Julia Alexandrovna Bliznyuk
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Julia Alexandrovna Bliznyuk
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, no less than 83 decisions, awarding no less than 507 days of administrative arrest, fines of no less than 12,960 rubles and no less than 60 years of restriction or imprisonment.
She sentenced 30-year-old political prisoner Artem Savchuk, finding him guilty under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code. The sentence is four years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony. Artyom was accused of grossly violating public order on August 10, 2020, blocking the road for transport, participating in a clash with police officers, and throwing firecrackers and bolts. Judge Bliznyuk did not take into account the arguments of the defense and evidence of the non-involvement of the accused.
She sentenced 26-year-old Yegor Davydov, a former employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, to four and a half years in prison in a maximum security colony. He was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, no less than 83 decisions, awarding no less than 507 days of administrative arrest, fines of no less than 12,960 rubles and no less than 60 years of restriction or imprisonment.
She sentenced 30-year-old political prisoner Artem Savchuk, finding him guilty under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code. The sentence is four years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony. Artyom was accused of grossly violating public order on August 10, 2020, blocking the road for transport, participating in a clash with police officers, and throwing firecrackers and bolts. Judge Bliznyuk did not take into account the arguments of the defense and evidence of the non-involvement of the accused.
She sentenced 26-year-old Yegor Davydov, a former employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, to four and a half years in prison in a maximum security colony. He was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
List of repressed
Evgeny is a native of Orsha, winner of the Republican Olympiad in history and a graduate of the history department of BSU.
In 2020, he was detained and beaten during protests in Minsk, after which he was fined for "participating in an unauthorized event."
In 2022, he was charged again under the same article: a court in Orsha sentenced him to 15 days in jail for a photo on social media featuring a Pahonia T-shirt.
In 2025, a new criminal case was opened against him, allegedly for filming the movements of military equipment, and he was sentenced to restricted freedom with direction.
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An individual entrepreneur was detained and convicted under three criminal articles for participating in an event that occurred during the dispersal of people on October 11, 2020, near the Pushkinskaya metro station.
In April 2022, Ivan was convicted again for participating in a protest, but this did not affect his final sentence. However, in November of the same year, he was given another year of imprisonment, convicted of "disobeying the demands of the administration of the correctional facility."
In September 2023, he was sentenced to an additional 3 years in prison for "violence against an official."
In March 2024, he was transferred to prison for 3 years.
Alexander was convicted in the spring of 2025 under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Elena was convicted in December 2024 of "insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Dmitry was arrested in August 2024 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko," and in the fall of that year he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Head of the transportation department of one of the state enterprises.
Vasily was detained in mid-February 2024 and was under a written undertaking not to leave the country until his trial.
According to the case materials, during the period from 10.08 to 20.10 on August 16, 2020, he took part in the Freedom March, "being on the territory of Minsk, including on the roadway and sidewalks of Independence and Masherov Avenues, Sverdlova and Moskovskaya Streets, Vasily Los violated public order, interfered with the operation of public transport, and did not respond to calls to stop illegal actions."
Also, during an inspection of his Telegram channel, calls for participation in unauthorized mass events were discovered.
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- Twice political prisoners
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- Twice political prisoners
One of the most prominent Belarusian-language bloggers of the 2000s and a former activist. He was arrested for participating in protests in 2020.
Ivan was detained on January 5, 2023, received 13 days of administrative arrest, and was charged with a criminal offense on January 18.
On April 17, 2024 , he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
In June 2025, it became known that Ivan had been arrested again, this time for a comment under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In March 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
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Pensioner. Convicted of “insulting” Lukashenko.
On June 28, 2024, in the Leninsky District Court of Minsk, Judge Marina Klimchuk will make a decision “On changing compulsory security and treatment measures.”
Svetlana was detained and convicted for, according to investigators, scattering about 45 metal screws near the Minsk prosecutor's office on December 13, 2020. As a result, the car driven by the victim Klintsevich ran over them, and two tires were punctured.
Lidiya was arrested in January 2022 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In April 2022, she was convicted of participating in the "March for Freedom" protest that took place on August 16, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
Lidiya left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.
In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony.
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- IT staff
Business Analyst at EPAM IT company. On December 10, the court arrested Nasuro's manager for 13 days under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (part 2 of article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Since December 31, Nasuro has been in pre-trial detention center No. 1. A criminal case was opened against him under the article on gross violation of order (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code). Denis has 4 children.
| 31.01.2022 | At home, Denis painted with oils and watercolors. Now he draws with pencils. He is also interested in languages - the origin of words, the similarity of languages, the origin of geographical names. He knows English, a little German. Interested in the history of Belarus. |
Alexander, a homeless man from Minsk, was arrested about ten times in 2021 for "unauthorized picketing." The charges were for posters, which typically depicted the BSSR flag and contained requests for assistance. In one instance, he was detained for a white-red-white poster with the text: "I want to thank my children, I want to thank my youth, and I want to be the first to love. I want to forget the camp and live the People's Republic of Belarus."
According to reports, he spent at least 130 days of administrative arrest at Okrestina. Most often, Alexander was detained near the Kamennaya Gorka metro station, where he spent time holding laminated signs and collecting funds for his living. He could sometimes be seen with small animals. In total, he is known to have spent approximately 22 years in prison.
On December 1, 2021, he was detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "repeated violation of the procedure for holding mass events" and placed in pretrial detention.
In March 2022, Alexander was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Artyom was detained in November 2021, the day after returning to Belarus. He had arrived for a day to take a work assessment and was detained right in his office. He was charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In April 2022, Artyom was found guilty of participating in mass protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In March 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.