Political persecutions

Diana was detained in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for restoring graffiti with "DJs of Change" in the famous protest courtyard "Square of Change" under the article "malicious hooliganism committed by a group of persons." After 72 hours, she was released from the temporary detention facility and placed under house arrest. In August of the same year, Diana was sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction.

It is known that in October 2024, a case was considered against her within the framework of special proceedings to replace the restriction of freedom.

Artyom was convicted in November 2021 under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" for expressing his civic position. Human rights activists view his prosecution, imprisonment, and charges as "politically motivated punishment for exercising the right to peaceful assembly and expressing an opinion on the results of the August 2020 presidential elections."

Dmitry, a musician, was detained on the evening of August 2, 2021, at a dacha near Minsk during a birthday party for IRDORATH vocalist Nadezhda Kalach, along with other musicians and guests. Over the next two days, some of the participants were convicted of disobeying police, including Dmitry, who was sentenced to 15 days in jail, but was not released after serving his sentence.

In October of that year, Dmitry was found guilty of "organizing actions that grossly violate public order, as well as training or otherwise preparing individuals to participate in such actions" for his participation in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.

Ilya was found guilty in August 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in a protest on September 23, 2020, on Freedom Square in Minsk. According to the charges, he acted in concert with unidentified individuals, shouted slogans, repeatedly refused to comply with police orders, and obstructed the arrest of one of the protesters, for which he was detained. Ilya pleaded not guilty.

In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Dmitry was found guilty of joining a rally in Minsk on September 20, 2020, as part of a large group of people, actively participating in it, disrupting public transportation, and carrying a flag.

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

The court found Andrei guilty of "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and sentenced him to 120 hours of community service.

Natalya was found guilty for a comment she left on a Telegram channel, in which she commented on the actions of Mikhalochkin, a traffic police lieutenant in the city of Kamenets (Brest Region). During the investigation, she explained that she was motivated by the fact that Mikhalochkin's father, while working at a school, "raised his son profitably."

Tatyana was detained on January 19, 2021. She was released three days later, but on June 3 of that year, she was detained again in connection with a criminal case. From that moment until her trial, she remained in custody.

In August 2021, she was found guilty of three criminal charges for comments left on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus," which concerned 14 law enforcement officers and a judge. She was sentenced to restricted freedom and ordered to pay substantial compensation to the "victims."

Olesya, a Russian citizen, was found guilty in August 2021 for comments she made in the Telegram channel "Baranovich-Yuzhny_chat" under a photograph of local police chief Alexei Getman. Investigators classified these comments as slander and insult to a government official. In her comments, she criticized his actions and called him "the most notorious fascist in Baranovichi." Alesya stated that she believed the case was politically motivated and that Getman had threatened her and her child, but the judge dismissed this.

Vitaliy, a businessman, one of Viktor Babariko's campaign coordinators during the presidential election, and a member of the Coordination Council, was first arrested in August 2020 as part of a criminal case for "tax evasion resulting in large-scale damage." On November 12 of that year, he was released on bail by Yuri Voskresensky.

In the summer of 2021, Vitaly was arrested again in connection with the same case. On August 9, 2021, he was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility and to pay a large fine.

Left Belarus.

On November 12, 2025, the KGB designated the coalition of Terra Group Event and SSL Production initiatives as an extremist group . According to the agency, Vitaly is involved in the activities of these organizations.

Alexey was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols" for tearing down the national flag from the Community Center in the agro-town of Zhodinsky and breaking the flagpole. He was a minor at the time of his sentencing.

Olga, a craftswoman, had her first trial in August 2021. The case stemmed from a comment she made on the Telegram channel "Punisher Belarus" under a post by police captain Ruslan Kutsko: "a familiar face" with three poop emojis. The court sentenced her to restricted freedom and ordered her to pay compensation.

On February 9, 2022, she was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for the comment "shit himself and disgraced himself" under photos of the same captain and was again sentenced to restricted freedom, a large fine, and compensation.

In 2023, two court hearings were held on the issue of replacing the fine with community service; the results of these hearings are unknown.

It is known that political persecution and pressure against Olga continues: from March 2024 to the spring of 2025, at least three court hearings were held under the administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials."

Alexander was found guilty of posting a statement on a Telegram channel on February 21, 2021, addressed to Alina Kasyanchik, assistant prosecutor of the Frunzensky District, which was deemed offensive. According to the prosecution, this publicly "humiliated her honor and dignity" and "undermined the prestige of the supervisory authorities."

In August 2021, Yuri was found guilty of an offensive comment he left about a Ministry of Internal Affairs officer on the social network Odnoklassniki and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility, as well as to pay a substantial amount of compensation.

In August 2021, Ivan was found guilty of an offensive comment he left in July 2020 about a local police officer from Babruisk in Olga Karach's Odnoklassniki group. During the trial, he fully admitted his guilt and attempted to apologize, but the officer refused and demanded moral damages, which were paid during a recess in the trial.