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A woman was convicted for participating in a protest on August 9, 2020. Marina Lekhnovich is one of five detainees in Zhlobin during a police raid on December 13 last year.
1.5 years restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional facility
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3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of liberty without referral.
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Maxim, a member of the independent trade union Grodno Azot, was arrested on January 10, 2023, and later convicted for participating in protests in Grodno in 2020, as well as for reposting them on social media. He also allegedly insulted Lukashenko on Telegram channels, government officials, and police officers, while also sharing the information with the Belsat television channel.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
He was accused of taking part in the “March for Freedom” in Minsk on August 16, 2020, the defendant fully admitted his guilt in court and repented. He explained that he "succumbed to the actions of the crowd." Evidence of Ilya's participation in the rally was the billing data, as well as a video recording in which "the accused was fixed on the roadway next to people with white-red-white symbols." Kryuk was kept in custody until the trial. After the verdict was announced, he was released in the courtroom.
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Journalist. Vyacheslav is accused of "assisting extremist activity."
First, Lazarev was taken to the Investigative Committee, and for almost a day his relatives did not know what would happen to him. He is currently being held in Vitebsk SIZO-2.
The court of first instance sentenced Lazarov to five and a half years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, finding him guilty under the article on the creation of an "extremist formation" or participation in it (Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code). The Supreme Court changed the sentence to five years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Vyacheslav Lazarev.
According to the prosecution, Anton Ruchan and Roman Soroka took part in a march in September 2020 near Romanovskaya Sloboda Street. Including, they protested on the roadway. Anton “as a symbol of protest” had a white-red-white flag with him: the man said that it did not belong to him, someone just let him use it for photography. Both men also pleaded guilty. They recognized themselves in the photographs that found on the phone.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the prosecution, Roman Soroka and Anton Ruchan took part in a march in September 2020 near Romanovskaya Sloboda Street. Including, they protested on the roadway. Anton “as a symbol of protest” had a white-red-white flag with him: the man said that it did not belong to him, someone just let him use it for photography. Both men also pleaded guilty. They recognized themselves in the photographs that found on the phone.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Ex-manager of the channel «Belarus 2». In the office, Olga conducted official office work, monitored the implementation of contracts, etc. she left Belteleradiocompany in September 2020 to try her hand at IT. However, the decision coincided with mass protests against the falsification of the results of the presidential elections and the unreasonable violence of the security forces; many «BT» employees also joined the protests in the form of a strike.
According to reports , on March 7, the first interrogation took place, and two days later, Olga Gladkaya was charged with participating in unauthorized events.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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Director of ZAO AVANGARD LEASING. He was arrested in early November 2022. He was convicted 4 times in a row under an administrative article, spent more than a month at Akrestsina, after which a criminal case was opened against him for participating in protests in 2020.
2.5 years of restriction of probation
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.