Author: Ihar Zmagar

• She wanted to mark her birthday with her family. Aliaksandra Kasko was given ten yearsJuly 17, 2026
  Aliaksandra Kasko is a Belarusian political prisoner, a medic from Vawkavysk. She was detained on 9 February 2023, after coming from Poland. First there was an administrative jail term, then a criminal case. She told a friend she was coming back to mark her thirtieth birthday with her family. She is from Ruzhany, in the… Read more: She wanted to mark her birthday with her family. Aliaksandra Kasko was given ten years
• Lukashenko’s Personal Enemy: The Story of Siarhei TsikhanouskiJune 21, 2026
  He wanted to run for president, and instead received the longest sentence of any political prisoner from 2020. Exactly a year ago, Siarhei Tsikhanouski walked free. The blogger who became a threat Tsikhanouski rose to fame through his YouTube channel “A Country for Life.” On it, he talked about the problems ordinary Belarusians faced, interviewed… Read more: Lukashenko’s Personal Enemy: The Story of Siarhei Tsikhanouski
• She came home because she was homesick. A prison colony was waitingApril 22, 2026
  She came home because she was homesick. A prison colony was waiting. Natallia Levaya is an artist from Brest. She was born on 22 June 1986. In 2009 she graduated from Brest State University in fine art and folk crafts, then went to draw in IT: first at Sinesis, and from 2012 at Playtika, where… Read more: She came home because she was homesick. A prison colony was waiting
• She Came Back for a “Pen Pal” and Got 4.5 Years in a Penal Colony: The Story of “97%” Chat Admin Tatsiana KurylinaDecember 15, 2025
  A Belarusian activist fled persecution to Poland, but after a six-month online romance she returned home, where she was put on trial. According to BYPOL, a group of former Belarusian security officers, the man she was talking to worked for the security services. In 2020, Tatsiana Kurylina from Mozyr was one of the administrators of… Read more: She Came Back for a “Pen Pal” and Got 4.5 Years in a Penal Colony: The Story of “97%” Chat Admin Tatsiana Kurylina