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On June 9, it became known that prisoner Artem Anishchuk was subjected to physical and psychological abuse by the colony administration from the moment he arrived at the penal colony. The torture is related to the fact that the head of the colony is a friend of Alexander Geyts, the victim in the case for which the prisoner was tried. This is not the first case of ill-treatment in IK-15. Earlier, another prisoner reported that he was beaten by Lazarenko. Another prisoner reported that the colony could send a person to a punishment cell for statistics.
On June 9, it became known that prisoner Artem Anishchuk was subjected to physical and psychological abuse by the colony administration from the moment he arrived at the penal colony. The torture is related to the fact that the head of the colony is a friend of Alexander Geyts, the victim in the case for which the prisoner was tried. This is not the first case of ill-treatment in IK-15. Earlier, another prisoner reported that he was beaten by Lazarenko. Another prisoner reported that the colony could send a person to a punishment cell for statistics.
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Alexander was charged with writing two comments under publications on the Belarus of the Brain Telegram channel. One message was written on February 24, 2022, under the news that Russian troops were entering Ukraine from Belarus. The second message, with which (according to the prosecution) Alexander publicly insulted A. Lukashenko, was published on April 7, 2022 (when Ukraine and Russia were negotiating a ceasefire) under the news with a quote from Lukashenko that "there can be no negotiations without the participation of Belarus."
On June 16, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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On 27.06.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
It is known that Alexey has a 5-year-old daughter.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2025.
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He was arrested in Minsk in October 2022, in his office, for allegedly posting comments in the chatbot of the "Belarus of the Brain" channel. He is reportedly in pretrial detention and facing two criminal charges.
Ivantsov is 38 years old. He studied at the Faculty of Biology at BSU, worked as a junior research fellow at the Academy of Sciences, and served as a medical representative for several pharmaceutical companies. Since 2013, he has headed the company "De Visu," which conducts marketing research in the pharmaceutical industry. Five years ago, Ivantsov entered graduate school at BGPU and worked at the university. Ivantsov is also a practicing psychologist and a proponent and popularizer of the Enneagram.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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A taxi driver who was harshly detained by riot police at the end of January 2023 while he was waiting for an order near the bus station. Friends had been waiting for Roman since “days”, as they knew that he was detained for old likes on the Odnoklassniki social network. But then it turned out that the man was detained under Art. 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 21, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
According to estimates, the human rights defender will be released at the end of 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
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IT specialist.
Ruslan is charged with financing extremist activities.
According to his Linkedin profile, Ruslan has been working for Netcracker for the last 6 years.
Previously, for some time he was a volunteer for the Protection of Birds of the Fatherland.
On June 23, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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Orthodontist. Detained for comments.
There is a hearing disability. There is a need for replacement hearing aids.
On June 20, 2023, an appeal hearing was held.
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The famous Orthodox Gomel resident Alexander Tarasenko, former hieromonk of the Gomel St. Nicholas Monastery.
In a pro-government video, Tarasenko “admits” that he allegedly posted “an offensive post addressed to the president” on his Facebook page.
Tarasenko works as a long-distance truck driver.
According to human rights activists , he was released in the winter of 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Initially, Vladislav was detained in the administrative case 24.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for 15 days, during which he was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus . A photo from marches in Minsk was found on his phone.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
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Alexander was arrested in September 2022 and convicted for participating in protests and blocking roads on August 9 and October 25, 2020 in Minsk.
Released on May 8, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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A 65-year-old businessman from the Gomel region was detained for anti-war messages insulting Lukashenko.
During the Soviet era, he studied in the Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog, worked at Mozyrpromstroy, and in 1992, together with friends, founded the company "Lotus", of which he is still a co-owner.
Starotitorov received letters of gratitude from the executive committee and the Orthodox Church and was included in the list of the best entrepreneurs of the Gomel region.
On 10.11.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
On November 28, 2023, he was added to the KGB's "terrorist list". On January 18, 2024, Pyotr was removed from the "terrorist list".
He was pardoned in January 2025.
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Journalist. Vyacheslav is accused of "assisting extremist activity."
First, Lazarev was taken to the Investigative Committee, and for almost a day his relatives did not know what would happen to him. He is currently being held in Vitebsk SIZO-2.
The court of first instance sentenced Lazarov to five and a half years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, finding him guilty under the article on the creation of an "extremist formation" or participation in it (Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code). The Supreme Court changed the sentence to five years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Vyacheslav Lazarev.
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Citizen of the Russian Federation. According to the indictment , in August 2022, Shakirov intentionally posted a comment containing signs of verbal aggression in a duly recognized extremist Telegram group (chat) in order to obstruct the lawful activities of an employee of the internal affairs bodies and out of revenge for the performance of official duties by the head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, N. N. Karpenkov.
On June 9, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
The man has a higher education and works as a driver in a private company. He has six children, three of whom are minors. One of them is two years old.
Dmitry was accused of leaving offensive comments in a Telegram chat in January 2022 regarding the Minsk prosecutor, the captain of the Minsk traffic police, the captain of the Bobruisk OMON police, the judge of the Leninsky District Court of Grodno, a police major, the deputy head of law enforcement and prevention of the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk, and OMON police sergeants of the Mogilev Regional Department of Internal Affairs.
He is expected to be released on March 14, 2025.
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Convicted for participating in protests on August 10 and 16, 2020.
Furthermore, in July 2021, the accused allegedly assisted an extremist group when he sent messages to a chatbot on a destructive Telegram channel containing allegedly false information regarding one of the company's executives, as well as information about his private life.
At the court hearing, the defendant partially admitted his guilt. However, he stated that he had no intention of assisting an extremist group.
Died on September 22, 2025.