Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
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Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
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.
List of repressed
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- Parents of minors
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- Parents of minors
Vadim was detained and convicted under the article "hooliganism" after an incident in a park where he was hanging white ribbons. Olga Bondareva, a representative of the "Antivandal-Grodno" movement, began filming him on her phone and stalking him, which provoked a conflict.
He was released on January 17, 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ten days after her release, Olga Bondareva went to court to recover compensation for moral damages from Vadim.
- Associations
- Activists
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Activists
- Parents of minors
Alexander, an activist and well-known Belarusian artist, was arrested in late March 2021 on charges of “rehabilitating Nazism” after he displayed a portrait of Yevgeny Zhikhar with a machine gun over his shoulder at an exhibition at the Grodno City Life Center. The prosecutor’s office claimed that Alexander “characterized Zhikhar as a fighter against the Bolsheviks, glorifying his actions.” Despite the threat of prosecution, Alexander did not cancel his return to Belarus from Ukraine, where his exhibition was taking place.
On March 25, 2022, during the trial, he cut his stomach in protest, for which he received 13 days in solitary confinement. He was later convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" and "desecration of state symbols." The political prisoner refused to file an appeal.
As it became known, in November 2022, Alexander's type of punishment was toughened and he was transferred to prison regime.
On July 11, 2023, Alexander died in intensive care due to untimely medical care for a perforated ulcer.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Anna was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against violence in the country and the falsification of the presidential elections - the Unity March, which took place in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
Vladimir was convicted for comments left on a Telegram channel about Lukashenko and former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuri Karayev.
He was released in March 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Associations
Alexander was arrested and convicted for participating in protests against the presidential election results in Minsk on August 9–10, 2020. He was accused of blocking roads, erecting barricades, and allegedly “throwing plants from flowerbeds at police officers.”
In mid-April 2022, it became known that Alexander's punishment had been toughened, transferring him to a prison regime for a period of two years.
Released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court
- Associations
- Factory workers
- Associations
- Factory workers
Igor, a BMZ employee, was detained and convicted for organizing a strike at the enterprise, which took place on August 17, 2020 in Zhlobin.
In mid-December 2021, it became known that the political prisoner's conditions of detention had been tightened, transferring him to a prison regime for a period of one year.
He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Alexander was detained for sending an SMS to the commander of the Okrestina detention center, Yevgeny Vrublevsky, and convicted under the article “Threat of using violence against an employee of the internal affairs agencies.”
He was released in October 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
| 23.08.2021 | Registered as an extremist. |
Sergei was arrested and convicted for participating in and resisting a protest that took place in August 2020 in Grodno.
In November 2021, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of spring 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Activists
- Associations
- Activists
Vitold, an activist from Berezovka and a member of the BPF party, as well as the coordinator of the For Freedom movement, was detained in September 2020 and later convicted of participating in protests. He served his sentence until his death, which occurred under unclear circumstances. No criminal case was opened into his death, and the official version points to "cardiac arrest." The relatives and associates of the political prisoner consider his death to be violent, which is also confirmed by former political prisoners.
On May 21, 2021, Vitold died in penal colony No. 17 in Shklov.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Denis was arrested on August 8, 2020 and convicted in the so-called "Korelichi case" related to alleged unrest in Korelichi and Novogrudok following the presidential elections.
He was released in October 2021, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Activists
- Human rights activists
- Associations
- Activists
- Human rights activists
Vladimir was sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom for insulting a judge. In March 2021, a new criminal case was opened against him, and in June the court sentenced him to 2 years in a general regime penal colony for "evading serving a sentence." The charges were based on violations of the rules, such as lying on a bed at an unspecified time. Vladimir himself claimed that the case was fabricated in response to his demands for labor rights.
In April 2022, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Entrepreneurs
- Parents of minors
- Athletes
- Associations
- Entrepreneurs
- Parents of minors
- Athletes
Oleg was detained together with his wife and convicted for a “fight” with a police officer in Volkovysk.
On November 5, 2022, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Konstantin was arrested and convicted for using violence against traffic police officers during the dispersal of a protest that took place in Grodno on August 13, 2020.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Law enforcement
- Associations
- Law enforcement
Igor was detained along with his son, beaten and convicted for resisting police officers in Bobruisk.
In May 2022, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term, and on September 19 of the same year, according to Lukashenko’s decree, he was stripped of his title.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Sergei was detained in his apartment, severely beaten and convicted of “violence against a policeman” in Gomel. Sergei said that after the brutal detention, they continued to beat him at the Central District Department of Internal Affairs.
“They beat me, jumped on my head, insulted me and laughed when I cried,” Vereshchagin said. The lawyer added that he received at least 100 blows to different parts of his body.
In October 2021, he was transferred to prison regime.