Oleg Vladimirovich Khoroshko
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Oleg Vladimirovich Khoroshko
Involved in the adoption of politically motivated court decisions, at least 18 politically motivated decisions, for which sentences of at least 70 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed or left unchanged.
Judge in the "rail partisans" case. The sentence for 34-year-old Sergei Pleshkun is 16 years in prison and 45-year-old Yuri Selvich is 14 years in prison.
Considers complaints against obviously politically motivated decisions of the courts of first instance in relation to civil activists.
Upheld the decision of the Central District Court of Gomel in relation to Kudinov L.P. and Smeyan V.V.
He is on the register of persons involved in politically motivated persecution of the Belarusian Documentation Center organization.
Involved in the adoption of politically motivated court decisions, at least 18 politically motivated decisions, for which sentences of at least 70 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed or left unchanged.
Judge in the "rail partisans" case. The sentence for 34-year-old Sergei Pleshkun is 16 years in prison and 45-year-old Yuri Selvich is 14 years in prison.
Considers complaints against obviously politically motivated decisions of the courts of first instance in relation to civil activists.
Upheld the decision of the Central District Court of Gomel in relation to Kudinov L.P. and Smeyan V.V.
He is on the register of persons involved in politically motivated persecution of the Belarusian Documentation Center organization.
List of repressed
The essence of the accusation is still unknown to human rights activists.
The trial, which lasted from February 9, found Degterenko guilty of “joining an extremist formation” and under Part 3 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years.
He was also found guilty of “providing funds by any means for the purpose of use in terrorist activities, material support and other support” by a person who had previously committed a crime under Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code, and according to Part 2 of Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated January 09, 2019 No. 171-Z), he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 8 years with a fine of 100 basic units.
By partial addition of the sentences, the accused was finally sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 8 years 6 months.
On May 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
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Oleg, the owner of the YouTube channel "Third Region Belarus," was detained in January 2022 when he returned to Belarus for the New Year holidays.
Oleg was accused of de-anonymizing security officials and, while abroad, allegedly continuing to "post anti-state information on social media and promote resistance to government officials." On his channel, he published videos of Belarusian solidarity protests in Kyiv, where he had lived since 2020. He was also accused of making "cynical comments" about deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk.
In September 2022, he was convicted under several articles of the Criminal Code, including "inciting racial, national, religious, or other social hatred or discord." The court sentenced him to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony and ordered him to pay substantial compensation.
In July 2023, Oleg was convicted again of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration"—a charge often applied to political prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the prison administration. In September of that year, it was reported that he had been transferred to a prison regime.
It was revealed that Oleg faced another court hearing in the first half of summer 2025 under the same charge of "insubordination." The appeal hearing was scheduled for mid-July.
Before his arrest, Andrei lived and worked in Europe. He was arrested in January 2025 as part of a criminal case opened under a number of articles, including "insulting a government official" and "discrediting Belarus." In August of that year, he was convicted for comments he made on social media.
He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.
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- Law enforcement
The reason for the detention of Gomel resident Vilen Turgunov was comments on the Internet, including negative ones towards the police.
Vilen Turgunov is 55 years old. His father is from Uzbekistan, his mother is Belarusian. Vilen graduated from the university in Russian Novozybkov (Bryansk region) with a degree in jurisprudence. Vilen Turgunov worked at the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs of the regional center. There were serious problems there. Back in 2001, he received a reprimand for “irresponsible attitude to service,” in 2002 he had “incomplete official inconsistency,” and in 2004 he received a reprimand for “gross violation of official discipline, violation of an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”
Later, the former policeman worked at a construction and installation trust in Gomel.
The detainee actively maintained pages on various social networks, where he spoke about political and social events. For his support of Ukraine, other netizens called him a “Banderite.”
Vilen Turgunov’s relative, Igor Kazubov, is also serving a 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).
Alexander worked as an engineer at a city enterprise. He was tried in camera in the Gomel Regional Court.
