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.
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.
Ivan most recently worked at Belenergo, installing and configuring fiber-optic networks and communications.
Ivan is a very active Telegram commentator. From 2019 to 2025, he left over 50,000 messages in open chats. Most of them weren't political—he discussed technology, offering professional advice on editing and network tools. However, he also wrote about politics. Kochanov supported the movement for free elections and condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, he criticized Europe and NATO, spoke out against the persecution of Belarusians abroad and repression, as well as against repression for the Russian language in Ukraine, as this "incites aggression."
He was convicted for comments in a chat room deemed extremist and for participating in protests in 2020. Two weeks after being transferred to the penal colony, Ivan was charged with a second criminal case related to the "Belarusian Gayun" chat room and was again transferred to a pretrial detention facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Final verdict by partial addition:
5 years 6 months 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.
The younger brother of Belarusian volunteer Denis Urbanovich.
After a search in April 2025, Maxim was detained . According to preliminary data, the apartment where he lived with his girlfriend was sealed. At first, he was held in the KGB pretrial detention center, now he is in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime 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.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime 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.
On 13.02.2025, he was convicted under an administrative article (Part 2 of Article 10.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Intentional infliction of bodily harm and other violent actions or violation of a protective order), after which a criminal case was opened.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
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.
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.09.2025
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.
Anna worked in the banking sector for a long time — in customer service departments. Her last job was at the Trade Capital Bank (TK Bank). She runs a TikTok channel where she talks about how best to get a loan for an apartment and how to choose good housing.
Convicted for donations. Anna has three children - two minor sons and an adult daughter.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime 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.
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 former soldier of Kalinovsky's regiment. His arrest was announced in a news broadcast on state television "Belarus 1" on May 5, 2025.
According to information from social networks, he graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy (BSAA). His specialty is cadastral and land law.
He served in the 38th separate motorized defense brigade of Belarus - a paratrooper unit in Brest, which was once headed by Valery Sakhashchik. In the photo from social networks, you can see that the pennant of the brigade was hanging in Grechikha's apartment.
According to the press service of the Kalinovsky Regiment, Vasily joined them in May 2022, but left the unit in June of the same year at his own request.
According to the video, he was detained somewhere in a swampy area outside the city by several KGB officers with machine guns. The man was transported by helicopter. During the transportation, he had a black bag over his head and his hands were clasped in front with a plastic zip tie.
As reported in the video, Vasily was born on July 28, 1981. In February 2022, he went to Poland to work, and three months later he joined the Kalinovsky Regiment. He underwent training in Kiev. The circumstances of his detention are unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
5 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.
In December 2024, he was convicted of distributing, producing, storing, and transporting information products containing calls for or promoting extremist activity. In April 2025, he was arrested again, this time on charges related to political persecution.
A 39-year-old Gomel resident. He is a programmer. Khamenkov's last job on Linkedin is listed as Expert Software Development. He did not want to relocate in 2022.
According to the ONT film , Khamenkov is accused of "financing extremist activity." He made transfers in cryptocurrency. It is reported that he was detained at the end of 2024, while the guy is behind bars, his grandmother died.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
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.
According to pro-government media, he is accused of financing terrorist activities in exchange for a donation of 50 USD to the Kalinovsky Regiment in 2023.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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.
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