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Victoria, the administrator of the "Drivers 97%" channel, was detained on November 4, 2020, in Minsk by GUBOPiK officers and convicted of "calling for mass riots and roadblocks due to dissatisfaction with the government and election fraud."
In 2022 and 2023, the court twice increased her sentence, accusing her of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration." Victoria had repeatedly been subjected to pressure in the penal colony and was deemed a "malicious violator."
In October 2024, in the Rechitsa District Court, Victoria was convicted for the third time under the article "malicious disobedience to the lawful demands of the penal colony administration" and sentenced to another year of imprisonment.
In early 2025, Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk reported that Victoria and Elena Gnauk had been placed in a punishment cell: "After several weeks in solitary confinement, they were transferred to a punishment cell. There's a 99% chance they'll be charged again under Article 411."
Polina also added: "Viktoria Kulsha's kidneys have probably already failed. She went on hunger strikes for months, refusing water and drink. She slit her wrists. They threw her in solitary confinement for this—she slit her wrists in solitary confinement. She went on hunger strikes in the PKT. She refused medical attention."
Victoria was scheduled to be released in April 2025 upon completion of her sentence. However, at the beginning of the month, she was transferred to Gomel Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 as part of a fourth criminal case under the article "malicious disobedience of the legal demands of the prison administration." In June of that year, her sentence was extended by another year.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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On the night of August 10-11, 2020, Alexandra was detained in Minsk. She went out to help people who had suffered from the actions of security forces, but was faced with shelling and mass detentions. Alexandra spent three days in the Okrestina detention center, where she was tortured, including beatings and threats of sexual violence. She was then released, but on October 16, 2020, she was arrested again as part of a criminal case, accused of participating in "group actions that grossly violate public order."
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A student at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of “participating in mass actions that grossly violate public order.”
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Alana, a core member of the Coordination Council, a participant in the "Association of Belarusian Students" and an activist of the "Youth Bloc", was detained on November 12, 2020. She was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A former BNTU student expelled during the autumn protests in Belarus was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of “participating in mass actions that grossly violate public order.”
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A student of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and a participant in the "Association of Belarusian Students" was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Maria, a former customs officer and independent election observer, was detained by GUBOPiK officers near her apartment on October 23, 2020. She was convicted of "participating in actions that violate public order" based on correspondence in Telegram channels.
On May 27, 2023, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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BSUIR lecturer, assistant at the Department of POIT. Participated in a video message against violence and a strike. On November 12, 2020, she was detained and convicted for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A student of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of BSU was detained on November 26, 2020 and convicted of “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
On December 23, 2022, she was released after serving her full sentence as assigned by the court.
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A student of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of BSU, press secretary of the Belarusian Students' Association and volunteer of the Viasna Human Rights Center was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A student of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and a participant in the "Association of Belarusian Students" was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Irina, the editor of popular Telegram channels including "My Country Belarus", was detained on November 18, 2020, by GUBOPiK officers dressed in housing office uniforms. They entered the entrance with Irina's mother, pushing her away, and searched the apartment, seizing a laptop, phone, and money.
In May 2021, she was convicted of "preparing to participate in mass riots." The trial was held behind closed doors because the case materials were classified.
On June 29, 2024, she was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Former BNTU student Victoria was expelled during the autumn protests in Belarus. She was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
11/30/2022 released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A manager at a furniture company and volunteer, she was arrested on September 25, 2020 and convicted of cleanup during protests.
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Journalist for the TUT.BY portal. She was detained on November 19, 2020 in connection with a criminal case on the alleged disclosure of medical secrets of Roman Bondarenko, who was beaten to death.