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.
Father Nikolai, 47, was detained along with his wife Elena, 46, and their son Nikita, 24, for participating in the 2020 protest.
Trial outcome 03.02.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Judging by social networks, the girl has a husband and a minor child.
Since 2017, Protaschik has worked at Peleng. Most recently, she was a 5th-category inspector of optical components and devices in the optical and space production quality control bureau. She was involved in checking the quality of optical products.
It is not known exactly when she was detained - Karina's last activity on social networks was more than 7 months ago. Around the same time, in July 2024, a raid on Peleng employees took place. The raid was related to the Belpol investigation, which was based on documents leaked from the enterprise. Peleng employees were taken to a polygraph, and some were fired. There have been no reports of criminal cases resulting from the raid to this day.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
It is known that in 2024, Zakhar was previously tried for hooliganism: he was sentenced to two months' arrest, amnestied, and released from the courtroom. However, later, in November of that year, he was arrested again and placed in pretrial detention.
In February 2025, a case was brought against Zakhar under the article “Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them” (1 episode), and in May of the same year he was found guilty and sentenced to restriction of freedom with direction.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 months of arrest.
Trial outcome 22.05.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Andrey was sentenced to one day in prison twice in a row (12/18 and 12/31/2024) under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity. After that, a criminal case was opened against him and he was transferred to Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.
Trial outcome 21.04.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 200 basic values fine.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
2 years 9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
Appeal 11.11.2025
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On July 4, 2024, the KGB recognized the telegram channel "ShapitoDich" as an "extremist formation". According to the agency, Elena Elkina is involved in it.
The woman's initials completely match those of a dentist from Vitebsk - the last messages on her social networks are dated May 2024.
Trial outcome 04.02.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.03.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.03.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A student at the Minsk State Linguistic University. Detained in September 2024. Initially, she was sentenced to two days in prison under an administrative article, after which a criminal case was opened. According to acquaintances, the criminal case is politically motivated.
Alina Shevtsova was added to the list of participants of the "extremist formation" "School of Leadership for Women" at the end of September 2024. This is an educational project for Belarusian female students, which helps them develop leadership skills.
Trial outcome 19.06.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Dmitry started in the 1990s in Borisov. After 1998, he moved to the investigation department of the Zhodino GOVD, and from 2004 to 2012 he headed it. Then he worked in the Investigative Committee, from where he retired. After retirement, he worked at the Smolevichi Dairy Plant and was a city deputy in Zhodino.
In 2020, he and four other former employees of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs recorded an appeal to colleagues who worked in the Zhodino police during the protests and to all law enforcement officers in Belarus.
"By following the orders given by your superiors, you may become accomplices to crimes. You cannot beat up people who are simply returning from work on the night shift. <…> I know of cases where people were detained for no reason and excessive cruelty was shown - you should not do this," Vdovin said in his address.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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