Alexander Fomich Shego
The Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region. Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 6, Regime Department. Head of Department, Major. Previously Deputy Head for Regime and Operational Work of the Brest Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 7. Moves between Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 6 and Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 7, probably due to incoming complaints. Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Shego Aleksandr Fomich is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. Shego Aleksandr personally beat detainees, created unbearable conditions of detention and came up with new rules of conduct in the pre-trial detention facility to put pressure on detainees.
The Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region. Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 6, Regime Department. Head of Department, Major. Previously Deputy Head for Regime and Operational Work of the Brest Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 7. Moves between Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 6 and Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 7, probably due to incoming complaints. Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Shego Aleksandr Fomich is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. Shego Aleksandr personally beat detainees, created unbearable conditions of detention and came up with new rules of conduct in the pre-trial detention facility to put pressure on detainees.
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.
According to the materials of the criminal case, Alexei Mikhnyuk from an unidentified device in extremist chats on Telegram repeatedly posted messages that contradicted universal morality, and at the same time containing statements expressed in an indecent form, humiliating the honor and dignity of Alexander Lukashenko. The accused also posted insults against the press secretary of the head of the presidential administration, Natalya Eismont.
During the trial, Mikhnyuk admitted his guilt in his crime and repented.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
- 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.
It is known about Anton that he is 29 years old, enjoys football and, judging by his social networks, supports the English club «Liverpool». And the man is not just a football fan — on his vk.com page you can find a photo where Anton himself plays on the field. And in the archived match data, it can be found that from at least 2015 to 2019, he played for the Brest amateur club «Smena».
At the trial, it was about Anton's Internet activity. According to the accusation, the man posted a video with Alexander Lukashenko on Storis and accompanied it with an insulting one-word inscription.
In September he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the indictment, Alexei posted a comment in a telegram chat on the NEXTA Live channel regarding the shootout between Zeltser and the KGB officers: “That’s what these regime creatures need. I feel sorry for the guy."
On February 23, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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.
According to the prosecution, in September 2020, Kolpak publicly posted "negative comments addressed to police officers, civil servants, and government officials in a Telegram chat, inciting and calling for violence against members of the aforementioned social groups." He was also accused of repeatedly posting text articles in a Telegram chat in Minsk from August 8 to September 28, 2020, in which he called on drivers to create traffic jams, sabotage work, and protest, including by blocking traffic.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the fall of 2025.
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.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
He is a musician.
Telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus published the news that a 32 year old man allegedly insulted Lukashenko in the comments (the comment consists of only one word «trash», written under the news with a quote from Lukashenko that special services with vast experience are working against us today) .
The second charge also concerns Sergey's Internet activity. According to the prosecution, no later than 14:39 on February 27, 2022, the man sent a photo of the bulletin with two checkmarks to the NEXTA telegram bot. Thus, according to the prosecution, Sergey committed a crime under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (Promotion of extremist activity).
A defendant in a criminal case initiated after the murder of KGB officer Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser. Before her arrest, she worked at BelTA in a management position.
She was released in the second half of April 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
