Anastasia Dmitrievna Kulik
Massively issues punitive sentences under Articles 23.34 and 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. She awarded fines totaling no less than 18,501 rubles and administrative arrest for a total of no less than 741 days. On August 9, 2021, Kulik made a decision in the criminal case against Alexander Emelyanovich, who was accused under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code for active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order for the events of November 1, 2020. According to the prosecution, Emelyanovich shouted slogans, raised his hands, clapped his hands, was in the front row of the hitch, went out onto the roadway and blocked the movement of traffic, including public traffic, and did not respond to warnings and demands of police officers. Witnesses Nazarov, Aleksandrovich and Sviridov - police officers with their last names changed for security reasons - testified via Skype, they were confused and could remember little of those events. However, Kulik considered Alexander’s guilt proven and sentenced him to three years of chemotherapy. According to the prosecutor, the Minsktrans enterprise was damaged in the amount of 10,689 rubles 76 kopecks by the actions of the accused and other persons unidentified by the investigation. Alexander Emelyanovich stated that he considers himself completely innocent, since he never participated in unauthorized events, was not interested in political life, but came on vacation to his parents and helped them. Delivered a verdict in the case of the United Civil Party. The chairman of the UCP, Nikolai Kozlov, was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, Oksana Alekseeva - to 1.5 years, and Antonina Kovaleva - to 1 year in prison. Alekseeva, Kozlov and Kovaleva were detained on July 27. They were accused of active participation in actions that grossly violate public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) for one of the 2020 marches. Kulik is on the EU sanctions list.
Massively issues punitive sentences under Articles 23.34 and 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. She awarded fines totaling no less than 18,501 rubles and administrative arrest for a total of no less than 741 days. On August 9, 2021, Kulik made a decision in the criminal case against Alexander Emelyanovich, who was accused under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code for active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order for the events of November 1, 2020. According to the prosecution, Emelyanovich shouted slogans, raised his hands, clapped his hands, was in the front row of the hitch, went out onto the roadway and blocked the movement of traffic, including public traffic, and did not respond to warnings and demands of police officers. Witnesses Nazarov, Aleksandrovich and Sviridov - police officers with their last names changed for security reasons - testified via Skype, they were confused and could remember little of those events. However, Kulik considered Alexander’s guilt proven and sentenced him to three years of chemotherapy. According to the prosecutor, the Minsktrans enterprise was damaged in the amount of 10,689 rubles 76 kopecks by the actions of the accused and other persons unidentified by the investigation. Alexander Emelyanovich stated that he considers himself completely innocent, since he never participated in unauthorized events, was not interested in political life, but came on vacation to his parents and helped them. Delivered a verdict in the case of the United Civil Party. The chairman of the UCP, Nikolai Kozlov, was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, Oksana Alekseeva - to 1.5 years, and Antonina Kovaleva - to 1 year in prison. Alekseeva, Kozlov and Kovaleva were detained on July 27. They were accused of active participation in actions that grossly violate public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) for one of the 2020 marches. Kulik is on the EU sanctions list.
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Alexander was arrested in September 2022 and convicted for participating in protests and blocking roads on August 9 and October 25, 2020 in Minsk.
Released on May 8, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Chair of the Minsk city organization of the United Civil Party.
She was detained along with other party leaders. It is known that during the search, the security forces broke down the door to Alekseeva's apartment. There is information that Oksana has heart problems and she needs to take medication constantly.
According to the prosecution, Kozlov, Kovaleva and Alekseeva on August 23, 2020 publicly shouted slogans, loudly applauded, were on the roadway, which blocked and hindered the movement of transport in Minsk, including the city passenger transport «Minsktrans».
10.21.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
He was first detained under an administrative article, sentenced to 15 days, after which he was re-arrested as part of a criminal case. He was convicted for participating in protests in 2020.
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- Twice political prisoners
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Dmitry Dashkevich is one of the most famous political figures in Belarus. He has been involved in public activities since 2001. He was the leader of the "Young Front" and served long prison terms several times for political activities in Belarus. Dashkevich is also one of the organizers of the "Night of Shot Poets" and "Defense of Kurapaty" campaigns.
After the 2020 elections, Dashkevich remained, perhaps, the only public opposition politician who remained in Belarus.
He was detained on March 23, 2022, sentenced to 15 days under an administrative article, during which time a criminal case was opened against Dmitry and after 15 days he was left in custody.
In July 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution” (Article 411 of the Criminal Code). On October 18, Judge Tatyana Derevyanko sentenced Dmitry to another year in a maximum-security penal colony.
In January 2024, the political prisoner was transferred again to IK No. 14. In the colony, he was placed in a punishment cell, where it is terribly cold. During the night, Dmitry has to get up to eight times to do exercises and somehow warm up. For this, they write reports about him not lying down after lights out.
At the end of May 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry.
Dmitry was charged with "people's" article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order), as well as part 1 of article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration) and was again sentenced to a new term.
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 Dmitry Dashkevich.
Alexander was detained at his parents' place in Luninets on June 7, 2021, after which he was transported to Minsk, then to Zhodino, where he was taken into custody as part of a criminal case initiated after the march to Kurapaty, which took place on November 1, 2020 in Minsk. Two months later, he was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional facility.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In November 2024, as part of a special proceeding against Alexander, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Olga, a blogger and designer, has been repeatedly persecuted and detained under administrative articles following the events that followed the 2020 elections in Minsk. In May 2021, her home was searched, after which Olga was detained as part of a criminal case opened on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." Before that, she was already a suspect under two articles of the Criminal Code - "insulting a judge" and "slandering an election commission employee."
In December of the same year, Olga was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment.
She was released in June 2022, having served her full sentence as determined by the court.
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Matvey, a freight forwarder and student at the Minsk College of Entrepreneurship, was convicted for participating in a protest action, the March for the Liberation of Political Prisoners, which took place on October 4, 2020, in Minsk.
In December 2024, it became known that a court hearing in absentia was held regarding Matvey to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Andrey, a private entrepreneur and hairdresser, was arrested and convicted of “violence or threat of violence against employees of the internal affairs bodies and an official” for messages left on the social network “VKontakte” addressed to riot police officers and the head of the department of educational work with youth of the Moscow State Linguistic University, which “disturbed the psychological and mental peace of the victims.”
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Alexander was arrested and convicted for falling on the foot of a traffic police officer during a peaceful protest that took place in Minsk on November 1, 2020.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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