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Natalia was first detained and sentenced to administrative arrest on August 29, 2020, after the Women's Solidarity March. She was detained along with her brother Alexander on a trolleybus, and a video of their detention was distributed in the media and social networks.
In October 2020, she was arrested again and convicted under the article on “violence against a police officer” for biting OMON officer Andrei Khomich on the thigh during his arrest in August.
She was released in May 2021, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
| 19.05.2021 | from 03/14/21 is in the women's colony No. 4 in Gomel |
Alexander was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against the election results and violence by security forces on the night of August 11-12, 2020 in Zhlobin, as well as for allegedly throwing a stone at a traffic police car.
According to human rights activists, he was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vladislav was detained and accused of participating in a protest against the results of the presidential elections that took place on November 1, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
| 30.12.2021 | 4.6.21 accounting is prone to extremist and other destructive activities |
Alexander was arrested in October 2020 at his home and convicted of allegedly taking part in a protest against the election results that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk and hitting the hood of an official vehicle at least three times.
He was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Ignat, a poet, actor and director, was arrested and convicted of creating the Telegram chat “Progulka” (Walk), in which he invited friends to a meeting on August 9, 2020, and shared information on how to use proxy servers and applications in the context of the Internet block, and, according to the prosecution, “took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order.”
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Dmitry was detained and convicted for the fact that during the memorial event for Roman Bondarenko, who was killed by security forces, which took place on November 15, 2020 in Gomel, he tried to knock the phone out of the hands of a police officer who was filming the protest, fearing that he would be brought to administrative responsibility.
Released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court
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Levon, a volunteer for Viktor Babariko's headquarters, was detained on August 11, 2020, near his home on charges of participating in a protest against the results of the presidential election held on August 9, 2020, in Minsk. He was later convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."
He was released in May 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Darya, 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 held 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. Darya was detained along with her colleague Ekaterina Bakhvalova during the violent dispersal of the rally and was later convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
She was released in September 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
| 03.09.2022 | Released!! |
Igor was detained on October 4, 2020, at the "March for the Liberation of Political Prisoners" protest and arrested for 13 days, but was never released. He was later convicted in a criminal case for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
He was released in January 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry was convicted for insulting the head of the traffic police in one of the videos on his YouTube channel.
In November 2022, at the initiative of the administration of Correctional Institution No. 9, the court ordered Dmitry to be transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a correctional colony for “violating order.”
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
| 18.06.2021 | From June 17, 2021 is serving a sentence at Correctional Facility No. 9, Vitebsk. |
Alexander was convicted of resisting police officers who used force during an attempt to detain him on August 9, 2020, in Soligorsk. According to the charges, on that day, police officers tried to detain him near the Central store, but he, not wanting to be detained, categorically refused to follow the police.
According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Sergei, the creative director of the advertising agency Salmon Graphics, was arrested and convicted for participating in the “March of Unity” - a march against the recognition of the results of the presidential elections, which took place on September 6, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Alexey was arrested and convicted in a criminal case opened after the August 2020 protests in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Maxim was convicted of removing a red-green flag at a train station and striking, in self-defense, a man who was trying to call the police and take his personal belongings.
In December 2023, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Roman was arrested and convicted in a criminal case opened after the August 2020 protests in Minsk. He was accused of erecting barricades at the Pushkinskaya metro station, where protester Alexander Taraikovsky died. The only evidence of his guilt was a photograph from his phone. Roman did not admit his guilt.
He was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.