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Vladimir was arrested in November 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," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom.
He was detained on August 17 as part of a criminal case concerning group actions that grossly violated public order.
In the summer of 2025, he was released, having served his entire sentence.
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Ivan, a BSUIR student, was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and taken into custody.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on October 25, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
In January 2022, Ivan began serving his sentence in a correctional facility, and in the summer of that year, he managed to escape from the correctional facility and leave Belarus.
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 a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Olga, an activist and former head of the organization "Radislava," which helps women victims of domestic violence, was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for organizing women's marches in 2020.
In May 2022, Olga was found guilty of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In September 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of "replacing a restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."
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.
Boris was arrested in November 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 April 2022, he was found guilty of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 23, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Alexey was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Timofey was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Evgeny was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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.
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.
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Dmitry, a crane operator at MTZ's core section, was detained on September 16, 2021, by KGB officers as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody.
Date and sentence unknown; presumably convicted for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
In September 2022, a court hearing was held on the issue of compensation for damage caused to KTUP Minsktrans.
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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.