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A resident of Rogachev was detained on January 19, 2022 in a criminal case initiated after protests in Zhlobin in August 2020. The woman's house was searched, Zhlobin was taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation, then to the temporary detention center, and then to the pre-trial detention center.
On May 15, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with a general regime.
Oksana was found guilty in November 2021 of criminal charges related to insulting a government official and Lukashenko. The court sentenced her to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
In 2022, the type of punishment was increased, and Oksana was transferred to a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, she was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Natalia was found guilty in November 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment posted on the social network Odnoklassniki about the senior district police inspector of the Bobruisk Department of Internal Affairs, Police Captain Andrei Komar.
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Natalia was found guilty in October 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official.
According to the indictment, on June 13, 2021, she left the comment "What a fat face" under a post in the "Sasha Belousov" community on the social network Odnoklassniki, which featured a photo of Dmitry Vishnevsky, head of the Orsha District Department of Internal Affairs, and the caption "accomplice of the fascist regime."
Natalya explained in court that she did not consider her comment offensive, since Dostoevsky had a literary expression, “a shiny fat mug.”
Tatyana was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a government official for her comments on a post on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" about Natalya Yermoolinskaya, head of the Borisov District Police Department's juvenile affairs inspectorate.
On September 2, 2021, Yulia was found guilty of insulting a police officer from Grodno. According to the case file, in May 2020, she posted on Odnoklassniki, calling one of the Grodno law enforcement officers a "fucker." At the time of publication, Yulia was in St. Petersburg.
In March 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a commitment to an open correctional facility. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Yulia's presence, are unknown.
Marina was found guilty in December 2020 in a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." The case concerned the events of August 9, 2020. At that time, Marina, a pharmacist, was detained and brutally beaten by two riot police officers, Daria Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich. However, the criminal case was specifically opened against Marina. While being physically choked, Marina instinctively bit the hand of one of the police officers.
Victoria was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols." According to investigators, she altered the image of the national emblem and used it as the logo for her Telegram and YouTube channels, as well as in published videos, which, according to investigators, constituted "an act of blasphemy and an attempt to draw attention to her channel."
Marina was found guilty in June 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social media site Odnoklassniki addressed to Yuri Chernyshkov, an operative of the Drogichin District Police Department. The comment was posted under a post alleging that Chernyshkov had punched and kicked a girl on a square in Drogichin on August 10, 2020, and then "handed her over" to riot police.
Natalia was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki regarding the leadership of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs.
According to the indictment, on the night of February 9-10, 2021, Tatyana obstructed the lawful activities of police officers, namely, a search of her home. According to the officers, during her arrest, Tatyana bit the finger of one of the officers, bit through the glove of another, and kicked a third officer in the head. They also claimed that the woman called them "bandits," "fascists," and "punishers."
In May 2021, Tatyana was found guilty of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and sentenced to a restricted sentence in an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.
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 with serving the sentence in a penal colony.
Ekaterina was found guilty in January 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for reposting a photograph and personal information, as well as for posting a comment on this post on the Telegram channel "Slonim for Life," about a riot police officer from the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, Senior Police Sergeant Sergei Oskolkov. According to the investigation, under the repost, she posted a message "containing offensive content, degrading the honor and dignity of Oskolkov."
Lyudmila was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment she left on the Telegram channel "Pruzhany/Pruzhana" under a photograph of Ruzhany police officer Dmitry Kazarenko, using the word "cattle." According to the prosecution, she caused him "mental suffering, which manifested itself in personal anguish and the anguish of his loved ones, as well as feelings of bitterness and resentment."
In the fall of 2021, Olga was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for reposting from an "extremist" channel. She was also found to have an image of Lukashenko and Belarusian officials in Nazi uniforms, which led to the criminal case. According to investigators, Olga posted this image in a closed chat more than a year ago.
In January 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. Olga was taken into custody in the courtroom.
She was released in June 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Victoria was found guilty three times in a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official."
She was first convicted in March 2021 for a comment under a post about Vasily Molchan and Igor Kachuk, police officers from the Sovietsky District Administration of Minsk, which the court deemed degrading.
She was later convicted again for a comment on Telegram addressed to Vadim Yakimchik, a senior detective in the criminal investigation department. For both counts, Victoria was given a suspended sentence without being sent to an open correctional facility.
In December 2021, she was convicted again on a third count. The details of the case are unknown. It is only known that the state prosecution had requested a sentence of restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility, while at that time, Victoria had approximately six months left to serve her sentence of house arrest.
Left Belarus.