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Alla was convicted of participating in a protest against violence in the country and the falsification of the presidential elections - the Unity March, which took place in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
Galina was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against violence in the country and the falsification of the presidential elections - the Unity March, which took place in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
According to human rights activists, she was released in January 2024, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
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Olga, an employee of the Minsk office of lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, was detained on April 12, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated under the article “conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power.”
In early June 2022, the KGB completed its preliminary investigation, after which it became known that new charges had been brought against her. In September 2022, Olga was convicted of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
She was released in December 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Lidiya was convicted for reposting information concerning Tatyana Alantieva, the head of the election commission, to a Telegram channel. The information in question was a protocol with the voting results that she had drawn up while performing her duties at one of the polling stations.
According to human rights activists, she was released in October 2022, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
Irina was convicted for a comment on a social network left in December 2020 under a photograph of the head of the Postavy District Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Rybakov, in connection with the performance of his official duties, as well as for cartridges from a small-caliber rifle found during a search.
She was released in November 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
In November 2023, it became known that the former political prisoner's preventive supervision was extended for two years. In addition, Irina was tried for reposting materials from sources deemed "extremist."
Anastasia was convicted of, according to investigators, obstructing police actions during the arrest of a man in Lida on September 27, 2020, using violence: she tore off the shoulder strap of one officer and hit him in the head, and tore off the shoulder strap of the second.
She was released in March 2022 as part of a pardon.
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Anna was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against violence in the country and the falsification of the presidential elections - the Unity March, which took place in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
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Mia was detained in January 2021 after being questioned by the Investigative Committee and later convicted under the article on “inciting hatred or discord” for expressing her opinion about the political situation in the country on the social network VKontakte.
She was released in October 2023, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
| 30.01.2024 | Поставили на учет как экстремиста 18.03. 2021 г. Вынуждена была эмигрировать. Отбыла весь срок. |
| 11.08.2021 | 08/06/21 appealed, the verdict remained unchanged |
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Activist and volunteer Olga was detained in March 2021. Physical violence was used against her at the time of her detention. She was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 against violence and the results of the presidential elections, as well as under the article on "creation of an extremist group or participation in it."
Olga was an election observer, volunteered near the Minsk detention center in Okrestina Lane, and later in the courts. She was detained several times during street protests and fined significant amounts.
In September 2024, Olga was released, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
Olga was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest on September 13, 2020 in Brest, where people sang and danced in circles and a water cannon was used against them. She was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
Zhanna was convicted for participating in a protest held on September 6, 2020 in Grodno against the falsification of the presidential elections and violence in the country. She was sentenced to serve her sentence in an open-type correctional facility, after which she had to leave Belarus.
In 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Zhanna as part of a special proceeding and she had been convicted in absentia under the article on “assistance to extremist activity.”
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Yulia was arrested and convicted for attempting to help a victim during a protest held in Vitebsk on October 4, 2020 against the results of the presidential elections. The victim was lying face down on the ground, but the police did not allow her to approach him, and then used gas. In a sign of despair and resentment that she was unable to provide assistance, the girl hit the back of a riot police minibus.
Released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.
| 11.06.2021 | Letters went well to the pre-trial detention center in Vitebsk, but not a single one from this correctional colony, and so much time has passed |
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Ekaterina, a journalist for the Belsat TV channel, was reporting live from the courtyard of the Square of Change, where peaceful protesters gathered for a protest rally in Minsk on November 15, 2020, under the slogan "I'm coming out." These were the last words of Raman Bondarenko, who was killed by security forces, and those gathered came to honor his memory. Ekaterina was detained along with her colleague Darya Chultsova during the violent dispersal of the rally and was later convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."
In April 2022, a new criminal case was opened against Ekaterina, and in July of the same year she was convicted again, accused of “treason” and sentenced to eight years in prison three months before the end of her first sentence.
On March 19, 2026, she was released following another visit to Minsk by the U.S. President Donald Trump's special representative, John Coyle, and was transported to Lithuania.
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The former Narodnaya Volya correspondent was detained and convicted for blocking a road in the Serebryanka microdistrict of Minsk on October 13, 2020. In January 2022, Olga was convicted again for a comment addressed to a Brest police officer and sentenced to one and a half years of "house arrest". As a result of the addition of terms, her total sentence increased by six months.
She was released in December 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
| 25.11.2021 | squad number 3 |
| 30.06.2021 | After the punishment cell, she has a monthly limit in the store of 58 rubles. for half a year. Therefore, he asks for everything in the transmission. Her mom needs help collecting gear. |
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The social activist was detained on January 3, 2021, at her home after security forces broke down the door, conducted a search, and seized some of her belongings. Polina was convicted of "threatening to use violence against an internal affairs officer" and "insulting a government official." She refused to testify either during the investigation or in court.
In April 2022, Polina's sentence was extended on charges of "disobeying the demands of the prison administration," and in October 2023, she was convicted again under the same article. Polina is the first female political prisoner in Belarus to be convicted under this article. The article is used against prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, often for alleged violations.
The political prisoner is systematically subjected to psychological pressure and physical violence; she has been repeatedly placed in solitary confinement, punishment cells and punishment cells.
The BNR Rada awarded Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk the Order of the Pursuit.
In March 2024, a propaganda story about Polina accidentally showed a yellow tag indicating the end date of her imprisonment: May 21. However, she was not released on that day, and she was charged for the third time with “disobeying the prison administration,” for which she was convicted again in October 2024.
She was released on February 1, 2025, having fully served her sentence (4 consecutive terms).