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Involved in making at least 9 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 25 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. He sentenced Pavel Ovcharov, who already had a sentence of 5 years in prison, to an additional year and a half in a colony. Also, Ovcharov’s regime of serving his sentence was changed from enhanced to strict. He made a decision to transfer political prisoner Yuri Chudinovych, blogger of the YouTube channel “Point of No Return” to the “closed” prison regime. He also issued a decision to transfer political prisoner Pavel Sevyarynets to prison for a period of three years.
Involved in making at least 9 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 25 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. He sentenced Pavel Ovcharov, who already had a sentence of 5 years in prison, to an additional year and a half in a colony. Also, Ovcharov’s regime of serving his sentence was changed from enhanced to strict. He made a decision to transfer political prisoner Yuri Chudinovych, blogger of the YouTube channel “Point of No Return” to the “closed” prison regime. He also issued a decision to transfer political prisoner Pavel Sevyarynets to prison for a period of three years.
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Alexey was arrested on June 30, 2021, as part of a criminal investigation into an incident at a Russian Navy communications facility near Vileika.
According to the prosecution's case presented in court, Alexei and Vadim Gulevich, "dressed in camouflage and armed with firearms, entered the military facility and planted explosive devices with a blast radius of up to 11 meters." One of them failed to detonate and was defused. An examination revealed that the devices were initiated with a delayed action.
The damages were estimated at over 26,000 rubles. In December 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony and a large fine.
In August 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of changing the sentence, as a result of which Alexei was transferred to a prison regime.
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Nikita Storozhenko is a former detective. He resigned after the presidential elections of Belarus in 2020 in protest against the current government. After his dismissal, Nikita worked as a lawyer.
He was detained on April 23, 2021 for "unauthorized picketing", convicted and sentenced to 15 days in prison according to Article part 1 of Article 24.23 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. He was released on May 8, 2021.
On May 4, 2021, Storozhenko, like other law enforcement officials who resigned in protest, was deprived of the rank of senior lieutenant of justice reserve by Lukashenka.
Nikita was detained again on February 1, 2022 in a shopping center in Minsk. In a video posted on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he says that he transferred the contacts of two employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption and the deputy head of the Investigative Committee for Minsk to one of the "protest telegram channels".
The trial took place on November 15, 2022 in the Minsk City Court. Nikita was tried for "inciting other social enmity and discord" under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, as well as for "illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life" (Part 1 of Article 179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).
On December 2, 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a high-security penal colony. he is also obliged to pay a fine of 5 000 BYN (2 056 USD) as moral compensation to employees, whose data, according to the prosecution, he transmitted to the "protest telegram channel".
Detained for drawing using stencils of "Chase".
Anatoly Latushka is the cousin of politician Pavel Latushko.
On March 22, 2024, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term.
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Oleg, the owner of the YouTube channel "Third Region Belarus," was detained in January 2022 when he returned to Belarus for the New Year holidays.
Oleg was accused of de-anonymizing security officials and, while abroad, allegedly continuing to "post anti-state information on social media and promote resistance to government officials." On his channel, he published videos of Belarusian solidarity protests in Kyiv, where he had lived since 2020. He was also accused of making "cynical comments" about deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk.
In September 2022, he was convicted under several articles of the Criminal Code, including "inciting racial, national, religious, or other social hatred or discord." The court sentenced him to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony and ordered him to pay substantial compensation.
In July 2023, Oleg was convicted again of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration"—a charge often applied to political prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the prison administration. In September of that year, it was reported that he had been transferred to a prison regime.
It was revealed that Oleg faced another court hearing in the first half of summer 2025 under the same charge of "insubordination." The appeal hearing was scheduled for mid-July.
Vladimir was arrested on August 18, 2020, in the so-called "Korelichi case" related to alleged unrest in Korelichi and Navahrudak following the presidential election. He was convicted of "organizing mass unrest" and insulting Lukashenko.
In Correctional Colony No. 17, Vladimir was subjected to systematic beatings and biased treatment, including frequent placement in a punishment cell and a cell-type facility.
In April 2023, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison.
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Pavel, the son of an Orthodox priest and an employee of the Leninsky District Enforcement Department of Brest, was detained on December 1, 2020, along with his parents, as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case." The authorities called Nikolai Avtukhovich "the organizer and leader of a terrorist group." Pavel was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "an act of terrorism," "an attempt to seize power," and "illegal actions in relation to firearms."
In October 2023, he was transferred to prison regime.
Pavel was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 23, 2020, in Minsk. He was convicted under three criminal articles, including "resisting a police officer." According to the charges, he called for participation in mass riots, which were allegedly planned in advance under the guise of mass events, blocked communications, and the resistance was expressed in disobeying demands to open the door, refusing to get out of the car, and holding on to the seat with his hands.
