Political persecutions

Alexander, a DJ (Papa Bo) and arts manager collaborating with the Korpus cultural center, was detained on September 2, 2021, following a search of the Korpus building. After serving 10 days of administrative arrest, he was not released but instead was arrested on criminal charges of group actions grossly violating public order.

In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in the August 2020 protests and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open facility.

Alexander left Belarus before he began serving his sentence.

In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Alexei was arrested on August 26, 2021, in connection with a criminal case involving group actions grossly violating public order, and in November of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Minsk.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Kirill was arrested on August 22, 2021, in connection with a criminal case involving group actions grossly violating public order, and in November of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.

Anton studied at BNTU but was expelled after his second year for tearing down the national flag. He worked at McDonald's.

According to the investigative materials, "on June 18, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., Anton, while intoxicated, tore down the national flag hanging above the entrance to the dormitory where he lives, thereby expressing disdain for state symbols and showing disrespect for society."

Lyudmila, a pensioner with cancer, endured a house search, nearly a dozen interrogations, an investigation into one criminal case, and charges in another in the six months leading up to her trial. In September 2021, she was found guilty of insulting a police officer from Vileika, Zharikov. The charge stemmed from a comment under a social media post that contained the single word "creature."

Vitaly was detained in August 2020 during a post-election protest in Minsk and placed in the Okrestina temporary detention facility. A criminal case was subsequently opened against him for "participation in mass riots."

Left Belarus.

Nikita was convicted of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" for his participation in a protest that took place in Minsk on October 25, 2020. He was sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave.

Vadim was arrested in June 2021 on charges of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order." The criminal case was opened against him for participating in protests that took place on October 25 and November 1, 2020, in Minsk. In September 2021, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction and released from custody in the courtroom.

Valentin was convicted in September 2021 for a comment addressed to the commander of the Brest Regional Executive Committee's Special Purpose Police Unit (OMON), Lieutenant Colonel Maksim Yakovlevich Mikhovich, and sentenced to restricted freedom without placement in an open-type facility.

Anton was convicted in September 2021 for a comment he posted about a police officer from the Berezovsky District Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Department in a Telegram channel designated as extremist. According to the charges, he acted with the intent to publicly insult a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties.

Eduard was convicted in the fall of 2021 for a comment he left on Olga Karach's Odnoklassniki page about traffic police officer Igor Volnich. He was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a prison facility and ordered to pay monetary compensation for "moral damages."

Eduard, a visually impaired nurse, previously competed for the Belarusian Paralympic team. In September 2021, he was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki about traffic police inspector Andrei Bagrayenok. A linguistic expert found the comment humiliating. Eduard was under house arrest until his trial, after which he was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open facility.

Alina was found guilty in September 2021 for the comment "Death" left on the social media site Odnoklassniki, addressed to Savich, a warrant officer in the Minsk City Executive Committee's riot police company. According to the prosecution, the comment humiliated the recipient and was deemed offensive.

Yevgeny, a Russian citizen and rapper, was convicted in the fall of 2021 for a self-composed song that, according to the prosecution, contained insults against Lukashenko.

He was released in the summer of 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court, and deported to Russia.

Alexei, a writer and teacher of Belarusian language and literature, was arrested in August 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.