment in the VK group “BAD NEWS BELARUS”: “A*uenchik, it’s high time to bring them down.”
The investigation and the state prosecution regard this statement as the commission of a crime under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code, i.e. inciting hostility (against law enforcement officers).
According to human rights activists, he will be released at the beginning of June 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2,5 years of imprisonment.
Igor is accused of making 7 inscriptions on the facades of buildings from April to December 2021. Two of these inscriptions insulted Lukashenko.
During the court session, the accused fully admitted his guilt.
In the fall of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A defendant in a criminal case initiated following the events in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020.
Oleg is accused of breaking a stake (which was propping up a tree), breaking the stick into two pieces, and throwing one of them towards the police officers. He "threw the stick with the intent of causing injury" and "intentionally threatening violence" towards the police officers. He also threw a handful of earth towards the police.
On August 20, 2024, Oleg had a trial on the establishment of preventive supervision in the court of the city of Bobruisk and the district. This may indicate that the political prisoner was released in September .
On August 10, 2021, Stanislav was detained for three days. During a search, marijuana was found on him, leading to a criminal case under the drug law. The court later found Stanislav guilty and sentenced him to restricted freedom and an open correctional facility.
After the verdict was announced, he was not released from pretrial detention but remained in custody in connection with a new criminal case opened under the article "inciting hatred." The charges stemmed from comments Stanislav, under the nickname "Partizan," left on September 24, 2020, in the Telegram chat "Brest 97%."
In January 2022, Stanislav was found guilty again and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Lawyers
Olga was arrested in December 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "financing group actions that grossly violate public order."
According to the investigation, from August 13 to December 19, 2020, Olga, along with other individuals, allegedly financed participants in unauthorized mass events by paying fines, legal fees, state fees, and providing other financial assistance.
In July 2022, Olga was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in July 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Stanislav was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following spontaneous protests that took place in Brest from August 10 to 11, 2020, against the falsification of the presidential elections.
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in "mass riots" and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony. He was accused of intentionally breaking paving slabs while preparing "instruments of crime." He was also charged with causing physical harm, in the form of two wounds to the thumb of Igor Kalyagin's right hand, and "beating" other victims.
He was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
Detained under Articles 130, 368 and 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 10, 2022, Judge Elena Shilk found Ivan guilty and sentenced him to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was soon transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the end of September, Ivan was transferred to Correctional Colony No. 2 in Bobruisk, and soon to Brest Pretrial Detention Center No. 7. In December, the political prisoner was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
On December 29, 2022, the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk considered Ivan's case under Article 391 of the Criminal Code (insulting a judge). It is known that the trial was conducted by Judge Anna Skuratovich and the final sentence of the political prisoner has not changed.
In January 2023, Ivan was transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the beginning of 2024 he was transferred to Penal Colony No. 1.
On January 30, 2025, he served his full sentence and was released.
Evgeniy was arrested in November 2021 and remanded in custody pending trial.
In December 2021, he was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko for posting three videos on TikTok in November 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
