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Galina, a 2D artist at Vizor Games, was arrested in December 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." Law enforcement officers recorded a "confession video" with Galina, in which she explained that she subscribed to Telegram channels deemed extremist by the Belarusian authorities and that she participated in protests and roadblocks in August 2020.
In May 2022, Galina was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In October and November 2024, in absentia court hearings were held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of replacing the appointed sentence.
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Tatyana was detained on November 15, 2021, in the Minsk City Court building while attempting to attend the first trial of political prisoner Olga Zolotareva. She is known to have suffered abuse. Tatyana was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest three times in a row (a total of 45 days as of December 30, 2021).
The day before Tatyana's release, her father died, but she wasn't even allowed to attend the funeral. On December 31, a judge in the Frunzensky District ordered her release and postponed the hearing until January 3, 2022. From the police station, Tatyana went straight to her father's funeral.
On January 3, 2022, Tatyana was already safely outside of Belarus, while the court sentenced her to another 15 days in absentia.
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A tester at EPAM, has two minor children. She was detained on December 16, 2021, as part of a criminal case on group actions that grossly violate public order. Her home was searched. Transferred to a pretrial detention center.
Nadezhda was found guilty in December 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a post that featured a video of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from Gantsevichi, pinning a detained young man to the ground with his knee.
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Zlata, a student at BSU's Faculty of Chemistry, was arrested on October 13, 2021, on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" and placed in pretrial detention.
Zlata became famous after a photograph taken on August 10, 2020, in Nemiga by journalist Olga Shukailo quickly spread across the internet and became a symbol of women's protest.
In December 2021, she was convicted of participating in a post-election protest and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. A Minsk Transport representative was also present at the trial, filing a financial claim against Zlata for all instances of public transportation blockages in Minsk that day. The court ruled to uphold the claim in full.
Zlata was released on bail for 10 days, after which she was able to leave Belarus.
On October 17, 2021, Alla called 102 on her home phone and uttered obscene language toward Lukashenko, after which she was taken into custody pending trial.
In December 2021, Alla was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. She was released from custody on her own recognizance not to leave the area until the sentence was final.
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Natalia has been participating in peaceful protests since August 2020. She has been detained and fined three times, as she has a second-degree disability due to epilepsy.
In March 2021, she was summoned to the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs, where she was threatened with criminal charges. Natalia managed to record the incident on a voice recorder. Following this, she was placed under surveillance, and in May 2021, her residence was searched and she was charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions" and "participation in mass riots."
Natalia was forced to leave the country on an urgent basis.
A resident of Vitebsk.
The girl was charged under Article 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement of Social Hatred) for transmitting data on security officials, teachers, and judges to the Telegram channel "Black Book of Belarus."
She was released in April 2026 after completing her sentence.
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Elena was an election observer in August 2020. She was arrested on December 9, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In the spring of 2022, Elena was found guilty, allegedly for participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
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Lilia, a member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council, a renowned lawyer and international mediator, and a partner and director of the law firm Vlasova, Mikhel & Partners, was detained on August 31, 2020, by officers of the State Control Committee's Department of Financial Investigations on charges of "large-scale tax evasion" and placed in pretrial detention.
On October 19, 2020, Lilia's pre-trial detention was changed and she was placed under house arrest.
On October 23, 2020, the house arrest was lifted.
Elena, a former member of the initiative group and personal assistant to presidential candidate Viktor Babariko, was detained by officers of the State Control Committee's Department of Financial Investigations in July 2020 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "tax evasion on an especially large scale" and placed in a KGB pretrial detention facility.
The arrests began after Viktor Babariko, the former head of Belgazprombank, announced his intention to run for president of Belarus.
Released in September 2020 on bail.
Marina was convicted in December 2021 in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
She was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Anastasia was convicted in December 2021 in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
She was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Olga was convicted in December 2021 in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
She was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Ekaterina was convicted in December 2021 in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
She was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.