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.
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After a 15-day administrative arrest, a criminal case was opened against a resident of Minsk, Alla Novikova.
First, law enforcement officials found out that the woman was subscribed to the telegram channel («Chkalova Info»), which is recognized as an extremist formation in Belarus, and Alla also reposted news from this channel.
Then, while Alla was in a temporary detention facility, law enforcement officials found photos from the 2020 protests in her phone.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Postgraduate student of the BSU Faculty of History. Detained for participating in protest actions.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
On February 10, 2023, the first trial took place under Articles 369 and 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; the appeal hearing was on April 7, 2023.
On October 16, 2023, a new trial was held under Articles 369 and 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; no appeal was filed.
He was released in mid- February 2024, under preventive supervision.
Semyon was accused of participating in a November 2020 protest and of allegedly paying his subordinates salaries "in envelopes."
On 12.05.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Cameraman. Pavel collaborated with independent media. The journalist had previously been detained multiple times while covering political events in Belarus, including after 2020. He was detained as part of a criminal case on February 9 after a search of his home, during which mobile phones and a video camera were seized. It was later revealed that Pavel was charged under Part 1 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code.
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 Pavel Podobed.
| 21.02.2023 | Detained on January 20, 23, placed in the Zaslavsky District Department of Internal Affairs, at 01.01. F. Skorina, 20. They detained the KGB, near the car, in the district of Zaslavl. I received the first 15 days for a repost from the Radio Liberty website from 2017. |
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Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption detained the administrator of the telegram channel «Po-belaruski».
In the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs published In the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, the guy (under threats from law enforcement officials) says that he participated in unauthorized mass events at least five times.
A white-red-white flag, the coat of arms «Pogonia» and other things with national symbols were found at the detainee's house. Law enforcement officials emphasized that the guy has Karta Polaka. She was shown in the video.
The telegram channel «Po-belaruski» publishes jokes and memes in the Belarusian language. Law enforcement officials write that the telegram channel promoted «the Latin alphabet and hatred of the Russian-speaking socio-cultural space».
Andrey worked at Luxoft OJSC as a programmer.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Mikhail 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 November 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having served his full sentence.
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34 year old jazz singer who participated in the Russian television project «Golos».
Allegedly detained for participating in protests in 2020.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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52 year old actor of the theatrical and musical collective «Pugovitsi».
Allegedly detained for participating in protests in 2020.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Evgeny Vasilevsky was detained almost a year ago in Moscow, from March 25 to April 7, 2022, he was sentenced to administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. Probably, we are talking about the transfer of personal data of security forces to protest chats.
In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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Dmitry was detained on September 21, 2022 by GUBOPiK officers. The teacher was forced to read his own poems on camera and make excuses - he allegedly went to protests in August 2020, wrote messages on Facebook and VKontakte. Screenshots from his social networks criticizing the actions of the authorities also appeared on pro-government channels.
Children's poet and prose writer, winner of the Writers for Children competition (2017). He is a member of the International Union of Writers "New Contemporary", the Belarusian Literary Union of Writers "Polotsk Branch". Teacher at the Smart School private school.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years in prison
According to the investigation materials , from November 2020 to March 2022, the accused, using a mobile phone in Telegram channel chats recognized by the court as extremist materials, published 17 offensive comments with obscene language addressed to the judge, employees of the internal affairs bodies and other government officials, as well as Lukashenko.
On 11.04.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on January 21, 2025.
Participant of the rally and procession of MTZ workers in August 2020. In court, Anton admitted his guilt and explained that on August 14, 2020, he saw a group of citizens near the MTZ checkpoint who were going to take part in an unauthorized mass event on the fact of disagreement with the current government, carrying different posters. He joined them, and they all went along Dolgobrodskaya Street towards Kirov, and then to Independence Square.
Later, Stepanov was identified in photographs posted on the Internet and detained. Before the trial, he was in SIZO No. 1 in Minsk. He was released from custody in the courtroom.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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She was sentenced to house chemistry for insulting A. Lukashenko. After that, she insulted Lukashenko again by phone, dialing 102. She has a leg disease, cannot move independently, and is disabled.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in January 2025.