On June 9, it became known that prisoner Artem Anishchuk was subjected to physical and psychological abuse by the colony administration from the moment he arrived at the penal colony. The torture is related to the fact that the head of the colony is a friend of Alexander Geyts, the victim in the case for which the prisoner was tried. This is not the first case of ill-treatment in IK-15. Earlier, another prisoner reported that he was beaten by Lazarenko. Another prisoner reported that the colony could send a person to a punishment cell for statistics.
On June 9, it became known that prisoner Artem Anishchuk was subjected to physical and psychological abuse by the colony administration from the moment he arrived at the penal colony. The torture is related to the fact that the head of the colony is a friend of Alexander Geyts, the victim in the case for which the prisoner was tried. This is not the first case of ill-treatment in IK-15. Earlier, another prisoner reported that he was beaten by Lazarenko. Another prisoner reported that the colony could send a person to a punishment cell for statistics.
On November 17, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force. However, on December 4, 2023, a new court hearing was held under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On February 13, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 13.09.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.11.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 04.12.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Igor was convicted in the summer of 2023 for donating to initiatives deemed "extremist" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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 17.07.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vice-rector for educational and scientific-methodological work of the State Institute of Culture and Culture "GAZ-INSTITUTE". Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Alexander was taken into custody on charges of donating to initiatives that are recognized as extremist.
On September 15, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force
Trial outcome 20.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Kirill was detained early in the morning in February 2023 as he was leaving his apartment building on his way to work. Following a search, he was placed under administrative arrest for 15 days, but was not released after the search. He was charged with financing the activities of an extremist group.
That summer, he was convicted of donating money to the "By_help," "BYSOL," and "Honest People" initiatives through the "Facebook Fundraising" payment system from June 2020 to May 2021. At the hearing, he was presented with six donations of $10 each.
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.
According to pro-government telegram channels, Vladislav and three other guys "beginning in 2020 administered four tik-tok accounts and two telegram channels. These resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass riots, resisting law enforcement officers in order to encroach on independence, territorial integrity, the foundations of the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus... The guys united in a telegram group, which was recognized as an extremist formation in early November." They allegedly "should have found executors to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement officers."
Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Vyacheslav was convicted in June 2023 for comments in Telegram chats calling for participation in protests that took place in Grodno in 2020. His participation is "proven" by his mobile phone billing records. He developed diabetes in prison.
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.
An employee of the Ministry of Education. Sergei is accused of leaking data to the ChKB.
They detained Sergei brutally: several security forces suddenly ran into him when the man calmly walked around the courtyard of a high-rise building.
According to the pro-government telegram channels, a resident of Minsk wrote comments in "extremist" chats calling for forceful resistance to the internal affairs bodies (the security forces showed several messages dated August 2020), and also sent personal data to the bot of the Black Book of Belarus channel several judges.
Inhabitant of Baranovichi. He was arrested in mid-February 2023. The man was charged with the fact that on March 8, 2021 on Instagram he posted a story “with the face of Lukashenka in a female guise” and the text: “Since March 8, daragia of a woman. The cruelest health and only pleasant ashchushcheny. For this, they were accused of publicly insulting Lukashenka.
Vladislav was also accused of sending videos and texts to the Nexta editorial chatbot several times (for example, videos of Russian military aircraft and trains with Russian military). This was qualified as "other assistance to extremist activity" under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.
On September 05, 2023, the appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Dmitry, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested and convicted of "undercover activity." His uncle, Mikhail Stolyarchuk, was also charged in the same criminal case. According to the prosecution, they had been collecting data on military equipment and facilities in Belarus since 2018 on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine.
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.
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