Igor Anatolevich Zhitko
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Igor Anatolevich Zhitko
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 12 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 5 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,587 rubles in fines, and at least 6.5 years of restriction or imprisonment were imposed. On June 17, 2022, he sentenced 65-year-old political prisoner activist Elena Gnauk to three and a half years in a general regime colony and a fine of 3,200 rubles for “slander” against Lukashenko and “discrediting” the Republic of Belarus. On September 15, 2020, the petition of 242 residents of Pruzhany was not satisfied. Activists sought the recall of Alexander Levchuk, a deputy in the House of Representatives. According to townspeople, he does not protect the rights of Pruzhany residents, did not react in any way to the illegal actions of security forces during the dispersal of peaceful protests, and ignored reports in social networks and the media about violations during the presidential elections. He convicted Lyudmila Tsarana for commenting on the Internet under Article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - “Slander” and sentenced her to 1.5 years of restriction of freedom without sending her to an open correctional facility and decided to pay compensation for moral damage to the victim policeman in the amount of 1,000 rubles. He found Yuri Zelevich guilty under Article 188 of the Criminal Code and announced the man’s sentence: 1.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 12 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 5 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,587 rubles in fines, and at least 6.5 years of restriction or imprisonment were imposed. On June 17, 2022, he sentenced 65-year-old political prisoner activist Elena Gnauk to three and a half years in a general regime colony and a fine of 3,200 rubles for “slander” against Lukashenko and “discrediting” the Republic of Belarus. On September 15, 2020, the petition of 242 residents of Pruzhany was not satisfied. Activists sought the recall of Alexander Levchuk, a deputy in the House of Representatives. According to townspeople, he does not protect the rights of Pruzhany residents, did not react in any way to the illegal actions of security forces during the dispersal of peaceful protests, and ignored reports in social networks and the media about violations during the presidential elections. He convicted Lyudmila Tsarana for commenting on the Internet under Article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - “Slander” and sentenced her to 1.5 years of restriction of freedom without sending her to an open correctional facility and decided to pay compensation for moral damage to the victim policeman in the amount of 1,000 rubles. He found Yuri Zelevich guilty under Article 188 of the Criminal Code and announced the man’s sentence: 1.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
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Vasily was reportedly held in custody from December 19 to 21, 2023. He was found guilty of allegedly making an insulting statement about Lukashenko on November 18, 2023, while in the Pruzhany District Hospital. He was taken there after a traffic police officer stopped him while intoxicated while riding a bicycle. Prior to his trial, Vasily was under a travel restriction.
Oleg was arrested in June 2021 and later convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
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Since 2020, Elena has been subjected to systematic politically motivated persecution: she has been detained and arrested 17 times under administrative law and fined a total of 173 basic units. Her home has been searched repeatedly.
In May 2021, Elena was convicted of "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where participants were singing songs and dancing in circles when a water cannon was used against them. According to the prosecution, the protest disrupted public transportation. She was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
In September of that year, Elena was convicted again for "insulting Lukashenko." The combined sentence amounted to three years of house arrest.
In January 2022, she was arrested for "violating a sentence" and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. However, she was never released—she was transferred to a pretrial detention center as part of a new criminal case opened for slandering Lukashenko and discrediting the Republic of Belarus. In June, she was sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
In April 2023, Elena was convicted again under the article "malicious disobedience of the demands of the prison administration." This article is often applied to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, for fictitious violations.
It is known that Elena is constantly subjected to physical and psychological pressure. She is regularly placed in solitary confinement and isolation cells, deprived of almost all packages, phone calls, and visits, and her grocery allowance has been reduced from three basic units to one.
In February 2025, Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk reported that Elena had been placed back in the punishment cell : "After several weeks in solitary confinement, she was transferred to the punishment cell. There's a 99% chance they'll trumped up Article 411 against her again."
On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.