Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova
Considered about 50 complaints against illegal and politically motivated court decisions. Each time she ignored all the violations and left the decisions unchanged.
Considered about 50 complaints against illegal and politically motivated court decisions. Each time she ignored all the violations and left the decisions unchanged.
List of repressed
Convicted for participating in protests.
She was released on July 12, 2024 , having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Lawyer. She was arrested in early June 2022, two days after her 40th birthday, for leaking data to Telegram channels. Law enforcement officers arrived to detain her with automatic weapons and body armor—they climbed through the windows and broke down the door.
In March 2023, it became known that she was also charged under Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code (Illegal Actions in Relation to Private Information) and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code. According to investigators, she allegedly organized an "unauthorized mass event" when she held a consultation near Okrestina in August 2020.
She is survived by an elderly father and a 19-year-old son, who has suffered from Crohn's disease since he was 16.
On October 3, 2023, the appeal was heard.
On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Kozlovsky, on September 27, 2020, on Nezavisimist Avenue in Minsk, stood in a clutch with his elbows in the first row of citizens who were walking along the roadway. As a result, according to investigators, the movement of public transport was blocked and there was a malfunction in its work.
As a result, the court sentenced Alexander to imprisonment. The judge explained her position on Kozlovsky by the fact that he had previously been brought to criminal responsibility, and committed a number of crimes while alcohol intoxicated.
04/04/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
Dmitry was convicted in August 2022 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in peaceful protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. Dmitry was captured on video by a journalist at the protests in the first days after the elections.
In May 2023, it became known that Dmitry was detained in a correctional facility and tried under an administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials," and sentenced to administrative arrest, which he served in the Gomel temporary detention facility.
In July of that year, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony; the outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Yuri was first found guilty in July 2021 of a criminal offense under the article "insulting a government official." According to the charges, on January 12, 2021, he left an offensive comment under a photograph of police officer Anton Yanushkevich on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus." Furthermore, on March 5, 2021, Yuri left another offensive comment under a photograph of OMON commander Dmitry Balaba on the Telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain."
In November 2021, Yuri was convicted again of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility. He began serving his sentence in March 2022.
In December 2022, Yuri was placed in pretrial detention on a new criminal case opened under three articles, including "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." On December 23 of that year, he was found guilty for the third time and finally sentenced to five years of restricted freedom.
He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, on March 19 (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
He was detained on October 1, 2021 in a criminal case brought for comments on the Internet after KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and it-specialist Andrei Zeltzer were killed in a Minsk apartment.
Dmitry was arrested in September 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 September 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko," and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open-type facility, a large fine, and moral damages.
In February 2023, a court hearing took place, following which Dmitry was transferred to a penal colony.
He was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Gleb, a well-known organizer of aerial drone photography, 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. Gleb is known to have left the message "Dimon tu-du-tu" (to the tune of the music from the film "Boomer").
In February 2023, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "obstructing the lawful professional activities of a journalist," "insulting a government official," "insulting Lukashenko," and "calls for restrictive measures (sanctions) and other actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus," and sentenced to imprisonment.
On September 11, 2025, it was announced that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania, including citizens of European countries. Gleb was among those released.
Dmitry was arrested in September 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 August 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was arrested in October 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 December 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Bloggers
- Journalists
- Athletes
Aleksander, a football player for the Krumkachyov club, a journalist for Tribuna.com and the author of the YouTube channel ChestnOK, was detained at home on June 3, 2021. He was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - allegedly for the flag on the window, but after serving his term he was not released and transferred to a pre-trial detention center in a criminal case on "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order." In January 2022, Oleksandr was sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Activists
- Parents of minors
Andrei, a maxillofacial surgeon at a children's hospital, was detained in May 2021 following a search as part of a criminal case opened under the law on "insulting the president." His wife and children were forced to leave the country. Andrei was later charged with "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" and "participating in mass riots."
In April 2022, Andrei was convicted on four criminal charges for participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and for social media posts that were classified as insults and incitement to hatred.
In June 2024, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison for the rest of his sentence.
In August 2026, he was released , having served his full sentence.
- Associations
Gleb was detained in connection with a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates, and convicted under several criminal articles.
In November 2021, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
