Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
List of repressed
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On August 11, 2020, during protests in Minsk, Nikita met his brother and his wife to show them his motorcycle. The police arrived, and when Nikita asked to show his ID, he was forcibly removed from the motorcycle, beaten with batons, and taken to the police station. Later, in November 2020, he was taken into custody and convicted of "resisting a police officer."
According to human rights activists, he was released in September 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
| 11.07.2021 | Kochur Nikita Mikhailovich is in IK-22 |
Alexander was arrested in October 2020 and charged with participating in the events of October 11, 2020, near the Pushkinskaya metro station, when people attempted to protect a peaceful protester from being beaten by riot police. During his arrest, he was threatened, forced to give a video statement, and had his leg broken in five places. He was admitted to pretrial detention with a cast after interrogation.
According to calculations, he was supposed to be released in the summer of 2025 .
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
Anna, director of the Polish School LLC in Brest, was detained in March 2021 upon her return to Belarus as part of a criminal case on the "glorification of war criminals". The reason for the investigation was an "illegal mass event" in memory of the "damned soldiers" that took place on February 28 in a building rented by the Brest Forum of Polish Local Initiatives and the Polish School.
At the end of May 2021, Anna was released and deported to Poland.
Yuri was arrested and convicted on several charges, including illegal possession of a bladed weapon. It all started with a video of a BMW driver beating a man with a white-red-white flag. The video went viral on social media, and the address of the driver, Dmitry Davydyuk, was published. According to investigators, three Minsk residents decided to "teach" the driver a lesson by slashing his tires.
He is expected to be released in the spring of 2026.
Yuri was convicted for writing on the fence of a construction site: "SB - f... be afraid." The "victims" in the case were six employees of the publishing house "Belarus Today": Mikhail Lebedev, journalists Andrei Mukovozchik, Lyudmila Gladkaya, Dmitry Krot, Roman Rud, as well as the head of the material support department.
He was released in February 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Alexander was detained and charged with several episodes. According to the investigation, he repeatedly threatened judges Malashenko and Linnik by phone and in messages, as well as police officers. As a result, he was convicted under articles for "insult" and "threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs agencies."
He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Activists
- Associations
- Activists
Kira is a volunteer from Minsk. In February 2021, she was detained in a criminal case opened for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and placed in custody. While in pretrial detention, she lost her child due to deteriorating health caused by harsh detention conditions .
On August 5, 2021, Kira was released on bail, but on August 25, she was summoned to the investigator again. Fearing re-imprisonment, she was forced to leave the country.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Vadim was detained as part of a criminal case initiated over the events that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020 in Minsk, and convicted of participating in a protest, as well as for allegedly intentionally threatening traffic police officers and damaging their car.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Students
- Associations
- Students
Ivan was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against the results of the presidential elections, which took place from August 11 to 12, 2020, on Dzerzhinsky Avenue in Minsk.
He was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Activists
- Associations
- Activists
Pavel, an anarchist activist, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "participating in a criminal organization." The charges stemmed from an incident related to the "March of the Non-Parasites," which took place on March 5, 2017, as well as events that occurred outside the Brest Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) in 2016.
In the fall of 2025, another court hearing was held on the charge of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration," during which Pavel was again sentenced to imprisonment. His total sentence was eight years.
On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
- Associations
- Activists
- Associations
- Activists
Daniil, an activist in the anarchist movement, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "participation in a criminal organization." It is known that the charges were based on an episode with blocking roads in Brest in 2018, when a protest was taking place against the construction of the battery plant.
In early March 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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- Activists
- Associations
- Activists
Alexander, an anarchist activist and member of the Free Trade Union, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "participating in a criminal organization." The charges stemmed from a 2018 roadblock in Brest during a protest against the construction of a battery plant.
In the fall of 2025, another court hearing was held on the charge of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration," during which Alexander was again sentenced to imprisonment. His total sentence was seven and a half years.
On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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- Activists
- Associations
- Activists
Andrei, an anarchist activist, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "damage to property." The charges were based on two incidents of blocking roads in Brest that occurred in 2018.
In early March 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Alexey was detained and convicted twice for comments left about the security forces after the death of Roman Bondarenko on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus". Under pressure, he was forced to unlock his phone. They came to the apartment with a search four times, looking for money, weapons, drugs and prohibited symbols, and also seized the equipment.
In December 2021, Alexey managed to escape from the correctional facility and leave the country.
| 13.05.2021 | Arrived 03.05 |
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- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- Parents of minors
Anastasia was detained and convicted for, according to investigators, scattering about 45 metal screws near the Minsk prosecutor's office on December 13, 2020. As a result, the car driven by the victim Klintsevich ran over them, and two tires were punctured.
She was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court and deported to the Russian Federation in November 2021.
| 02.06.2021 | in April was registered as an extremist |