Political prisoners in Belarus

Name and surname	Status	Date of birth	Gender	Date of detention	Charges indicted	Date of verdict	Sentence	Penalty	Judge	Prosecutor	Prison
Asipenka Uladzimir	Former prisoner		Male	2009-02-08			3 years	imprisonment in a general-security penal colony			released
Autukhovich Mikalai	Prisoner	1963-01-07	Male	2020-12-01	Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason Art. 295-3 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions in relation to objects which action is based on use of combustible substances Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism Part 1 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code - Creation of a criminal organization or its leadership Art. 290 of the Criminal Code — Threat to commit an act of terrorism Art. 333-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal cross-border transportation of poisonous, poisonous substances, radioactive materials, weapons, military equipment Show all articles		25 years	imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Rabau	Prison No. 1 230023, Hrodna, vulica Kirava 1
Dzerbysh Halina	Prisoner	1961-08-05	Female	2020-12-10	Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		20 years	imprisonment in a general-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Penal colony No. 4 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
Harachkina Iryna	Former prisoner	1976-02-06	Female	2020-12-01	Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives		6 years	imprisonment in a general-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	released
Hundar Uladzimir	Prisoner	1960-05-28	Male	2020-12-30	Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty Part 1 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code - Creation of a criminal organization or its leadership Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		20 years	imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony	Beraziuk Siarhei, Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau, Yuliya Shcharbina	Prison No. 4 212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A
Mayorava Volha	Prisoner	1966-08-22	Female	2021-01-04	Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred Art. 411 — Malicious disobedience to the demands of administration of the correctional institution Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		20 years	imprisonment in a general-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Penal colony No. 24 247526, vulica Vytvorčaja, 44, Zarečča, Rečyca district, Homieĺ region
Melkher Iryna	Prisoner	1955-08-20	Female	2020-12-08	Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		17 years	imprisonment in a general-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Penal colony No. 4 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
Melkher Anton	Former prisoner	1993-10-26	Male	2020-12-08	Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them		2 1/2 years	imprisonment in a general-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	released
Rezanovich Liubou	Prisoner	1964-11-11	Female	2020-12-01	Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		15 years	imprisonment in a general-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Penal colony No. 4 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
Rezanovich Siarhei	Prisoner	1968-07-04	Male	2020-12-01	Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		16 years	imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Penal colony No. 15 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
Rezanovich Pavel	Prisoner	1993-07-01	Male	2020-12-01	Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		19 years	imprisonment in a high security prison	Maksim Filatau, Aliaksandr Tarakanau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Prison No. 1 230023, Hrodna, vulica Kirava 1
Sava Paviel	Prisoner	1974-05-27	Male	2020-12-01	Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism		20 years	imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Penal colony No. 8 211388, Viciebskaja vobl., Orša, vul. Lienina, 195A
Snehur Viktar	Prisoner	1988-07-20	Male	2021-01-04	Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal organization in any other form Art. 333-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal cross-border transportation of poisonous, poisonous substances, radioactive materials, weapons, military equipment Part 1 of Art. 14 and Part 2 of Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Attempted conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means Show all articles		19 years	imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony	Maksim Filatau	Liudmila Herasimenka, Uladzimir Rabau	Penal colony No. 14 222125, Minsk region, Barysaŭ district, s.n.p. Navasady, vulica Miru 1a

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