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Prison Number 8
Prison № 8 () is a prison in Zhodzina, Belarus founded in May 1984. It has become known as a place of imprisonment for many political prisoners since 2020, after the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. History The building was erected in 1984 as a "medical and occupational prevention." In 1992, the hospital was transformed into a pre-trial detention center № 8 of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee. In 1999, a special corps for lifers was opened. Prisoners are being held in prison pending investigation and sentenced to life imprisonment. Political repression The pre-trial detention center can hold up to 1,500 people, but former prisoners report actual significant overruns. There have been several suicides and sudden deaths in prison, which human rights activists have linked to violence by the administration. In 2015, the Zhodzina prison warden was sentenced to six years in prison for "suicide" and "abuse of office". Former political prisoner Valery Levaneuski complained about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk Oblast Executive Committee
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk region and Minsk district. it has a population of about two million, making Minsk the 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk, an appanage of the Principality of Polotsk, before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of the territories annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, after the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Polienko
Dmitry (); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Demetrios (, ). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ, ''Dēmētēr''), "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture. Short forms of the name from the 13th–14th centuries are Mit, Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (, or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha, Dimon etc. (, etc.) St. Dimitri's Day The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 Old Style and New Style dates">Old Style: October 26]. The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Julian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. The Saturday before this is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates the Orthodox soldiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliaksandr Vasilievič
Aliaksandr (Saša) Vasilievič (, also known as Aliaksandr Vasilevich; born 14 September 1974) is a Belarusian businessman, gallerist, publisher, opposition activist, and a former political prisoner. Career and imprisonment Vasilievič is a co-founder of the online media outlets kyky.org and The Village Belarus, owner of the Vondel/Hepta agency and a former owner of the Ў Gallery of Contemporary Art. On 28 July 2020 Vasilievič was detained by police in the KGB building in Minsk, after he tried to file a petition requesting the release on bail of the arrested presidential nominee Viktar Babaryka. The court of the Frunzienski district of Minsk sentenced Vasilievič to 14 days of administrative detention for his alleged participation in an unauthorized protest and chanting outside the KGB building ‘Freedom to Babaryka!’ On 28 August 2020 Vasilievič was detained by officers of the Department for Financial Investigations of the . Prior to that, his apartment, office and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darya Chultsova
Darya Chultsova ( Belarusian: Дар’я Дзмітрыеўна Чульцова, Russian: Дарья Дмитриевна Чульцова) (born on 20 February 1997, in Shklow, Mogilev Region, Belarus) is a journalist from Belarus. She worked for the television channel Belsat TV. She broadcast the event from the Square of Changes in Minsk where Raman Bandarenka was beaten to death in 2020. She was arrested on site on 15 November 2020. Early life and career She was born in Shklow. Being a little girl, she became interested in journalism. During the university years, she worked part-time for the website "Mogilev.Online". She graduated the Department of Journalism of Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University in 2020. In 2020, she moved to the TV channel Belsat TV and worked there as a journalist. Criminal procedure Together with journalist Katsyaryna Andreeva, she became a suspect in a criminal case on organizing actions that attack public order. On 15 November 2020, in Minsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Andreeva (journalist)
Ekaterina Sergeevna Andreeva (; born 27 November 1965) is a Russian journalist, actress and anchor of ''Vremya'' and ''Novosti'', Channel One Russia's main evening news bulletins since 1997. Biography Her father was a deputy chairman of the Gossnab of USSR, and her mother was a housewife. Ekaterina Andreeva has a younger sister, Svetlana. As a child, she had an interest in basketball, and briefly studied at the School of Olympic Reserve. In 1990, she entered the All-union training courses for radio and television broadcasters (with the USSR Radio and Television). She studied with Igor Kirillov. In 1991, Andreeva began working in television as an announcer leading the program ''Good morning'' at the Central Television and broadcasting company, Ostankino. In 1995, she began working for the TV Company ORT as the information program editor and presenter of the program ''Novosti''. She was awarded the Order of Friendship in 2006 and was awarded TEFI in 2007. In 2010, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Losik
