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Vladislav, a student at the Belarusian State Medical University, was detained on November 19, 2020 and convicted of administering the Telegram channel "White Coats".
He was released in April 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Anna, a volunteer for the Telegram channel “Drivers 97%,” was detained on October 28, 2020 and convicted of “calls for mass riots and road blockades in connection with dissatisfaction with the government and election fraud.”
She was released on November 25, 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Denis was arrested on October 4, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.
He was released on December 27, 2021, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeniy was detained on October 15, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on October 11, 2020 near the Pushkinskaya metro station in Minsk.
He was released in June 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Nikolai was arrested on December 21, 2020 and convicted of administering a yard Telegram chat.
He was released in July 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Anastasia was detained on October 16, 2020, and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Minsk.
On June 16, 2022, she was released after having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Victoria was detained on October 15, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
On December 16, 2022, she was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court.
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The Russian citizen was detained on October 27, 2020 and convicted of “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
In the summer of 2022, Alexander was transported from Belarus to Russia.
On June 16, 2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Yan was arrested and convicted for participating in protests that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 11 and September 13, 2020. According to the case materials, he planned to participate in the protests, discussing routes and actions in case of detention in the Telegram chat "Chas X". The investigation claimed that an attack on police officers was being prepared.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Victoria, the administrator of the "Drivers 97%" channel, was detained on November 4, 2020, in Minsk by GUBOPiK officers and convicted of "calling for mass riots and roadblocks due to dissatisfaction with the government and election fraud."
In 2022 and 2023, the court twice increased her sentence, accusing her of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration." Victoria had repeatedly been subjected to pressure in the penal colony and was deemed a "malicious violator."
In October 2024, in the Rechitsa District Court, Victoria was convicted for the third time under the article "malicious disobedience to the lawful demands of the penal colony administration" and sentenced to another year of imprisonment.
In early 2025, Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk reported that Victoria and Elena Gnauk had been placed in a punishment cell: "After several weeks in solitary confinement, they were transferred to a punishment cell. There's a 99% chance they'll be charged again under Article 411."
Polina also added: "Viktoria Kulsha's kidneys have probably already failed. She went on hunger strikes for months, refusing water and drink. She slit her wrists. They threw her in solitary confinement for this—she slit her wrists in solitary confinement. She went on hunger strikes in the PKT. She refused medical attention."
Victoria was scheduled to be released in April 2025 upon completion of her sentence. However, at the beginning of the month, she was transferred to Gomel Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 as part of a fourth criminal case under the article "malicious disobedience of the legal demands of the prison administration." In June of that year, her sentence was extended by another year.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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Igor was detained on December 2, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests that took place in August 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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On the night of August 10-11, 2020, Alexandra was detained in Minsk. She went out to help people who had suffered from the actions of security forces, but was faced with shelling and mass detentions. Alexandra spent three days in the Okrestina detention center, where she was tortured, including beatings and threats of sexual violence. She was then released, but on October 16, 2020, she was arrested again as part of a criminal case, accused of participating in "group actions that grossly violate public order."
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Alexander was first detained on August 29, 2020, along with his sister Natalia, on a trolleybus, and a video of their detention was distributed in the media and on social networks. In December, he was arrested again and charged with active participation in "mass riots" and resisting police officers.
In November 2022, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2025.
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Yevgeny was arrested on October 30, 2020 and convicted of participating in a protest. According to the charges, he expressed his political views by disturbing public order, shouting slogans and clapping his hands.
He was released in June 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Viktor was detained on October 16, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place from August 10 to 11, 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
He was released in May 2023 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.