Edgar Vyacheslavovich Martirosyan
Edgar Vyacheslavovich Martirosyan
Number of repressed: 34
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Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 11 decisions awarding at least 30 years of restriction or imprisonment. In 2009, he fined activists for using White-Red-White flags. Sentenced Alexander Sokolovsky, a former employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to 10 years in prison for treason. The court hearing was held behind closed doors. As a judge of the Supreme Court, he mainly deals with complaints against decisions of city and regional courts, and mostly leaves sentences unchanged. The Supreme Court was one of the developers of changes in the development of new draft Codes of Administrative Offenses and PIKoAP.

Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 11 decisions awarding at least 30 years of restriction or imprisonment. In 2009, he fined activists for using White-Red-White flags. Sentenced Alexander Sokolovsky, a former employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to 10 years in prison for treason. The court hearing was held behind closed doors. As a judge of the Supreme Court, he mainly deals with complaints against decisions of city and regional courts, and mostly leaves sentences unchanged. The Supreme Court was one of the developers of changes in the development of new draft Codes of Administrative Offenses and PIKoAP.

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In custody: 261 day
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 26.02.1986
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On April 11, 2024, the case was heard in closed session by Judge Sergei Solovsky. Veronika was sentenced to imprisonment.

08/15/2024 released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Veronica Valerievna Tsepkalo
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 07.09.1976
Number of children: 2 children
Family members: Valery Vilyamovich Tsepkalo
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Belarusian IT manager and political activist, wife and campaign leader of Valery Tsepkalo during the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, and representative of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's joint campaign headquarters during the election.

The start date of special production is 15.03.2024.

Trial outcome 08.07.2024
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Appeal 25.10.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~270 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 16.09.1978
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On May 31, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 26.03.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 31.05.2024
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 517 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 14.08.1984
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Natalia was detained upon her return to Belarus and convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” and “calls for sanctions.” Her Telegram account was linked to a personal Belarusian number, so she could be found through her comments.

She was released under a pardon in December 2024.

Trial outcome 20.05.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~849 days
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 24.09.1982
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The man worked as an ambulance doctor in Baranovichi and was remanded in custody pending trial. He was initially accused of "rehabilitating Nazism" for a repost that compared leaflets from Nazi Germany and leaflets from modern Russia. But in the middle of the trial, the charge was changed to "inciting hatred" towards Russians and Russians.

On September 22, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.

He was scheduled to be released on July 11, 2025.

 

Trial outcome 13.07.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 22.09.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~878 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 29.07.1986
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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In late October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a stitched white-red-white flag along with the Ukrainian flag on power transmission line supports in Minsk on October 7. They were Igor Tepteyev, Yuriy Nesterenko, Viktor Grin'ko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, and Igor Tikach. The next day, Anton Motolko's Telegram channel posted a photo of the flag and the caption: "Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!"

Tepteyev said in a pro-government film that he has known the other defendants in the case since childhood. According to Igor, he did not think that hanging the flags would lead to criminal liability. The flag was made back in March, Igor kept it at home for a long time, and then gave it to Yuri.

According to propagandist Gladkaya, Igor's wife was forced to leave Belarus due to persecution for the events of 2020. She is now in Poland, and the man with his small children is in Belarus.

On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.

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 Igor Tepteyev.

Trial outcome 12.06.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.09.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~212 days
Hometown: Parohonsk
Date of birth: 27.09.1987
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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The political prisoner was accused of filming the movement of Belarusian military equipment on his phone on March 18, 2022 in the Ivatsevichi region and sending the video to one of the telegram groups recognized as “extremist” materials. Andrei fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.

The man’s mobile phone was seized as a “means of committing a crime.”

Trial outcome 04.09.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.11.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~602 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 04.04.1987
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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In early October 2022, unknown individuals hung a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on a power line support in the Moscow district of the capital. The next day, a post appeared on Anton Motolko's Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: "Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!" During operational and investigative activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 who allegedly did this. Including Igor.

As propagandist Gladkaya writes, since September 2020, Igor Tikach has left more than three thousand messages in one of the extremist yard chats.

Gladkaya also notes that Savelyev and Tikach allegedly wanted to get visas, renewed their passports, and Igor was already waiting for a call from the Polish consulate. Igor has two minor children and a wife who has serious health problems at large.

On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in December 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 12.06.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.09.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~411 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Vysokoe
Date of birth: 25.02.1987
Was in: IK-15IK β„–15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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At the end of October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a sewn white-red-white flag along with the flag of Ukraine on power line supports in Minsk on October 7. These are Igor Tepteev, Yuri Nesterenko, Victor Grinko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, Igor Tikach. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!”

It is reported that it was Yuri who took the photo, which later appeared in Anton Motolko’s tg channel. But Yuri himself said that he sent the photo only to a friendly chat.

On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 12.06.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.09.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~604 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 23.07.1986
Was in: IK-17IK β„–17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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In early October 2022, unknown individuals hung a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on a power line pole in the Moscow district. During an operational search, police detained six Minsk residents, aged 34 to 36, who allegedly did this, including Viktor . The following day, Anton Motolko's Telegram channel posted a photo of the flag and the caption: "Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!"

Former employee of BelVEB Bank.

On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict entered into force.

In December 2024 he was released on pardon.

Trial outcome 12.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.09.2025
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~799 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns, Donate
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 29.11.1994
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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As it became known from the court ruling, Anastasia, after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, moved from Belarus to Poland. While in a neighboring country, she tried to donate $16.71 from her Belarusian bank account via Internet banking to the Kalinovsky regiment, but the transaction did not go through.

Later, the political prisoner decided to return to Belarus, where she was detained. It should be noted that at the time of the transfer of funds by Anastasia, the Kalinovsky regiment was not recognized as an "extremist formation."

Trial outcome 14.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.08.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~503 days
folder Categories of cases: Zeltser's case
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 02.09.1985
Was in: SIZO-6SIZO-6, Baranovichi, Brestskaya ul. 258 B, 225413
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Edgar was detained in a criminal case opened for comments on the social network VKontakte after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser.

Edgar Shirko previously worked as a librarian, a journalist for the Intex-Press publication, and taught history and social studies at school.

On 13.01.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists , he will be released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 28.10.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.01.2023
unknown.
Natalya Olegovna Dulina
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In custody: ~992 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 15.11.1964
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The former MSLU teacher was detained in early October 2022 as part of a criminal case for participating in protests. She was detained by at least six security officials.

Prior to this, Natalia was detained four times during the year and tried on politically motivated administrative charges.

The trial was held behind closed doors.

On June 21, 2025, Natalia was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.

Trial outcome 10.03.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.05.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~699 days
Hometown: Grodzyanka
Date of birth: 05.04.1986
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According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 21.09.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.12.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~805 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 07.04.2002
Was in: IUOT-43IUOT-43, 212003, Mogilev, ul. Cheliuskentsev, 76A
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The trial was held behind closed doors, convicted of comments in social networks.

The prosecutor filed an appeal to replace the measure of restriction of freedom. By the decision of the Supreme Court on 25.11, the sentence was changed to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Trial outcome 08.09.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 25.11.2022
unknown.
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