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Olga, a craftswoman, had her first trial in August 2021. The case stemmed from a comment she made on the Telegram channel "Punisher Belarus" under a post by police captain Ruslan Kutsko: "a familiar face" with three poop emojis. The court sentenced her to restricted freedom and ordered her to pay compensation.
On February 9, 2022, she was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for the comment "shit himself and disgraced himself" under photos of the same captain and was again sentenced to restricted freedom, a large fine, and compensation.
In 2023, two court hearings were held on the issue of replacing the fine with community service; the results of these hearings are unknown.
It is known that political persecution and pressure against Olga continues: from March 2024 to the spring of 2025, at least three court hearings were held under the administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials."
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Tatyana is a sociologist, expert at the Agency for Humanitarian Technologies and coordinator of the Flying University. She was first detained in August 2021 after a search and placed under arrest for 10 days, but after her release she remained a suspect in the criminal case.
She was detained again on March 23, 2022, the day she came to the Investigative Committee to receive a response to her petition to leave for treatment.
In June 2022, Tatyana was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on October 25, 2020, in Minsk, and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional institution.
She was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
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Previously, Tatyana worked at the Lida District Executive Committee as a senior inspector in the documentation department. In August 2021, she was convicted in a criminal case brought under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. She was taken into custody in the courtroom. At the time of her arrest, Tatyana was on maternity leave.
In January 2023, she was released, having fully served her sentence.
Natalia was convicted of "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Natalia managed to leave the country before the sentence came into force.
In January 2025, as part of a special proceeding in Natalia's case, a hearing was held in absentia to consider replacing her restriction of freedom with a prison sentence in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
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Yulia was first convicted, along with her husband, of "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, but a water cannon was used against them. The court sentenced Yulia to a restricted freedom order in the form of "house arrest."
Several months later, on October 13, 2021, her home was searched, after which she was detained in connection with a new criminal case and placed in pretrial detention. She was convicted a second time in July 2022 on six criminal charges, accused of providing information about officials involved in the criminal prosecution of her family. The court sentenced Yulia to imprisonment and a fine. On appeal, the court reduced her prison term by only three months and reduced the fine. Ultimately, her final sentence was 4 years and 9 months.
In January 2025, it became known that Yulia had been tried for a third time under the article on “assisting extremist activity.”
In the fall of 2025 , she was released, having fully served her sentence.
Darya 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.
Tatyana 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.
Elina was convicted of unfurling a banner reading, "While there is lawlessness in the country, resistance is our duty," blocking traffic.
Left Belarus.
In February 2025, as part of a special proceeding in Elina's case, a hearing was held in absentia to consider replacing the restriction of freedom with a prison sentence in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
In July 2021, Tatyana was convicted of "insulting a government official" for posting a video on social media containing verbal obscenities directed at traffic police officers, which was viewed by at least 120,000 people.
Tatyana was detained along with her husband after a search of their apartment by KGB officers on charges of violating three criminal statutes, including "an act of terrorism."
She was released on July 29, 2021.
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Anna is a journalist for the Belsat TV channel and host of the anti-fake program "Lukavie Novosti." She was detained on July 16, 2021, during mass searches of independent journalists in Minsk and other Belarusian cities. Her arrest was part of a criminal case under the article "participation in mass riots." Her apartment was searched, her equipment was seized, and Anna was then placed in a temporary detention facility. On July 23 of that year, she was released, remaining a suspect.
Later, Anna left Belarus.
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Inessa is a journalist for Radio Svaboda. Previously, she worked for Belarusian Youth Radio, then for 101.2 fm. At Radio Svaboda, she covered topics in medicine, education, and social affairs, actively covering important social and political events. In September 2020, she lost her accreditation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the ministry's decision to re-accredit journalists for foreign media outlets.
On July 16, 2021, she was detained during large-scale searches of independent journalists. Ten days later, nine of which she spent on hunger strike, Inessa was released, remaining a suspect.
She later left Belarus.
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Yulia, a human rights activist and volunteer at the Moscow Center for Civil Society and Information (MCGI) "Our House," and the daughter of renowned human rights activist Natalia Goryachko-Basalyga, was detained on July 14, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In March 2022, the court found Yulia guilty and sentenced her to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
Yulia was released in the courtroom. Her time in custody was counted toward her sentence, so her sentence was considered fully served.
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Anastasia was convicted in July 2021 for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in August–September 2020.
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Nina, director of the Angels Band investor association, was detained along with her husband, Vladimir Labkovich, a lawyer with the Viasna human rights center, on July 14, 2021, following a search of their apartment. Following the search, Nina was taken to the Financial Investigation Department and then to the Investigative Committee for questioning. She was subsequently remanded in custody as part of the criminal case.
Released on July 23, 2021.