Alexander Valerievich Rybakov
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Alexander Valerievich Rybakov
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 7 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 15 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,134 rubles in fines, and at least 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
According to some witnesses, there are facts of forgery of evidence and changes at their discretion in the protocol of the court hearing.
He sentenced 40-year-old Ivan Romanovsky. He was found guilty according to Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for publicly insulting a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties and was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom without being sent to open correctional institutions.
He sentenced the political prisoner of the YouTube channel “Slutsk for Life” Vladimir Neronsky to three years in prison in a general regime colony. He found Neronsky guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 369 and part 1 of Art. 342. The political prisoner was accused of calling in his videos “Slutsk for Life” for actions that grossly violate public order in Slutsk, Mozyr, Brest, Bobruisk, Mogilev. The court recognized that he did this in conspiracy with blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky and politician Nikolai Statkevich. Neronsky was also found guilty of publicly insulting the chairman of the Slutsk district executive committee, Andrei Yanchevsky, in his video on the YouTube channel.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 7 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 15 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,134 rubles in fines, and at least 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
According to some witnesses, there are facts of forgery of evidence and changes at their discretion in the protocol of the court hearing.
He sentenced 40-year-old Ivan Romanovsky. He was found guilty according to Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for publicly insulting a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties and was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom without being sent to open correctional institutions.
He sentenced the political prisoner of the YouTube channel “Slutsk for Life” Vladimir Neronsky to three years in prison in a general regime colony. He found Neronsky guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 369 and part 1 of Art. 342. The political prisoner was accused of calling in his videos “Slutsk for Life” for actions that grossly violate public order in Slutsk, Mozyr, Brest, Bobruisk, Mogilev. The court recognized that he did this in conspiracy with blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky and politician Nikolai Statkevich. Neronsky was also found guilty of publicly insulting the chairman of the Slutsk district executive committee, Andrei Yanchevsky, in his video on the YouTube channel.
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Activist from Mozyr. He was accused of making a publication on the Belarusski Gayun telegram channel about the movement of Russian troops in the city of Mozyr and was taken into custody.
Pavel Nozdrya is known for being the representative of the Green Watch initiative in Mozyr. He organized a number of environmental actions and initiatives in the city, in which representatives of government agencies also participated. Pavel Nozdrya is also one of the co-founders of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party.
01/26/2026 released after expiration of sentence.
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Dmitry Dashkevich is one of the most famous political figures in Belarus. He has been involved in public activities since 2001. He was the leader of the "Young Front" and served long prison terms several times for political activities in Belarus. Dashkevich is also one of the organizers of the "Night of Shot Poets" and "Defense of Kurapaty" campaigns.
After the 2020 elections, Dashkevich remained, perhaps, the only public opposition politician who remained in Belarus.
He was detained on March 23, 2022, sentenced to 15 days under an administrative article, during which time a criminal case was opened against Dmitry and after 15 days he was left in custody.
In July 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution” (Article 411 of the Criminal Code). On October 18, Judge Tatyana Derevyanko sentenced Dmitry to another year in a maximum-security penal colony.
In January 2024, the political prisoner was transferred again to IK No. 14. In the colony, he was placed in a punishment cell, where it is terribly cold. During the night, Dmitry has to get up to eight times to do exercises and somehow warm up. For this, they write reports about him not lying down after lights out.
At the end of May 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Dmitry.
Dmitry was charged with "people's" article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order), as well as part 1 of article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration) and was again sentenced to a new term.
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 Dmitry Dashkevich.
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According to pro-government channels, he was detained for transmitting a photo of military equipment to the telegram channel "Belaruski Gayun". In addition, he is accused of registering in the chat bot of the "Peramoga" plan.
According to human rights activists , he was released on December 8, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Sound engineer. On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
During his imprisonment, Artem did not receive medical assistance for his ear problems, and he became deaf in one ear.
On December 30, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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Daniil, an activist in the anarchist movement, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "participation in a criminal organization." It is known that the charges were based on an episode with blocking roads in Brest in 2018, when a protest was taking place against the construction of the battery plant.
In early March 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Andrei, an anarchist activist, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "damage to property." The charges were based on two incidents of blocking roads in Brest that occurred in 2018.
In early March 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vladimir, the author of the YouTube channel "Slutsk for Life", was detained in May 2020 after a meeting with readers of "Country for Life" in Mogilev. He served 40 days of administrative arrest and was then taken into custody as part of a criminal case and convicted of "calls for violations of public order" and insulting an official.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Akihiro, an anarchist activist, was detained in August 2020 in Minsk and charged with participating in “mass riots” and other “crimes.”
In 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. In February 2023, the Supreme Court reduced the sentence by three months.
In July 2024, it became known that his sentence had been tightened and he had been transferred to a prison regime.
On June 21, 2025, Akihiro was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
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Andrei, an anarchist activist and volunteer for the Viasna human rights center, was detained in Minsk in October 2020. He was charged with participating in "mass riots" and other "crimes."
In 2022, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and in February 2023, the Supreme Court reduced the term by 3 months.
On April 18, 2025, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.