{"id":562186,"date":"2026-07-24T10:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=562186"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:12:07","slug":"defendants-in-the-honest-people-case-added-to-belarus-s-terrorist-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/defendants-in-the-honest-people-case-added-to-belarus-s-terrorist-list","title":{"rendered":"Defendants in the \u201cHonest People\u201d Case Added to Belarus\u2019s \u201cTerrorist\u201d List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus\u2019s State Security Committee (KGB) has updated its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities.\u201d Fourteen people, including three women, have been added.<\/p>\n<p>Among those included are \u201cHonest People\u201d activists <b>Alena Zhylachkin\u0430<\/b> (Zhyvaglod), <b>Zaryna Sarokina<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Aleh Davydchyk<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Tsimafey Malakhouski<\/b>. They were sentenced in absentia by the <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/up-to-10-years-in-prison-and-heavy-fines-in-absentia-verdict-delivered-in-the-honest-people-case\">Vitsyebsk Regional Court<\/a> on Jan. 22. The defendants were charged under several articles of the Criminal Code, including \u201cdiscrediting Belarus,\u201d \u201cinciting hatred,\u201d \u201cinsulting and slandering Lukashenka,\u201d and \u201ccalling for sanctions against the Republic of Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alena Zhylachkina was sentenced to 10 years in a medium-security penal colony and fined 67,500 Belarusian rubles. Zaryna Sarokina, Tsimafey Malakhouski and Aleh Davydchyk were each sentenced to eight years in a penal colony and fined 40,500 Belarusian rubles.<\/p>\n<p>They had previously been added to the Interior Ministry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/defendants-in-the-honest-people-case-added-to-extremist-list\">list of \u201cextremists\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHonest People\u201d initiative was established in 2020 to counter fraud in the presidential election. Its volunteers sought appointments to precinct election commissions and served as election observers. Together with the \u201cHolas\u201d and \u201cZUBR.in\u201d initiatives, \u201cHonest People\u201d created online platforms to monitor polling stations and the Holas platform for an independent vote count.<\/p>\n<p>Also added to the list were <strong><b>Aliaksandr Zubryk<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Stanislau Pryhodzich<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Artsiom Sabaleuski<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Yauhen Perhayeu<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Aksana Volvacheva<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Siarhei Poka<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Valery Rynkevich<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Danat Dashkouski<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Anatol Vaitsekhouski<\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b>Uladzimir Karcheuny<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cterrorist\u201d list now contains 1,471 names, 719 of whom are Belarusians.<\/p>\n<p>Accusations of extremism and terrorism in Belarus are widely used against opponents of the authorities and dissent more broadly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus\u2019s State Security Committee (KGB) has updated its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities.\u201d Fourteen people, including three women, have been added. Among those included are \u201cHonest People\u201d activists Alena Zhylachkin\u0430 (Zhyvaglod), Zaryna Sarokina,\u00a0Aleh Davydchyk\u00a0and\u00a0Tsimafey Malakhouski. They were sentenced in absentia by the Vitsyebsk Regional Court on Jan. 22. 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