Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Guilty of all the atrocities that took place in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 6. These include beatings of detainees, including children, in the first days after the election, abuse of defendants in the Pinsk case and other political prisoners. Separately, it is worth noting the multiple violations of the rights of supporters of change serving administrative arrest. These people were beaten, deprived of parcels and letters, and kept in overcrowded cells.
Guilty of all the atrocities that took place in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 6. These include beatings of detainees, including children, in the first days after the election, abuse of defendants in the Pinsk case and other political prisoners. Separately, it is worth noting the multiple violations of the rights of supporters of change serving administrative arrest. These people were beaten, deprived of parcels and letters, and kept in overcrowded cells.
List of repressed
Alice is accused of one telegram message written on the evening of February 28, 2022 (on the 4th day of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine).
The comment was written in the telegram chat «Belaruski Gayun Chat» (a chat associated with the channel Belaruski Gayun», which tracked the movement of Russian troops on the territory of Belarus). The text contains the word «rats», and the state prosecution interprets this as referring to Lukashenko. In addition, at the trial, the prosecutor pointed out that this word is profanity.
According to human rights activists, she was released on August 18, 2023 after the expiration of her sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Retirees
Natalia was accused of making a repost on her publication page with the personal data of an employee of the internal affairs bodies. The woman also posted a photo of the security officer with her own comment about the crimes committed by him. The court decided that the information in the comment was deliberately false and discredited the employee in the eyes of society.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
Denis is accused of taking part in protests in Minsk, as well as distributing extremist materials and insulting Lukashenko.
After the trial, it became known that another case was opened against Denis for participating in protests in 2020.
In May 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Denis under Art. 342 part 1 and transferred to pre-trial detention center-1. On November 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the second verdict came into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
At the beginning of the trial, Sergei Matyukhevich was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code for messages on the Internet. However, under Article 369 of the Criminal Code, the judge released the man from punishment: the statute of limitations had expired. But under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code, Sergei was found guilty.
As the prosecutor reported in a video broadcast by state media, Matyukhevich was accused of using his phone and the Internet to incite citizens to use violence against security forces on July 15, 2020.
On 13.01.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Sergei has two young sons. The youngest was born while Sergei was in prison awaiting trial.
The wife of the convicted blogger Igor Losik.
Cjnhelybrb law enforcement agencies came home to the Losik's at 8 a.m. Daria herself and her two year old daughter Polina were sleeping.
According to the telegram channels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Daria is accused of facilitating extremist activities in the form of a conversation with the Belsat TV channel in the spring of 2022, despite the fact that the TV channel was recognized as an extremist formation in November 2021. Such an interview, according to the authors of the post, may entail criminal liability under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code on facilitating extremist activity.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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.
Journalist and TV presenter, who previously held a position in the “presidential pool” of the ONT TV channel.
In August 2020, Semchenko resigned in protest against the brutal dispersal of peaceful protests. Dmitry and his wife were detained on September 15 in Minsk. Yulia was later released, and Dmitry was left behind bars pending trial. A day later, the man was arrested for 15 days. But after 15 days, Dmitry was not released and was sentenced to another 13 days of arrest under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for distributing "extremist materials" on his social networks. When Dmitry Semchenko was not released on October 13, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him.
According to human rights activists , he was released in July 2025, having fully served his sentence.
In August 2022, Sergei was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for a repost from a telegram channel recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
But after the administrative arrest, Sergei did not leave the IVS: he was charged with criminal article 130. As it became known, the case was already going to court, forensic examinations were carried out — but suddenly the man was charged with another criminal article. This time according to Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The first sentence was pronounced on 11/28/2022 , Sergei is waiting for a second trial.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A 37-year-old native of Baranovichi was detained on August 22, 2022 at the train station, when she once again arrived in Belarus from Andorra, according to pro-government channels.
In the video, Olga herself said that in August 2020 she considered that the elections were rigged. On Instagram, she subscribed to the "Nexta" page, from where she took screenshots and posted them on her page, made comments.
Released for 24,000 euros, charges dropped.
Ilya was found guilty of burning an effigy of Lukashenko and for participating in the March.
According to human rights activists , he was released in October 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Detained for insulting an official on social media.
According to human rights activists, he will be released at the end of October 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
He was detained after accidentally hitting his head on a low-hanging state flag while entering a Kobrin store. Out of emotion, the 23-year-old guy tore off the canvas and threw it to the ground.
It is known that the prosecutor asked for 1 year and 6 months in prison for tearing down the state flag. The guy had an unserved sentence from a previous conviction (a year and a half of home chemicals), and the state prosecution requested a total of 2 years in prison.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Member of the OGP.
He was detained on the same days as several other party members . According to the indictment, Smolyakov, Asmolovskiy, and Chernushina actively participated in a protest in Minsk on August 23, 2020. The UCP members grossly violated public order, failed to respond to calls from police officers, disturbed the peace, and obstructed public transportation.
Andrus has two sons and is a civil engineer by training. He worked in his field, doing architectural design as a self-employed entrepreneur.
He was released in 2025, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Dmitry was accused of sending photos and videos of military equipment with comments to the «Nexta» chat-bot in a telegram.
On February 12, 2022, he sent a video showing an unmarked plane flying at night, and he made a similar video on February 27. On March 3, Dmitry took off a tanker truck with the identification mark «V». On March 17, he sent a photo and video where something was allegedly launched from Baranovichi towards Ukraine.
None of these materials, as well as textual information, have been published in the «Nexta» channels.
He was detained for participating in protests.
Pro-government telegram channels reported that Alexey was “a barker at protests, walked in the front row, demanded changes.”
On December 23, 2022, the appeal was considered: the verdict was left unchanged.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
