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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 797 days
folder Categories of cases: SBNS case
Hometown: Ivatsevichy
Date of birth: 07.06.2003
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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According to pro-government Telegram channels, Vladislav and three other men "have administered four TikTok accounts and two Telegram channels since 2020. These resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass unrest and resisting law enforcement officers, with the aim of undermining the independence, territorial integrity, and constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus. The men united in a Telegram group, which was designated an extremist group in early November." They allegedly "were tasked with finding perpetrators to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement."

In January 2025, he was pardoned. Afterwards, he left the country.

In 2026, Vladislav was charged with new criminal offenses under Articles 364 and 361-4, Part 2, for media interviews. Police officers searched his mother's home and confiscated his equipment for inspection. Furthermore, the Belarusian special services sent messages to his personal account inviting him to return to Belarus.

Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~679 days
folder Categories of cases: SBNS case
Hometown: Smarhon'
Date of birth: 09.02.1996
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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According to pro-government telegram channels, Alexander 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."

Of the relatives, Alexander has only a sister.

Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~684 days
Hometown: Smalyavichy
Date of birth: 1971
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Worked as a flight attendant for an airline.

In 2022, the man openly spoke out against the war and did not hide his views.

Following a neighbor's denunciation to the KGB, he was arrested in the fall of 2022 at work and at the airport. Vadim's phone was found to contain subscriptions to "extremist" Telegram channels and correspondence with Ukrainian friends, in which he had written comments about Lukashenko.

Trial outcome 30.06.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.08.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 396 days
Hometown: Borisov
Date of birth: 1976
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Trial outcome 28.06.2023:

1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony

Olesya Vyacheslavovna Shapkina
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In custody: ~1106 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Krasnaya Sloboda
Date of birth: 30.12.1988
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Programmer at SamSolutions.

On September 15, 2023, the appeal was heard.

In the summer of 2025, she suffered from pneumonia and was hospitalized in the medical unit.

On March 19, 2026, she 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).

Trial outcome 30.06.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~579 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 21.10.1985
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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On September 15, 2023, the appeal was considered.

Trial outcome 26.06.2023
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~792 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Zaruby
Date of birth: 28.03.1970
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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A businessman from Mogilev, his home was searched. A regional state television channel claimed that Tychinsky "was a supporter of Ukrainian Nazi groups" and that he "drove with Ukrainian nationalist symbols in his car." The latter refers to the official flag of Ukraine.

As a result, a criminal case was opened against Vladimir. He is accused of filming the movement of Russian military Z-type equipment on his mobile phone in April 2022 and sending the video to media outlets, which the authorities deemed "extremist."

On October 24, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists , he was released in the spring of 2025, having served his full sentence.

Trial outcome 15.08.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.10.2024
unknown.
Alexei Aleksandrovich Orlov
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~985 days
Hometown: Orsha
Date of birth: 15.11.1992
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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He was detained on May 15, 2023 on charges of financing extremist activities - for donations from an organization recognized as an extremist formation. Prior to this, in April, Aleksey was detained by the GUBOPiK, and then he was sentenced to arrest under an administrative article.

Trial outcome 24.10.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.12.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 216 days
Hometown: Drahichyn
Was in: Temporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of BrestTemporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Brest. 224001, Belarus, Northern Gorodok, 10
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Vladimir was detained on May 9, 2023 at the Terespol-Brest border crossing when returning to Belarus. His phone was checked and then he was detained.

There are several known administrative courts against Vladimir. So, on May 10, 16, 26 and June 7 he was tried under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of extremist materials) and was sentenced to arrest. The last time he was sentenced to 15 days

Searches were carried out at the place where he and his relatives lived. Since his arrest, Vladimir has been kept in the temporary detention center of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Brest.

On the night of June 22-23, 2023, Vladimir was released into a temporary detention facility.

Vladimir was detained again on October 28, 2023 in the Drogichinsky district. There was a preliminary search and seizure of office equipment; after checking his phone, he was detained under Art. 19.11 part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of information products included in the republican list of extremist materials, as well as production, publication, storage or transportation for the purpose of disseminating such information). It is known that Vladimir was arrested because of old subscriptions.

The trial date is still unknown. Since his arrest he has been held in the temporary detention center of the Ivanovo region .

On December 11, 2023, it became known that Vladimir was free.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 648 days
Hometown: Mateevichi
Date of birth: 02.03.2006
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After the regime changed and Stanislav was transferred to a penal colony, he was convicted again, but no longer for political reasons (Part 1 of Article 205 - theft, Part 1 of Article 400 - knowingly making a false denunciation).

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).

Trial outcome 23.06.2023
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 10.06.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Michail Sergeevich Antipov
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 513 days
Hometown: Borisov
Date of birth: 2003
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According to the investigation, on the night of March 20, a 20-year-old man tore down four state flags in the agro-town of Loshnitsa. He damaged the flags and broke the poles.

After this, Mikhail was detained by police officers. It turned out that he was a citizen of a foreign state with a residence permit in the Republic of Belarus. He arrived in the Republic of Belarus about 10 years ago and was assigned to work at one of the enterprises in the Minsk region.

Antipov filmed his actions on his phone and posted the photos on his social network page.

The defendant's mother testified in court. Suspecting that her son had committed illegal actions against the flags, she demanded that he contact the police and also reported the incident to the local police inspector.

According to human rights activists, he will be released at the end of the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 23.06.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~669 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 19.06.1992
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Convicted for comments in telegram.

Trial outcome 27.06.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 31.08.2023
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Former political prisoners
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In custody: 446 days
Hometown: Krichev
Date of birth: 23.10.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was detained in January 2023 and convicted of insulting A.G. Lukashenko.

On June 22, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.

On March 30, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 28.03.2023:

1 year imprisonment in a general regime colony

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 304 days
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 10.04.1969
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The driver of the Svetlogorsk municipal housing unitary enterprise "Svetoch" Vladimir was detained by the police at work on January 6 of this year. First, an administrative case was filed against him, and in the Svetlogorsk district court he was arrested under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code.

Then he was charged with allegedly “inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or enmity.” People who have spoken unkindly about government officials on the Internet are tried under this article.

According to human rights activists , he was released in November 2023 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 05.06.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 311 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 01.06.1980
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At first, Oleg was convicted under an administrative article, part 2 of article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Distribution of extremist materials) for sending a telegram post from the Mustache Lukashenko channel in private messages to a friend. For this, the man was sentenced to 10 days of arrest. And already on March 22, 2023, the man was placed in a pre-trial detention center on criminal charges for comments about Lukashenka and the Belarusian military. According to human rights activists , there was such a comment about the military: "pi * duki" (it was with the asterisk sign that the comment imputed to Oleg was).

During Prokopchuk's stay in a pre-trial detention center, he had a third child, but this did not affect the court's decision.

On August 1, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 22.06.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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