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Eugene Viktorovich Khatkevich
Evgeniy Viktorovich Khatkevich is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Khatkevich is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Minsk City Court, he makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. In judicial practice, Evgeniy Khatkevich considers not only administrative cases, but also criminal ones. As a result of his decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
In particular, on November 3, 2022, a judge sentenced political prisoner Stanislav Kuzmitsky to 15 years in prison in a maximum security colony for administering telegram channels.
On May 22, 2022, Khatkevich sentenced political prisoner Ivan Parshin to 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for comments on social networks.
He actively convicted citizens who protested against the falsification of the 2010 presidential elections, for which he was included in the EU sanctions list.
Thus, Evgeniy Viktorovich Khatkevich is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. His work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Khatkevich's actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
Evgeniy Viktorovich Khatkevich is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Khatkevich is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Minsk City Court, he makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. In judicial practice, Evgeniy Khatkevich considers not only administrative cases, but also criminal ones. As a result of his decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
In particular, on November 3, 2022, a judge sentenced political prisoner Stanislav Kuzmitsky to 15 years in prison in a maximum security colony for administering telegram channels.
On May 22, 2022, Khatkevich sentenced political prisoner Ivan Parshin to 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for comments on social networks.
He actively convicted citizens who protested against the falsification of the 2010 presidential elections, for which he was included in the EU sanctions list.
Thus, Evgeniy Viktorovich Khatkevich is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. His work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Khatkevich's actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
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Alina was convicted in July 2024 under the articles "participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state" and "financing the activities of an extremist group."
Human rights activists are unaware of the sentence or the nature of the charges, but in Belarus, the first article is typically used for prosecution for supporting Ukraine in the war. For such a donation, she could have been sentenced to five to ten years in a penal colony.
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Citizen of the Russian Federation.
On July 26, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Truck driver. The man was initially accused of hooliganism (Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code) and the creation of an extremist group or participation in it (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code).
The Minsk City Court completed its consideration of the criminal case on February 29, 2024. Burako was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of five years under Part 3 of Art. 361-1 CC. The hooliganism charge was dropped.
According to the investigation , on the evening of May 11, 2023, on the M-5 Minsk-Gomel highway near the village of Yasen, near Bobruisk, “the driver of a DAF vehicle, driving past a stopped military transport convoy, detonated an unidentified device, independently made from pyrotechnic products, by throwing him towards the military personnel and military equipment and then tried to hide.
However, during the pursuit, his car was blocked by the military, and he himself was detained."
It was established that “extremist” symbols were pasted in the cabin of the car, and several subscriptions to radical channels recognized as extremist, including the “victory” plan, were on the mobile phone.
On April 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Director of a logistics company. They are being tried for an attack on the BSMU website in the fall of 2020.
«And I don't know. I don't care. They judge - they judge correctly. I don't want to know», - said Sergei 's father, Viktar Lyakhnovich.
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Stanislav, a businessman, was arrested in December 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under six criminal charges, including "calls for actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and "creating or participating in an organization to carry out terrorist activity." He was initially held in a KGB pretrial detention facility and was later transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 pending trial.
The trial lasted approximately six weeks, and in November 2022, Stanislav was found guilty of administering more than 30 Telegram chats, including "97" chats, which, according to investigators, were used to distribute extremist materials and coordinate protest activity. He was also charged with forming and coordinating community members, assigning roles and organizing their participation in protests, as well as actions to expand the number of participants and support the activities of the communities.
Yegor was arrested in February 2021 and later convicted of setting fire to a T-72 tank aboard a military train at the Stepyanka railway station. According to the case file, on the night of January 31, 2021, he threw a Molotov cocktail with the inscription "OGSB" at the tank. His actions were classified as an "act of terrorism." According to the prosecution, Yegor committed the arson based on his political views.
In early October 2023, it was announced that Yegor had been transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in connection with a new criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation therein." In this case, he was sentenced to an additional six months in prison.
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The most likely reason for her arrest was in the Telegram comments. Karina had an old account registered to her own number, with her personal photo.
Karina Malinovskaya is 32 years old. She is originally from Borisov. She has two minor children.
Karina has tried her hand at many things—she worked as a hairdresser, studied psychology, and from 2018 to 2022, she ran her own business selling LED lighting.
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At the end of May 2024, state media reported the detention of two Belarusian citizens at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border: one of them was on the international wanted list and was attempting to illegally cross the border into Lithuania, the other was a driver.
In a "confession video," Alexander admitted that in 2021 he left comments "approving" of the actions of Andrei Zeltser, who died in a shootout with KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk. Alexander is known to have lived in the United States for a long time.
In February 2025, he was convicted on four criminal charges, but the outcome of the sentence is still unknown. He is also reported to have serious health problems.
He was released in January 2026, having served his full sentence.
On August 27, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the spring of 2025.
According to human rights activists , he was released in July 2025, having served his full sentence.
Vladimir has been interested in urban development and architecture for about 20 years. He has created a unique database with thousands of photographs of various buildings in Belarus and abroad—photobuildings.com.
In a video shown on ONT, Vladimir claims to have registered in the Peramoga chat room, and in November 2022, Alexander Azarov allegedly contacted him.
On February 27, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in December 2025.
According to the indictment, on the evening of July 31, 2023, while standing near the building of one of the dormitories of the Minsk Civil Aviation Plant, Kondratyev grabbed the national flag attached to the facade of the building by the cloth with his hands, after which he tore it from its fastening, breaking the flagpole, which is part of the flag. Then, having twisted the flag, he took it with him. By doing this, he harmed the authority of the Republic of Belarus.
And the material damage to the plant amounted to 130 rubles 82 kopecks.
The man was "identified" from a CCTV recording and was detained on August 14, placed in a pretrial detention facility pending trial. The court claimed that Alexander was intoxicated.
According to human rights activists , he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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A Russian citizen. According to the prosecution , Alexander was intoxicated when, on the night of June 19, 2023, he allegedly first tore down a flag attached to the wall of a store. He then removed another flag from a building in Minsk near a metro station and handed it to a metro employee. He then allegedly removed a flag from the façade of a Belpochta branch building and left it at the entrance. Finally, he allegedly tore down another flag, threw it at a public transport stop, and set it on fire. That same night, Alexander allegedly set fire to a plastic waste container. Alexander Smirnov pleaded not guilty during his trial. He said he tore down the flags while intoxicated because he wanted to keep a memento of his time in Belarus and hang them in his home. He had no intention of desecrating state symbols. He accidentally set fire to one of the flags, and was not even present at the scene of one of the incidents. Alexander noted that he gave preliminary testimony regarding this episode under physical and emotional pressure from police officers .
Alexander has a criminal record: in April 2023, he was convicted under Part 1 of Article 205 (theft) and Part 1 of Article 339 (hooliganism) and sentenced to three months in jail. He was released after serving his sentence.
In April 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.