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Elena, a mother of many children, was detained in the spring of 2024. She was initially convicted in an administrative case for “disobeying a lawful order or demand of an official,” but later a criminal case was opened, in which she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
She was released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the winter of 2025.
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2025.
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Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
He is expected to be released on April 29, 2025.
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Candidate of Historical Sciences, adjunct professor at the Institute of History, University of Wroclaw. Melnikov specialized in military history and the history of the period when Western Belarus was part of Poland (1921-1939). He has published a dozen and a half books on Western Belarus. In 2020, he was awarded the L. Sapieha Prize for the preservation of the historical heritage of Belarus.
It is known for sure that he was arrested and is being held in a pretrial detention center. Melnikov's last activity on Instagram dates back to January 21, 2024.
Melnikov is being tried for an interview he gave to an unnamed independent media outlet in 2022. The trial is being held in open mode. An excerpt from the indictment was quoted by SB:
"In 2022, Igor Melnikov, motivated by national hatred and discord, as well as political and ideological hatred, knowingly knowing about the extremist activities of participants in an information resource banned in Belarus, gave them an interview in order to develop and popularize media of this kind and involve more citizens in such activities," the prosecutor said. It is noted that the historian gave comments to the media both in Belarus and in Poland. Melnikov reportedly admitted his guilt.
The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence imposed by the court of first instance by 2 years.
Igor was released in early September 2025, having served his full sentence.
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During Galina's imprisonment, her child was placed in an orphanage. Convicted for participating in protests in Pinsk in 2020.
Previously, the guy was into ship modeling and was even in the reserve of the Belarusian national team. He also listened to punk rock and was interested in the aesthetics of this subculture.
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Citizen of Ukraine.
According to the charges, on the morning of May 4, near the Transit store, Bondarenko made obscene remarks about Lukashenko in the presence of other citizens. According to the prosecution, the Ukrainian's motive was "supporting ideas of social intolerance toward representatives of the Belarusian government and openly expressing hostility toward them ." One of the people present contacted the police and even provided a photograph of the car in which Yuri Bondarenko and his friend left. The following day, the Ukrainian was arrested on charges of insulting Lukashenko .
According to calculations , he was supposed to be released in the fall of 2025. Possibly deported .
After his arrest , he was immediately placed in pre-trial detention center No. 4 in Mogilev.
At the trial, Bondarenko admitted his guilt.
On August 27, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the spring of 2025.
Director of the Sakavitsa enterprise - the former Molodechno factory of art products. Sergei Sobolevsky was charged with Parts 1 and 3 of Art. 210 of the Criminal Code (“Takeover of property using official powers”), which, according to him, the investigators invented on their knees, is already in court. There was no evidence. Sergei Sobolevsky said in an interview that already when he was behind bars, KGB officers came to him three times with an offer to testify against Sergei Tikhanovsky (they also came to the Vitebsk colony) - and immediately go home. The convict categorically refused.
2 years imprisonment
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Director of TV commercials and music videos, journalist, political activist and co-founder of the Free Association of Athletes SOS BY, recognized in Belarus as an "extremist group." Andrei Gnet was arrested by Serbian authorities upon landing at Belgrade airport in October 2023, based on an Interpol warrant issued at the request of Belarus. Andrei has been in custody since his arrest; on June 6, 2024, he was transferred to house arrest without permission to leave his apartment.
On October 31, 2024, he was released from house arrest.
He was found guilty of “slander against Alexander Lukashenko.” The reason was a comment on the news in one of the telegram channels, which contained sharp criticism of the politician.
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Father Andrzej Yukhniewicz, rector of the Roman Catholic parish in Shumilino, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, has not been released from the Vitebsk temporary detention center after serving 45 days in custody . It has been learned that the priest's detention has been extended until July 2. He is only allowed medication as food parcels. There is virtually no information about him. Father Andrzej Yukhniewicz has already been convicted at least four times in a row. The first three were likely for the maximum 15-day sentence, and the fourth time, the court sentenced him to a further 10-day arrest.
Thus, the rector in Shumilino spent more than 45 days behind bars —the longest of any Roman Catholic or Greek Catholic priest sentenced to administrative arrest in Belarus. Afterward, a criminal case was opened against the priest.
As Christian Vizier learned in the fall of 2024, pressure continues to be placed on the priest in Pretrial Detention Center No. 2, where he has been held since his arrest on May 8, 2024. The priest was only allowed to shower for the first time after two months of detention. He faces charges related to crimes against the sexual integrity of minors.
On April 30, 2025, Father Andrzej was sentenced in Shumilino. Believers learned that the priest had been sentenced to 13 years in prison , although the prosecution had sought a 15-year sentence. The trial was presided over by Inna Grabovskaya, chairperson of the Shumilino District Court.
As the faithful learned, the priest completely denied the accusations and attempted to prove his innocence. As far as is known, the charges were based on the testimony of one or more "victims"—it's possible they were pressured. According to information received by the faithful, the priest's case concerns events that occurred approximately 10 years ago. The priest himself appeared in good spirits in court. Moreover, the diocese claims to have never received any complaints against Father Andrzej.
In November 2025, he was pardoned after a visit to Belarus by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, as a special envoy of Pope Leo XIV.