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In custody: ~799 days
folder Categories of cases: Registration as a volunteer
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 15.03.1991
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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According to pro-government channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020 and for registering as a volunteer in Ukraine.
Programmer. Maxim was initially sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. After that, he independently wrote an appeal, where he described in detail everything that was illegal in his case and in court. After that, his sentence was increased to 2.5 years.

Trial outcome 09.11.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 31.01.2023
unknown.
Leonid Alexeyevich Shamov
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In custody: 833 days
Hometown: Navapolatsk
Date of birth: 14.06.2001
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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According to the case materials , on August 10 and 11, 2020, Leonid “intentionally and unlawfully” collected and disseminated information intended for training and other preparation of persons to participate in mass riots, accompanied by violence against individuals, pogroms, arson, destruction of property and armed resistance to government officials .

The prosecution was confident that he disseminated the collected information through telegram chats so that residents of Novopolotsk and nearby settlements could become familiar with it.

Before the verdict, Shamov was in custody.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome:

2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Lyudmila Sergeevna Romanovich
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In custody: 490 days
Hometown: Lasick
Date of birth: 22.03.1965
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Activist of the «Belarusian People's Front» party.

Lyudmila has been charged because of a letter she sent in the investigative committee. In the letter, the woman spoke out against the war in Ukraine and the policy of A. Lukashenko.

On August 7, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome 20.06.2022:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 1008 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Zhlobin 2020
Hometown: Zhlobin
Date of birth: 13.04.1979
Was in: IK-9IK-9, Gorki, 213410, ul. Dobroliubova, 16
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Convicted for protest actions.

According to human rights activists , he was released on March 5, 2025.

Trial outcome 01.04.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 120 days
folder Categories of cases: Rail guerrillas
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth: 28.01.1994
Was in: Turma №4Turma №4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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Young people were detained due to sabotage on the railway tracks . Offering no resistance, they were purposefully shot in the knee joints by SOBR officers.

On July 28, 2022, he was released on bail.

Yevgeny Minkevich, like Vladimir Avramtsev, graduated from the Olympic reserve school - he studied at the Shamyakin Moscow State Pedagogical University at the Faculty of Physical Education. He worked as an orderly in the Bobruisk ambulance, as well as a taxi driver in various services.

Trial outcome:

1.5 years in prison.
On the basis of the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On amnesty in connection with the Day of National Unity”, Yevgeniy was partially released from punishment for a period of one year.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 823 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 01.04.1995
Guardian: Olga Shparaga
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Activist, femme blogger. In her Instagram blog, Daria conducts enlightening work, talks about sexism and conducts lectures on feminism.

Convicted of participating in protest actions 2020.

She was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome:

2,5 years of imprisonment.

Irina Mikhailovna Abdukerina
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In custody: ~1302 days
folder Categories of cases: Information about the movement of equipment
Hometown: Vasilevichi
Date of birth: 27.05.1972
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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A former teacher from Khoyniki was accused of videotaping the movement of a column of military equipment, and then sent the recording to the telegram channel «Belaruski Gayun».

Trial outcome 06.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.02.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~766 days
folder Categories of cases: Registration in the Peramoga bot
Hometown: Berezovka
Date of birth: 28.10.1992
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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According to the channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, he was detained for registration in the «Peramoga» plan, as well as for comments in social networks.

Trial outcome 06.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.11.2022
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 664 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 11.07.1991
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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According to the prosecutor's office, from December 29 to April 30, 2021, Pavel published deliberately false information about the work of the Belarusian police and authorities on Wikipedia and on the website of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR).

Released in the summer of 2023 after the expiration of the sentence.

Trial outcome:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~650 days
Hometown: Byhov
Date of birth: 11.05.1963
Was in: IK-5IK-5, 225293, Brestskaya oblast, Ivatsevichy, ul. Dzerzhynskogo, 1
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According to the case materials, Avdeyuk put “class” under a public post on Odnoklassniki. The post contained a photograph of Lukashenko and an offensive inscription related to the accusation of fascism.

On November 14, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.

23.05.2023 Вернулось письмо из ик 5,не значится в данной колонии.

Trial outcome 01.04.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrey Sergeevich Utkin
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In custody: 636 days
folder Categories of cases: Information about the movement of equipment
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 12.12.1991
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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He is an IT Worker.

The Homel resident's fault was only in one episode: on March 9, he was driving his car along Lenin Avenue, noticed a Russian military KAMAZ, took a picture of it on an iPhone and sent the picture to an information Telegram channel recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.

To detain him, the police staged a whole special operation. Andrey was harshly pressured during interrogations.

On December 27, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 01.08.2022:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Viktor Ivanovich Kulinka
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In custody: ~984 days
Hometown: Kalinkovichi
Date of birth: 18.12.1990
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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According to pro-government channels, he was detained for transmitting a photo of military equipment to the telegram channel "Belaruski Gayun". In addition, he is accused of registering in the chat bot of the "Peramoga" plan.

According to human rights activists , he was released on December 8, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 01.09.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 25.11.2022
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 481 day
folder Categories of cases: Zeltser's case
Hometown: Maladzyechna
Date of birth: 28.04.1967
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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He was detained under a criminal article for inciting hatred for comments left on the Internet after the death of Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, and Andrei Zeltser, an IT specialist, in a Minsk apartment.

07/18/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Trial outcome 01.08.2022:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Anna Hennadievna Pyshnik
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In custody: ~976 days
folder Categories of cases: Information about the movement of equipment
Hometown: Mazyr
Date of birth: 02.04.1994
Number of children: 1 child
Guardian: Anna Kravchenko
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, she was detained under a criminal article for transmitting a video with the movement of military equipment to a telegram channel recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.

Anna has a juvenile daughter.

Trial outcome 16.08.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~1030 days
Hometown: Pyetrykaw
Date of birth: 24.06.1979
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Convicted for administering the channel "Petrikov 97%".

The channel discussed election issues, the place and time of peaceful rallies for those who disagree with the results of the vote counting in the elections, and other issues.

On June 9, 2021, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Gomel recognized the Petrikov 97% Telegram channel as extremist. In July 2021, KGB and police officers came to Viktor's home.

Only on November 9, 2021, by decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a group of citizens united by the telegram channel "Petrikov 97%" was recognized as an extremist group.

In January 2025 , he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

07.04.2022 November 9, 2021 Petrikov's channel was recognized as extremist by 97%, he was an administrator

Trial outcome 25.03.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 19.07.2022
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