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Vladimir was accused of administering the community on VKontakte “FOR THE ADZINU DZYARZHANU MOVU IN BELARUS!”
In February 2021, Vladimir Butkovets contacted the Gomel Investigative Committee with a request to be questioned as a witness in the case of human rights activist Leonid Sudalenko , to whom he had repeatedly sought legal assistance.
In the summer of 2022, Vladimir was fired from his job as "politically unreliable."
Vladimir was first detained on September 5, 2022, and sentenced to seven days in jail under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for "dissemination of extremist materials."
On February 13, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court sentenced him to three years in a maximum-security penal colony.
The appeal hearing took place on April 18, 2023. The Supreme Court commuted the sentence to three years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. Vladimir was released from Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 and remains at large pending his transfer to a correctional facility.
Dmitry Stepanov was placed in pretrial detention. He was initially tried under administrative "political" charges, but was later charged with allegedly "creating and leading an extremist group" (Part 1, Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). The "extremist group" refers to the local Brest protest Telegram chat "GOBK."
Released on parole in December 2024
The man was accused of participating in protests in 2020 and going out onto the roadway. "They stood in a chain with other people, clapped their hands, shouted loudly, and shouted various slogans," the court ruling says.
At the rally, police officers pushed Kirill back with a metal shield and cut his head with a rubber truncheon until it bled.
Komarov fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.
Kirill has a secondary specialized education and is supporting a minor child.
According to human rights activists , he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Ilya and his friend Vladislav Mazurov were accused of the fact that on October 27, 2022, the guys, being drunk, tore down the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, hanging on the club building in the a-t. Temny Les. At the same time, they broke the flagpole. Then, returning from the a-t. Temny Les at the place of residence, the guys arranged a photo session with a flag.
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
Vladislav and his friend Ilya Kovalev were accused of the fact that on October 27, 2022, the guys, being drunk, tore down the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, hanging on the club building in the a-t. Temny Les. At the same time, they broke the flagpole. Then, returning from the a-t. Temny Les at the place of residence, the guys arranged a photo session with a flag.
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
3 months of arrest.
Pavel Pashukevich was detained for comments in the "Dyatlovo for Life" Telegram chat.
The appeal hearing took place on May 18, 2023. The verdict entered into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024-25.
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- Retirees
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- Retirees
Citizen of Ukraine. The court found Pavel guilty of “undercover activity” in favor of Ukraine. Authorities accused him and two other men of sending data to Ukrainian military intelligence.
Propagandists claim that Kuprienko was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Taras Machinsky is accused of transmitting data on the deployment and movement of military equipment in Belarus to Kuprienko, and he, in turn, to the Ukrainian special services. It is reported that Dmitry Solovyanchik was “used in secret.” In the video they say that Dmitry filmed the movement of military equipment in Belarus and asked his relatives about it, and then passed it on to Kuprienko, “not knowing what they were for.”
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
It is known that during a search at home in connection with the case, a white-red-white flag was taken from Vlasyuk, which was later included in the materials of the criminal case.
According to the prosecution, an online comment written on April 22, 2022 under a video of Alexander Grigorievich’s speech was considered a public insult to Lukashenko. This message contained obscene language.
In October 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In a video published by security forces , Stepan reports that he was detained for distributing extremist materials and insulting police officers on the Internet.
01/24/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
On February 10, 2023, the first trial took place under Articles 369 and 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; the appeal hearing was on April 7, 2023.
On October 16, 2023, a new trial was held under Articles 369 and 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; no appeal was filed.
He was released in mid- February 2024, under preventive supervision.
Semyon was accused of participating in a November 2020 protest and of allegedly paying his subordinates salaries "in envelopes."
On 12.05.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
On May 2, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. In the fall of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
However, as a citizen of the Russian Federation, after his release he was most likely deported.
1 year imprisonment in a colony
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The circumstances of the case are still unknown to human rights activists, as the court hearing was closed.
For the first six months after his arrest, Konstantin was under house arrest, after which the measure of restraint was changed to detention.
According to the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a criminal case was opened against Mikhail for insulting Lukashenko. In total, representatives of law enforcement agencies counted 860 comments of Mikhail against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.
Before the trial, Mikhail was under house arrest, on the day of the verdict he was taken into custody in the courtroom
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Anatoly came to Belarus to be examined: he was diagnosed with cancer.
At first, the man was convicted under administrative article 19.11 (distribution of extremist materials) before his arrest. But even before the end of this arrest, he was charged under article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenko, and put in prison.
10.23.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.