In July 2022, Pavel was convicted again of “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility” — an article under which prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration are tried for fictitious violations.
| 21.01.2025 | В ноябре 2024 был водворен в пкт сроком на 3 месяца. Вероятно подготовка к новой 411 |
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Pavel is a Belarusian opposition politician and co-founder of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party. He was detained in June 2020 and subsequently received several administrative arrests for participating in election pickets. Pavel was later convicted of organizing mass riots.
In June 2023, he was transferred to prison regime.
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Artem is a former border guard, a member of the initiative group to nominate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for president, and one of the videographers of the YouTube channel "Country for Life". He took part in a picket to collect signatures in Grodno on May 29, 2020. He was later detained and convicted of "organizing mass riots".
In November 2022, he was transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists, the defendants in the "case" are required to pay compensation in the amount of 29 million rubles.
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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.
Denis Khokhlov has lived in Russia since February 2023, he went there because he was afraid of persecution in his homeland. From Russia, he was going to leave for Georgia, but in June 2023 he was detained in Kabardino-Balkaria because he was on the interstate wanted list at the request of Belarus.
Denis is the stepfather of Vladislav Lagutenko, who has already been sentenced for participating in the protests to two years of home chemistry.
Since there is no analogue of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation, and for walking on the roads during protests there is only an administrative punishment, the terms of which Denis has long expired, the Russian prosecutor's office refused to deport.
But in another court, where the man was brought on July 13, he was given an administrative fine for “exceeding the maximum period of stay in Russia without registration.” The man was not released from custody .
He was re-detained and placed in the Center for temporary stay of foreigners. As evidence that Denis should be kept in detention until deportation, he was wanted in Belarus, despite the fact that under Russian law he is completely innocent. Complaints and appeals to the official bodies, which were written by Russian human rights activists, did not give any result. Denis will be taken to Belarus.
On January 18, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict was left unchanged.
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Igor Korney was detained on July 17 in Minsk and arrested for 10 days, he was in the detention center on Okrestina. His home was searched. After 10 days of arrest, he was not released and transferred to a pretrial detention center.
Igor worked for a long time as a journalist for Radio Svaboda, is known as an essayist, author of texts about the cultural and historical heritage of Belarus, and a travel blogger. Soon after his arrest, Igor's family left the country.
According to the indictment, Igor actively wrote "negative materials insulting the head of state, government officials, journalists and citizens who do not support the unconstitutional change of power. In addition, in his articles he gave a false picture of the economic, social, military and international situation of the Republic of Belarus."
Allegedly, from June 1 to July 14, 2023, he posted at least 54 information materials on BAJ resources. He was detained shortly thereafter.
On June 7, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
On December 11, 2024, the Shklov District Court heard Igor's case under Part 1 of Article 411 (malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility). Judge Alexander Tarakanov found Igor guilty and sentenced him to another eight months of imprisonment.
As Radio Svaboda reports , the political prisoner was brought from the Mogilev pretrial detention center for several days to the KGB pretrial detention center in Minsk, from where he was returned to Mogilev: "... in the KGB pretrial detention center he went to see a doctor and they listened to his heart, confirmed that the rhythm was not very even, prescribed valerian. He also wrote that after the Shklov colony he lost 15 kg, now he is gaining some weight in Mogilev."
On June 21, 2025, Igor was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
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A resident of Baranovichi. He was engaged in entrepreneurship, then worked as a truck driver.
In the 2020 elections, he tried to register as a presidential candidate, but the Central Election Commission refused him.
Before the 2020 elections, he began actively running the YouTube channel "Tochka nevozvrata" (currently has 43.3 thousand subscribers). In particular, statements from this channel formed the basis of the criminal case against Chudinovich. In July 2021, the man was placed in custody. On May 1, 2022, he was transferred to a closed prison.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in March 2025.
| 26.01.2024 | Перед тюрьмой у него была проблема с ногами, возможно суставы - он ходил с подлокотным костылем. Жаловался, что состояние ухудшилось после ШИЗО, куда его помешали накануне. Когда его вели на ПКТ у него костыль забрали. Видели как он выходил, держась рукой за стену общежития. Из разговоров с ним он сказал, что его жену убили, а дочь похитили (намекая, видимо, что его жена умерла в больнице из-за низкого уровня медицины, а дочь, оставленную без попечителей, отправили в интернат). |
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Belarusian philosopher and methodologist, public and political figure, founder of the Flying University. He was detained on August 4, 2021, after a search of his house as part of a criminal case.
On February 13, a trial was held in the Shklov District Court to change Vladimir's detention regime and transfer him to a prison regime.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries . Among those released is Vladimir Matskevich.
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Akihiro, an anarchist activist, was detained in August 2020 in Minsk and charged with participating in “mass riots” and other “crimes.”
In 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. In February 2023, the Supreme Court reduced the sentence by three months.
In July 2024, it became known that his sentence had been tightened and he had been transferred to a prison regime.
On June 21, 2025, Akihiro was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.