Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Number of repressed: 316
Date of birth: 27 december 1979
Categories: Overseers

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.

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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 1187 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 26.03.1992
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Artur was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 20.08.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 22.10.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~214 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 25.02.1986
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Valentina was first convicted in May 2021 for “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. At that time, the participants were singing and dancing in a circle, and a water cannon was used against them.

In April 2024, it became known that Valentina was detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. In August of the same year, she was sentenced to imprisonment, counting the previously imposed punishment in the form of "house arrest" towards her term.

She was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 07.05.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, unknown rubles of compensation.
Appeal 09.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 05.08.2024
1 year 5 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.10.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Igor Nikolaevich Gorchanyuk
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 1315 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 14.04.1990
Number of children: 3 children
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Igor was detained on October 23, 2020, as part of a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. Three days later, he was released on bail, but in April 2021, he was remanded in custody. Igor was subsequently convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Vadim Olegovich Chepelevich
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Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 985 days
Hometown: Zosino
Date of birth: 12.01.1994
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Vadim, a youth coach for Dynamo Brest, was arrested in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in October 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 20.08.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 22.10.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 1119 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 21.03.1998
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Simon was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.

He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 21.05.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1850 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 06.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 385 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 16.05.1995
Was in: IUOT-9IUOT-9, 210034, Vitebsk, ul. 3-ya Chepinskaya, 39
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Sergei was arrested and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 30.08.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 19.11.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Konstantin Yurievich Svidunovich
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Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 385 days
Hometown: Pruzhany
Date of birth: 18.03.1995
Was in: IUOT-49IUOT-49, Shklov, Volodiozhnaya 2b, 213002
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Konstantin, a former Belarus-4 TV presenter , was arrested and convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 30.08.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 19.11.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 1
In custody: ~1308 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 15.12.1993
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Ivan 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 October 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 2
In custody: 1726 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 26.04.2000
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Yakov was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

Yakov graduated from the Brest Builders' Lyceum and was assigned to work, but was unable to start working due to his detention. In May 2022, the Brest Moscow Court ordered him to pay compensation for failure to work and a state fee.

On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Yakov Shafarenko.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome date unknown
approximately 3785 rubles of compensation.
Pavel Ruslanovich Mazko
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In custody: 980 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 21.10.2002
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Pavel was detained 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. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots". Before his detention, Pavel was engaged in clothing design and volunteer work, supporting people with disabilities and children in orphanages.

He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Igor Anatolievich Laptanovich
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Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 806 days
Hometown: Belousovschina
Date of birth: 07.08.1987
Number of children: 3 children
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Igor, an activist from Pruzhany, was arrested in March 2021 in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest. The participants were singing and dancing in circles, but a water cannon was used against them. He and his wife were convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order", despite the fact that they are the parents of three children. According to the prosecution, the downtime of the trolleybus and bus depot caused damages in the amount of about 660 Belarusian rubles.

He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 04.08.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 22.10.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Roman Anatolievich Sidyuk
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Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 1
In custody: 1119 days
Hometown: Kobryn
Date of birth: 09.02.1987
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Roman was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against election fraud that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. During the protest, he was seriously injured and underwent long-term treatment. He was later convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 08.11.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 495 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 21.08.1984
Was in: SIZO-6SIZO-6, Baranovichi, Brestskaya ul. 258 B, 225413
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Alexey was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 15.03.2021
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.04.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: 984 days
folder Categories of cases: Direct action, Brest 2020 Protests
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 23.03.1991
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Maxim was arrested in December 2020 and convicted of setting fire to tires and hanging scarecrows in Brest.

He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 18.05.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 0
In custody: ~703 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Asipovichy
Date of birth: 05.08.1997
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Artem was arrested on October 19, 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison in an open-type correctional facility for participating in protests against the election results in Minsk in August 2020. In early February 2022, Artem escaped from the correctional facility, but was later arrested again.

In April 2022, the court considered the case of Artem's transfer to a different type of correctional facility and changing the conditions of his sentence. The court ordered that he be sent to a penal colony for nine months.

He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 15.01.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 21.04.2022
9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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