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Pavel was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in August 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Igor was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In February 2025, 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 a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Alexander was found guilty in September 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs.
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Yanina was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in the post-election protest, the Unity March, which took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno.
Evgeny was found guilty in November 2021 of "desecration of buildings and damage to property" for writing "Long Live Belarus," "We Will Not Forget. We Will Not Forgive," and "3% Go Away," thereby, according to the prosecution, desecrating and damaging the buildings in question.
Anastasia was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left in a Telegram channel about Alina Kasyanchik, assistant prosecutor of Minsk's Frunzensky District, and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral.
Yevgeny was detained 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 on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.
Valery was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.
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Elena was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. The court hearing was held behind closed doors, so the details of the case are unknown.
Oleg was found guilty in November 2021 of slander and insulting a government official for liking and commenting on a photo post on the social media site Odnoklassniki by Alexander Lisitsa, the commander of the Baranovichi City Executive Committee's traffic police platoon.
Vadim was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
Evgeny was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on the social network VKontakte regarding an article about Sergei Solovyov, deputy head of the Soligorsk Department of Internal Affairs and head of the public safety police. He was sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral and ordered to pay moral damages.
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Andrei was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Minsk.
Igor was arrested on September 14, 2021, in connection with 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 protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.