Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Grodno Prison No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution.
On July 11, 2023, political prisoner Ales Pushkin died in a hospital in Grodno. He was taken there from the territory of Prison No. 1 in Grodno. As the head of this prison, he is responsible for the conditions of detention and the untimely provision of medical care to prisoners, which led to a tragic outcome.
In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Grodno Prison No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution.
On July 11, 2023, political prisoner Ales Pushkin died in a hospital in Grodno. He was taken there from the territory of Prison No. 1 in Grodno. As the head of this prison, he is responsible for the conditions of detention and the untimely provision of medical care to prisoners, which led to a tragic outcome.
In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.
She was detained for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno together with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. As a result, Natalia was sentenced to probation. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a raid by security forces on relatives of political prisoners and people of solidarity. Natalia was not released.
Trial outcome 17.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 04.10.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Sergei, an employee of the Värtanne Foundation, was detained at his home on the morning of November 4, 2022, following a search. After nearly five months in custody, he was released (reportedly on bail). Details of his case remain virtually unknown.
In March 2024, Sergei was convicted under the article "Financing the activities of an extremist group" and sentenced to restricted freedom with placement in an open-type institution.
According to human rights activists, he was released in early July 2025, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was detained on June 28, 2021, and his home was searched. He was released after seven days of administrative arrest, but was detained again under a criminal article.
In 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
Trial outcome:
2,6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In the apartment where the man lives with his wife and son, law enforcement officers knocked in the morning. Valery himself was not at home, he went out to the store with his dog. law enforcement officers found out where he was, checked the phones, and then forced both of them to move to another room and keep their heads down.
Judging by the sounds that came to the apartment from the entrance, when Valery approached his entrance about 40 minutes later, he was knocked face down into the ground, after which he was brought into the apartment for about half a minute. They tried to find out his phone password at home, and when the man refused to call him, they took him out of the apartment without any explanation
Trial outcome 24.10.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former employee of «Grodno Azot». It is known that the man was detained on June 25 under administrative article 19.11 (Distribution, manufacture, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or propagandizing such activities) and by court decision received 10 days of arrest.
After the expiration of the sentence, he was remanded in custody again as part of a criminal case. He was blamed for a like on the ok.ru. Namely, in the group «Stopluka» under the post with the image of A. Lukashenko.
Eduard Isaev has a wife and small children at home.
According to the prosecution, in December 2021, Sergei Kemezh "after reading the information published in the destructive groups of the Vkontakte social network, posted an offensive comment against the commander of one of the military units" . It is alleged that he was registered under an invalid name and used a VPN, but he was still identified.
Sergei was already tried in September 2021 for the fact that on January 25, 2021, on the social network Vkontakte, under the news about the verdict for insulting the commander of the OMON Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he wrote an insulting comment about this policeman. appointed him two years of "chemistry", as well as compensate 3,000 rubles for moral damage. Sergey was also accused of extortion from the wife of a former classmate, for which he was also awarded 2 years of "chemistry". In total, the man was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of "chemistry".
In September 2022, Sergei was included in the "List of extremists".
In the Lida District Court on June 19, 2023, he was sentenced for “insulting a military serviceman” to two years in a general regime colony and 100 basic fines.
Trial outcome 21.09.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 19.07.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
According to the version of the prosecution, Pavel from December 2020 to June 2022 in ok.ru on his page he posted publications with images of Lukashenko, in which he humiliated the honor and dignity of the victim using, among other things, profanity.
In December 2020, he posted a digital image with a combination of a red background and a green swastika with an ornament, which violated the National Flag of the Republic of Belarus..
A resident of the village of Shchorsy in the Novogrudok district. He was accused of reposting a message from the group "Grodno Region of Change!" on his page on the social network "Odnoklassniki". The message itself was dedicated to two employees of penal institutions.
Before the trial, Viktor Pilzhis was placed under house arrest as a preventive measure from September 12, 2022. This means that Pilzhis was prohibited from leaving his home, using the Internet, or using communications.
In addition to the two-year prison sentence, the court ordered Viktor Pilzhis to pay the two security officials 10,000 Belarusian rubles as compensation for their moral damages.
On 06.12.2022, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 12, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 13.10.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
He was convicted of participating in the March on September 6, 2020. The «Unity March» in Grodno was then marked by harsh detentions, during which security forces sprayed tear gas against protesters.
Trial outcome 06.10.2022:
2.5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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