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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."
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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.
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Irina was detained on August 23, 2021, for posting messages on the Mozyr 97 Telegram channel, which was deemed "extremist."
In November 2021, she was found guilty of "group actions grossly violating public order" and "illegal actions against private information and personal data" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in June 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Tatyana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left in the "Korelichi 97%" Telegram group addressed to Alexei Kot, the chief of staff of the Korelichi District Department of Internal Affairs.
Olga was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social media site Odnoklassniki addressed to Viktor Turchinovich, head of the ideological work department of the Kobrin District Police Department. According to the prosecution, the comment contained an obscene and negative assessment of the "victim."
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Zukhra, a native of Uzbekistan, was found guilty in October 2021 of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer," "insulting a government official," and "defamation." According to the prosecution, she publicly insulted the head of the Polotsk District Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Garus. Among the "victims" are also Lieutenant Colonel Denis Karasev, head of the Law Enforcement Department of the Public Safety Prevention Department, and Major Vitaly Sheshukov, deputy head of the Polotsk Pretrial Detention Center, whom she allegedly threatened.
Despite the fact that Zukhra cares for a child with a disability, she was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
In September 2024, the Presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Court heard Zukhra's criminal case in open court following a cassation appeal by the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus. Following the hearing, the charge of "insulting a government official" was overturned, and the prison term was reduced by two months.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Tatyana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a judge" for, according to investigators, writing an "offensive inscription" on the mailbox door of Brest Regional Court Judge Ruslana Albertovna Senko on December 18, 2020, "intending it would be read and perceived repeatedly." Tatyana pleaded not guilty.
Yulia was detained and convicted for installing a scarecrow, which, according to investigators, resembled Lukashenko, in the regional center on Varshavskoe Shosse.
In November 2024, a court hearing was held regarding Yulia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Diana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" for a comment she left in the Telegram group "Klichev-chat." The court sentenced her to a two-year suspended prison sentence.
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Ekaterina was accused in October 2021 of insulting a government official—Taratenko, an employee of the Frunzensky District Prosecutor's Office in Minsk.
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Anna was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where people were singing and dancing in circles and were attacked with a water cannon. She was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna was released in February 2023, having fully served her sentence.
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Oksana, a music teacher at a school in Lida, was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In June 2022, she was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in July 2022, having fully served her sentence.
Ekaterina was arrested on September 20, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "hooliganism committed by a group of persons" and "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In May 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to prison for a performance at a city cemetery in Vitebsk: a group of young people installed a portrait of Lukashenko on a grave and opened champagne.
Released in August 2024 as part of a pardon.
Yulia was detained on September 20, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "hooliganism committed by a group of persons."
In May 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to prison for a performance at a city cemetery in Vitebsk: a group of young people installed a portrait of Lukashenko on a grave and opened champagne.
Released in September 2024 as part of a pardon.