Gomel Regional Court. Judge.
Central District Court of Gomel. Judge. Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Sergei Alexandrovich Solovsky supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repression. Handled mass convictions in politically motivated cases. Sentenced fines totaling at least 8,950 rubles and administrative arrests for a total of at least 215 days. In May 2020, he sentenced Belsat journalists to large fines. In August 2020, he convicted seven activists for participating in protests. Organized "visiting hearings" in pretrial detention centers, which were conducted without due process, including without providing defense counsel to the accused. Convicted Olga Mikhailovna Volkova under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (Assistance to extremist activity) and Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to racial, national, religious, or other social hatred or discord). Sentenced her to imprisonment.
Gomel Regional Court. Judge.
Central District Court of Gomel. Judge. Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Sergei Alexandrovich Solovsky supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repression. Handled mass convictions in politically motivated cases. Sentenced fines totaling at least 8,950 rubles and administrative arrests for a total of at least 215 days. In May 2020, he sentenced Belsat journalists to large fines. In August 2020, he convicted seven activists for participating in protests. Organized "visiting hearings" in pretrial detention centers, which were conducted without due process, including without providing defense counsel to the accused. Convicted Olga Mikhailovna Volkova under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (Assistance to extremist activity) and Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to racial, national, religious, or other social hatred or discord). Sentenced her to imprisonment.
Yuri Treshchinsky worked as a sound engineer at the Belarusian Television and Radio Company for over twenty years.
After the 2020 presidential elections, Yuri signed a petition against violence by security forces and later left for Poland.
Treshchinsky was arrested on November 15, 2025, immediately after returning to Minsk from abroad. Initially, the former sound engineer was jailed in Okrestina Prison for 15 days on administrative charges, but he was never released.
A criminal case was opened against the man and he was transferred to Minsk Pretrial Detention Center No. 1, and on the eve of the trial he was transferred to Gomel.
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Timofey is a drummer who played in various bands and recorded covers. His work was also directly related to his hobby: he worked at the Gomel-based company SoundLand, which creates and sells professional audio equipment.
Trial outcome 29.01.2026
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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Oleg Loiko, an evangelical pastor from the Khoyniki district, is accused of transmitting information about the movement of Russian military equipment through Belarus.
48-year-old Oleg Loiko is the pastor of an evangelical Christian church in the village of Nebytov in the Khoyniki District. Last December, he was arrested for 10 days for "spreading extremism."
The pastor spent many years rehabilitating people with drug addictions through the "Return" mission. Thanks to his work, hundreds of people have returned to normal lives. He has previously received numerous glowing reviews from state media.
A church minister was sentenced to three and a half years in a maximum-security prison for providing information about the movement of Russian military equipment to the Belarusian Gayun monitoring project. The trial was held behind closed doors.
Pastor Oleg does not admit that he committed crimes and considers his conscience clear before God.
He was re-sentenced in October 2025.
In the colony, Oleg's heart condition worsened, and intervertebral hernias made it very difficult for him to walk.
Trial outcome 20.08.2025
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A well-known public figure, previously a member of the United Civil Party, was detained on January 4, 2021, as part of the "Autukhovich case" and accused of participating in a "terrorist organization" linked to arson of police property. Olga was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "attempted seizure of power," "inciting hatred," "calls for sanctions," and "illegal actions with weapons."
In custody, the political prisoner was suspected of having diabetes. In March 2024, she was convicted again for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration."
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexander was convicted in January 2025 under the articles “insulting Lukashenko,” “inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord,” “insulting a government official,” and “creating or participating in an extremist group” and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 31.01.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Yuri was convicted in July 2024 under the article "Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with direction.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Irina was arrested in 2024 and convicted of "inciting hatred and discord" and insulting Lukashenko. It is also known that in February of that year, she was arrested on administrative charges of distributing materials included on the national list of extremist materials, as well as their production, storage, or transportation with intent to distribute.
In September 2025, she was released, having served her entire sentence.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 18.09.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Dmitry was convicted under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
Egor, an entrepreneur and showman, has organized and hosted numerous public events in Gomel. These include "The Best Graduation," the closing of the motorcycle season in Polesie, concerts by Elena Vaenga and Lev Leshchenko, and the Gomel City Day celebration.
He was detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and in the spring of 2024, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Gomel in 2020.
He was released in January 2026, having fully served his sentence.
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