For political reasons, fines were issued in the amount of 8,950 rubles and 215 days of administrative arrest. In May 2020, he imposed large fines on journalists working for Belsat. In August 2020, he sentenced 7 activists for participating in the protests. He organized so-called “exit meetings” in detention centers; such meetings were held without compliance with procedural norms, including without protection.
For political reasons, fines were issued in the amount of 8,950 rubles and 215 days of administrative arrest. In May 2020, he imposed large fines on journalists working for Belsat. In August 2020, he sentenced 7 activists for participating in the protests. He organized so-called “exit meetings” in detention centers; such meetings were held without compliance with procedural norms, including without protection.
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.
Trial outcome 20.08.2025
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld.
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unknown years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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.
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.
In 2020, 48-year-old Viktor Ziginov posted messages in one of the Telegram channels in which he allegedly persuaded users to participate in a “gross violation of public order” — holding a protest near the regional executive committee building.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 11, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Larisa was first arrested on September 27, 2020, and convicted of an administrative offense. After the trial, she suffered a seizure and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Larisa suffers from depressive anxiety disorder and claustrophobia.
On August 6, 2021, security forces came to her workplace, conducted a search, and after interrogation, placed her in a temporary detention facility for three days. After this period, she was charged with violence or threat of violence against police officers for participating in a Sunday march on September 27, 2020, in Gomel, during which security forces used tear gas and stun grenades. According to the prosecution, Larisa "used brute force to grab a security officer by the arm, move him, and thereby obstruct his work."
In December 2021, Larisa was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
In July 2021, Yuri was found guilty of leaving a derogatory comment under a video of Gomel Regional Executive Committee Chairman Solovey answering citizens' questions on August 16, 2020.
On January 5, 2021, he was transferred to home confinement as part of a pardon.
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