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Andrey was convicted in April 2021 under the article "Desecration of buildings and damage to property", despite the fact that he had previously received administrative arrest for the same episode. The essence of the charge was that in February 2021, he painted a line from a prayer on the facade of a residential building: "But deliver us from the evil one."
He was released in July 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was arrested in July 2020 in a criminal case opened for insulting Lukashenko. Before the verdict, he was under a written undertaking not to leave. Since January 2021, four closed court hearings have been held - without the participation of lawyers and witnesses. Of the 96 charges, 13 were proven. In March 2021, Sergei was sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Anton was detained and convicted for recording and distributing a video, including on the Basta Telegram channel, in which, according to the prosecution, he publicly insulted Lukashenko.
He was released in January 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vyacheslav was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
According to human rights activists, he was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Vitaly was detained and convicted twice for participating in a protest against the falsification of the presidential elections - on the night of August 9-10, 2020, he and his son stood in a chain in the front row in the city center.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
In August 2020, during a protest, Andrei tried to take a woman away from the riot police, for which he was brutally beaten by seven security officers. An ambulance was called for him at the police station - he was taken to the hospital with a head injury, hematomas and wounds, where he received stitches. A complaint was filed with the Investigative Committee regarding the beating, but the case was never opened. However, at the end of 2020, a criminal case was opened against Andrei, and in April 2021, he was detained as part of a case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against the falsification of the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots".
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2025, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Vitaly was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Nikolai was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
In early April 2022, it became known that Nikolai's type of punishment had been toughened, and in June of that year he was transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a penal colony.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Sergei was convicted of the fact that, according to the indictment, from September 10 to December 8, 2020, while at his place of residence and in the administrative building of Mostovsky RES, he, using his mobile phone as a tool to commit a crime, posted messages created by other users in the Telegram channel "Bridges for Life Chat" under the pseudonym "Sergei", containing offensive statements about Lukashenko and accompanied by his images.
He was released in June 2023, having served his entire sentence.
Evgeny was convicted in the criminal “round dance case” initiated after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Grigory was convicted under the article “Desecration of state symbols.”
He was released in May 2022, having served his entire sentence.
Leonid was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020 against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
In May 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ilya was arrested in May 2021 in connection with the protests in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020, and convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the prosecution, he tried to break a tree and threw an aluminum energy drink can toward the police. Ilya himself admitted that the can could have flown, but none of the police officers confirmed this, and the specific victim was not named.
The attempt to damage the tree was recorded on video, but in court, a Zelenstroy employee explained that the tree was not damaged. Nevertheless, the organization filed a lawsuit for 117 rubles.
Ilya was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Dmitry, a Belorusneft employee from Gomel, along with other employees of the company, took part in recording an appeal against violence and for dialogue. At the end of October 2020, he also recorded a video message for TUT.BY to his colleagues and the management of Belorusneft, in which he condemned the repressions, called for not hushing up what was happening and openly expressing their civic position.
He was arrested on May 14, 2021, and later convicted of “organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.