All persecuted

Artyom was detained for the first time on November 16, 2020 after the March of the Elderly. But he was not detained at the place of the march, but when he was already returning to the hostel: Artyom was dragged into a car and beaten, then sentenced to 15 days. On March 24, 2020, before Freedom Day, Artyom was detained again. On March 25, a video appeared on Azarenka’s Telegram channel in which Artem confesses to administering the public. To force him to say this on the video, Artyom was beaten with batons on his back and buttocks. During the interrogation on April 19, Artem told the lawyer.

Artem was supposed to be released on April 18. But on April 16, he was re-arrested as a suspect under Art. 361-1 part 1 of the Criminal Code. He was transferred to Volodarka, and on April 26 he was charged under the same article. On November 29, 2021, a closed trial began in the Minsk City Court, as a result of which Artem was found guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Art. 361-1 and part 1 of Art. 342.

Maxim was convicted in a criminal case brought for a comment left in a closed Telegram chat addressed to a police officer.

He was released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.

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.

Grigoriy, the BPF presidential candidate in the 2010 elections and the party's chairman, was arrested on April 12, 2021, in a criminal case opened under the article "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power." In September 2022, he was sentenced to a long prison term, despite his health deteriorating in prison and the discovery of cancer.

In the summer of 2023, he was deprived of visits and had his personal records confiscated, including a draft of a book and correspondence addresses. In November of that year, he was transferred to a PKT for 6 months.

In January 2024, Grigory's punishment was toughened and he was transferred to prison regime. In April of the same year, he underwent surgery and was immediately returned to his cell.

Released in July 2024 as part of a pardon.

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.

Valery was convicted for insulting traffic police officer Andrey Bagraenko in the comments.

Released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.

Elena was detained in a criminal case initiated due to protests and clashes between Pinsk residents and security forces on the night of August 9-10, 2020. She was convicted of participating in "mass riots." The victims in the case were 109 police officers and officials, who, in addition to imprisonment, demanded about 530 thousand rubles in compensation from the accused.

It is known that Elena is subjected to physical and psychological violence, she has been deprived of all parcels and meetings with loved ones. She regularly receives disciplinary punishments and is in a depressed psychological state. She has also been deprived of parental rights.

On February 12, 2025, with the help of the US State Department, Elena Movshuk , journalist Andrei Kuznechik and a US citizen whose name has not yet been disclosed were released. They were pardoned by Lukashenko. The condition for Elena's release was leaving Belarus. On the eve of her release, she was transferred from Colony No. 24 to the KGB pretrial detention center, from where the next day she was taken with a mask over her eyes to the border with Lithuania.

Details of the release were revealed to CNN by Chris Smith, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs.

"It was a special operation: we crossed the Belarusian border, met with government officials in Minsk, who handed over three detainees to us. We picked them up and took them through Lithuania."

Smith said it was a "unilateral gesture" by Belarusian authorities seeking to improve relations with the United States.

"Lukashenko received nothing in return," he noted.

David was detained in a criminal case initiated due to protests and clashes between Pinsk residents and security forces on the night of August 9-10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." The victims in the case were 109 police officers and officials, who, in addition to imprisonment, demanded about 530 thousand rubles in compensation from the accused.

In the fall of 2024 he was released on pardon.

The activist, human rights defender and volunteer of the Gomel branch of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" was detained at the airport on January 21, 2021. She was later convicted of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."

On September 24, 2022, Tatyana was released on pardon, having spent 1 year and 8 months in prison.

Irina was arrested on December 1, 2020, as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case", which the authorities declared "the organizer of a terrorist group". She was accused of participating in a "terrorist organization" involved in arson of police officers' property. Irina was convicted of "illegal actions with firearms" and "concealing a serious crime". In March 2023, the Supreme Court considered an appeal of the case, overturning the charge under Article 405 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and reducing her prison term by one month.

She was released on parole in September 2024.

Mikhail was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of spray painting on Tabakerka kiosks, an arch, and a fountain in the area of the former Volgograd supermarket.

Released in January 2022 on the basis of a pardon.

Former television journalist of Belteleradiocompany and member of the Coordination Council, Ksenia was detained on December 22, 2020 in the Press Club case on charges of tax evasion.

Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for possible compensation for damages that were allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case." The case was closed, but later a new criminal case was opened against Ksenia, and she was accused of "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power."

Released on August 20, 2024, on the basis of a pardon.

Piotr, a camera operator, sound engineer and employee of the Belarus Press Club, was arrested on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.

Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".

Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.

The former Belarus-1 operator was detained on December 22, 2020, in the Belarus Press Club case for tax evasion.

Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".

Released on August 23, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.

Alla, the program director of the Belarus Press Club, was detained on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.

Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".

Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.