Ihar Alyaksandravich Losik (, , born 20 May 1992) is a Belarusian blogger and consultant of the Belarusian section of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Since June 25, 2020 he has been held in prison by Belarusian authorities. Viasna Human Rights Centre and Amnesty International recognize him as a political prisoner. Life Losik graduated from Baranavichy State University in 2015. By specialty he is a philologist, a teacher of a foreign language. However, he did not work by profession. In 2015-2016 he received the Vaclav Havel scholarship. Since 2018, he is the father of a daughter, named Paulina. In 2011, Losik became an administrator of the Revolution through Social Networks movement. It was him who had the idea of peaceful, silent protests. After the first successful protests, State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus officers became interested in him. Losik has ceased his participation in the administration of this protest movement. Since February 2013, he has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Kolesnikova
Maria Kalesnikava (Marya Alyaksandrauna Kalesnikava / Maria Aleksandrovna Kolesnikova; born 24 April 1982) is a Belarusian professional flutist and political activist. In 2020, she headed Viktar Babaryka's electoral campaign during the presidential elections of 2020 in Belarus. Kalesnikava represented the united campaign of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, then she became a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020 Belarusian protests in opposition to the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. She is also a founder of the ' Razam' political party. Kalesnikava was kidnapped by unidentified law enforcement officers on 7 September 2020. Early in the morning of 8 September 2020, she was taken to the Ukraine country border by force. Kalesnikava was intimidated and pressured to leave the country, but while on neutral ground she got out of the car through the rear window, tore her passport to pieces and went back on foot. On Belarusian territory she was arrested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikola Statkevich
Mikola Viktaravich Statkevich (, ; born 12 August 1956 – disappeared 9 February 2023) is a Belarusian lieutenant colonel, politician, and opposition leader who was a presidential candidate at the 2010 Belarusian presidential election. Since 31 May 2020 he is held in prison by Belarusian authorities. Viasna Human Rights Centre recognized him as a political prisoner. On 14 December 2021, Statkevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Early life and career Mikola Viktaravich Statkevich was born in Liadna near Slutsk into a family of school teachers. He is a member of the noble family (of the Kościesza coat of arms), and is additionally a member of the Wołodkowicz family, Wołodkowicz noble family through his mother. During the German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II, German occupation of Belarus in World War II, his father (Viktar Paulavich Statkevich) and grandfather (Paul Statkevich) participated in the Belarusian resistance during World War II, Belarusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Tymoshenko
Nikolai Andreyevich Tymoshenko (; born 1970), known as The Fatinsky Maniac (), is a Belarusian serial killer who killed at least three women in the Mogilev Region from 1999 to 2010. He was found guilty of the respective crimes, and was sentenced to two life terms. Murders First known murder Tymoshenko's first known murder was committed between May and June 1999. During that time frame, he met a young woman aged between 18 and 20 years old in the village of , offering to take her to his dacha to relax and have a drink. The woman offered to pay all expenses, as she reportedly earned 2 million rubles. After spending some time drinking together, Tymoshenko asked the woman if she could share some of her money with him, to which she categorically refused. Angered, Tymoshenko grabbed her and starting pushing her, causing the woman to hit her head against a nearby wall. She began resisting, causing the assailant to punch her three times in the chest before choking her to death. To hide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikola Dziadok
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Zhodzina
Zhodzina or Zhodino is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus, located north-east of Minsk. The city covers an area of . In 2021, its population was 65,451. As of 2025, it has a population of 63,354. History The settlement is first mentioned in 1688, belonging to the Radziwiłł family. It has had city status since 1963. On 13 August 2020, Zhodzina was the site of the first large-scale worker strike in Belarus, at the BelAZ automobile plant, in protest of the contested results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential elections. Geography The town, the most populous among the settlements in the surrounding Smalyavichy District, is situated north-east of Minsk and south-west of Barysaw. Zhodzina is divided by the Plisa River, and it has a small lake in its southern suburb. Education There are nine schools, two high schools, one professional lyceum and Zhodzina Polytechnical College in the city. Currently, there are no higher educational institutions in the city. Economy The BelAZ (The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
