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.
An employee of the Brรธ bakery was detained after the security forces arrived at the place of work. The next day, a "repentant video" appeared with Denis on pro-government telegram channels.
Detained for participating in protests. As evidence, the prosecution presented two photographs of a Minsk woman, in which she stood on the road during protest marches.
An employee of an IT company from Minsk. She is accused of participating in protests and blocking roads in 2020.
It is known that on August 29, 2022, Daria was tried in the Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. The judge considered the case behind closed doors.
Andrei, a designer, was arrested in late January 2022 as part of a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order. In July of that year, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. He was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restricted freedom sentence with a prison term in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing and Andrei's presence at the hearing are unknown.
Trial outcome 20.07.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Former presenter of the program «Zone X» on the TV channel «Belarus 1» and freelance correspondent of the Kazakh TV channel «Khabar 24». The reason for the detention was his story on the channel.
In addition to imprisonment, Dmitry was awarded a penalty of 16 000 BYN.
Trial outcome 02.12.2022:
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. For a long time - almost 10 years - he led the independent trade union "Grodno Azot".
In 2022, he became one of the defendants in the case of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. In December 2022, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison for “gross violation of order” (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
The leaders of the “Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions” were detained on April 19, 2022, and the houses of the association’s chairman Alexander Yarashuk and Sergei Antusevich were searched. The BKDP itself was liquidated by decision of the Supreme Court.
On October 31, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
Trial outcome 26.12.2022:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. The BKDP unites several independent trade unions. It includes the Free Trade Union of Belarus (SPB), the Free Trade Union of Metalworkers (SPM), the Belarusian Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers (REP) and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP).
On April 19, 2022, searches were conducted at Alexander's place of work and residence, equipment was seized. Yaroshuk was detained and placed in a pretrial detention center.
On September11,2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania.Among them are citizensof Europeancountries . Among those released isAlexander Yaroshuk.
Trial outcome 26.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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