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Konstantin, a former Belarus-4 TV presenter , was arrested and convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Alina was detained on November 29, 2020 and taken to the Central District Police Department of Minsk for "participation in an unauthorized mass event." According to the charges, she threatened a police officer at the police department, tore off his mask, broke free, pushed, and bit him on the thigh. She was initially sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest, but in December 2020, she was re-arrested as part of a criminal case and later convicted of "violence against a police officer."
She was released in October 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Pavel was arrested and convicted of attempting to short-circuit the tracks on the railway on November 11, 2020.
He was released in April 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Sergei was arrested and convicted of attempting to short-circuit the rails on the railway on November 11, 2020.
He was released in April 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Alexander was twice brought to administrative responsibility for posting leaflets and was convicted because, according to the state prosecution, they contained information of an offensive nature regarding an employee of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Brest, which became the basis for a criminal case.
Alexander managed to leave Belarus before he began serving his sentence.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Ivan was convicted for a comment about police officers that he posted in September 2020 in the “People’s Patrol” group on the VKontakte social network.
In May 2022, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to a penal colony for "disturbing the order in a correctional facility." It is known that the reason for this was four reports drawn up for him "lying down on the bed."
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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An activist of the "Country for Life" and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's team, Oleg has been repeatedly detained under political administrative articles. He was detained along with another activist, Oleksandr Mateyuk, who were known to have been under surveillance since the fall of 2020. Oleg was subsequently convicted on fabricated drug-related criminal charges.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Andrei was detained for participating in a protest that took place on September 23, 2020 against Lukashenko's inauguration in Minsk. He was convicted of blocking the roadway near the Pushkinskaya metro station, as well as allegedly damaging two patrol cars and attacking two traffic police officers. Andrei did not admit his guilt.
At the end of December it became known that Andrei's punishment had been toughened and he had been transferred to prison regime.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Sergei was arrested on March 23, 2021, for standing up for his mother when OMON and GUBOPiK were violently detaining her in her own apartment. He was convicted of "threatening to use violence against an internal affairs officer."
In 2024, on the day of his release, he was rearrested, and in July of that year he was re-convicted under the article “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution” - an article under which prisoners are tried for refusing to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations.
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Alexander was arrested and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, against the results of the presidential elections.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeniy was detained and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, directed against the results of the presidential elections.
In June 2022, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison.
In July 2023, Yevgeny was convicted again of “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution” - an article under which prisoners are tried for refusing to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vadim was detained and convicted under the article "hooliganism" after an incident in a park where he was hanging white ribbons. Olga Bondareva, a representative of the "Antivandal-Grodno" movement, began filming him on her phone and stalking him, which provoked a conflict.
He was released on January 17, 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ten days after her release, Olga Bondareva went to court to recover compensation for moral damages from Vadim.
Sergei was convicted in a criminal case opened on the events of November 1, 2020, when a protest took place - a march to Kurapaty in Minsk.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Sergei was convicted of unfurling a banner with the inscription: “While there is lawlessness in the country, resistance is our duty,” blocking traffic.
Left Belarus.
In February 2025, as part of a special trial in Sergei's case, a hearing was held in absentia to consider replacing his restriction of freedom with a prison sentence in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
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Andrei was convicted of installing a scarecrow, which according to investigators resembled Lukashenko, in the regional center on Varshavskoe Shosse.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.