On August 2, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released after serving his full sentence.
On May 31, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Sergei was released on November 22, 2025.
Anton Khadkevich is known to have worked as a power engineer for a Minsk company that at the time serviced the Mozyr Oil Refinery. He was detained in November 2022 by officers from the Gomel Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption and the Special Purpose Police (OMON) at his workplace. He was held in Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 pending trial.
He was scheduled to be released on November 24 , 2025 .
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- Parents of minors
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- Parents of minors
Zhanna was arrested on May 11, 2023, right at School No. 63, where she had come to meet her child's teacher. In October of that year, she was convicted on several criminal charges, including "inciting hatred."
According to media reports, during the 2020 protests, police detained her on administrative charges.
According to human rights activists, Zhanna was expected to be released in the winter of 2026.
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Lawyer-entrepreneur. Dmitry was accused of inciting other social hostility or discord.
The essence of the accusation and the circumstances of the case, except for the fact that Dmitry left comments on social networks, are still unknown to human rights activists.
On August 22, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
On January 30, 2024, a new trial of Dmitry took place. This time he was accused of libel. The verdict is unknown. On April 17, 2024, consideration of the appeal is due to take place.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, four individuals—called a "sleeper cell of extremists" —were detained . They had "external ties" to Belarusian volunteers fighting in Ukraine. Dmitry was among them.
They all hail from Gomel and, judging by their social media posts, had been friends for a long time, having played together in an international game of Beer Pong in Gomel. After their brutal arrest , the friends were forced to record a "confession video" and testify that they had created a chat room where they corresponded with each other and, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, had allegedly insulted Lukashenko several times in their messages and also made "inappropriate" comments. Another accusation was that the boys "had external connections" with Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine. Apparently, this was the basis for the criminal case under the article "assistance to extremist activity."
On May 10, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was released in December 2025, having served his full sentence.
According to pro-government telegram channels, four people were detained - they are called a "sleeper cell of extremists" who had "external connections" with Belarusian volunteers fighting in Ukraine. Among them is Igor.
All of them are from Gomel and, judging by their posts on social networks, have been friends for a long time, participating together in an international game of Beer Pong in Gomel.
After the brutal detention, the friends were forced to record a “repentance video” and say that they created a chat where they corresponded with each other, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they allegedly insulted Lukashenko several times in correspondence, and also wrote “wrong” comments. Another accusation is that the guys “had external connections” with Belarusian volunteers who are fighting for Ukraine. Apparently, this was the basis for initiating a criminal case under the article “promoting extremist activities.”
On May 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
He was detained in early March, near the village of Voronovo, Grodno region, trying to leave Belarus for Lithuania. When police officers inspected his mobile phone, they found subscriptions to Telegram channels recognized by the authorities as "extremist". Initially, the court arrested Viktor Zolotarevsky under the article on dissemination of extremist materials (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), but later he was charged under criminal articles for registering in the chatbot "Plan Peramoga" and a video sent to the Telegram channel Nexta. The video showed a conversation between Ukrainian soldiers and relatives in Gomel.
Zolotarevsky lived in Minsk and worked in the carriage depot of the Minsk branch of the Belarusian Railways, living in a hostel.
After his arrest he was fired.
There is a possibility that he was released on pardon.
It is known from the prosecution materials that Kushnarev, using a mobile phone from August 2020 to February 2022, repeatedly posted publications on his page on the ok.ru, which contained insults to the President, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus and the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus in connection with the performance of their duties.
At the same time, at the discretion of the court, deliberately false and untrue data were given in the publications, discrediting and degrading the honor and dignity of the victims.
A resident of Zhlobin, born in Bobruisk. He was tried for a video of planes in Zhlobin. At the trial, he said that "he was scared and thought that a war had started here too." The case was heard by judge Oleg Khoroshko.
According to human rights activists , he was released on October 22, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Assistant driver at the locomotive depot in Gomel.
Accused of participating in protests.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in October 2025.