Aleshkevich Dmitry Vladimirovich Is Involved In Politically Motivated Repressions In The Republic Of Belarus As The Head Of The Regime And Security Of The Correctional Institution "Prison No 8 In Zhodino", Aleshkevich Bears Personal Responsibility For The Cruel And Inhuman Treatment Of Prisoners And The Torture Used Against Them The Actions Of Dmitry Aleshkevich Violate The Rights Of Citizens Of The Republic Of Belarus And Pose A Threat To Their Lives They Are Also Aimed At Strengthening The Repressive Regime In The Country
Aleshkevich Dmitry Vladimirovich Is Involved In Politically Motivated Repressions In The Republic Of Belarus As The Head Of The Regime And Security Of The Correctional Institution "Prison No 8 In Zhodino", Aleshkevich Bears Personal Responsibility For The Cruel And Inhuman Treatment Of Prisoners And The Torture Used Against Them The Actions Of Dmitry Aleshkevich Violate The Rights Of Citizens Of The Republic Of Belarus And Pose A Threat To Their Lives They Are Also Aimed At Strengthening The Repressive Regime In The Country
Detained for hanging a white-red-white flag After their detention, the channel in the Zello mobile application through which they communicated during the rally was recognized as an extremist formation.
21.03.2023
The trial began on March 20, 2023, Judge Kuchuk
Trial outcome 06.04.2023
4 years 9 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
The former MSLU teacher was detained in early October 2022 as part of a criminal case for participating in protests. She was detained by at least six security officials.
Prior to this, Natalia was detained four times during the year and tried on politically motivated administrative charges.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
On June 21, 2025, Natalia was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
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.
Ekaterina was arrested in early September 2022 along with her husband for hanging a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on the facade of a multi-story building in Minsk on charges of hooliganism.
Two weeks after their arrest, the Ministry of Internal Affairs designated the Zello channel through which the Minsk residents coordinated the protest as an extremist group.
In April 2023, Ekaterina was found guilty of "creating or participating in an extremist group" and "assisting extremist activity" 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.
She was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After her arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which she communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
On September 19, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 06.04.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Natalia was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of the "Zeltser case" for online comments; the charges were later amended. In August 2022, she was found guilty of leaving a comment in the Telegram chats "Typical Belarus" and "Tea with Raspberry Jam," which, according to investigators, "humiliated the authority, honor, and dignity of" Lukashenko.
She was released in March 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
He was the director and head coach of the branch of the kickboxing and Thai boxing club "Patriot" in Borisov.
Sentenced to 2 months of arrest for posting a caricature of A.G. Lukashenko on the VKontakte social network on August 17, 2020, which allegedly "in its semantic content reflected a negative assessment of the personality" of A.G. Lukashenko, as well as "sharp criticism of the socio-political situation". According to the expert who conducted the "forensic cultural examination", the caricature discredited the state power in the person of A.G. Lukashenko.
After his release, Nikolai was brought to administrative responsibility in May 2023 for storing Belsat's publication on a page on the Odnoklassniki social network. Nikolai did not admit guilt. He was sentenced to 10 days of arrest.
After being detained, Ivan was held for 5 days in the Okrestina, after which he was transferred to a prison in Zhodino. Before the trial, he spent several days in pre-trial detention center-1.
Trial outcome 15.08.2022:
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
He was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment. On October 31, 2022, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
Trial outcome 30.08.2022
1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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