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Galina was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against violence in the country and the falsification of the presidential elections - the Unity March, which took place in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
According to human rights activists, she was released in January 2024, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
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Olga, an employee of the Minsk office of lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, was detained on April 12, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated under the article “conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power.”
In early June 2022, the KGB completed its preliminary investigation, after which it became known that new charges had been brought against her. In September 2022, Olga was convicted of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
She was released in December 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Lidiya was convicted for reposting information concerning Tatyana Alantieva, the head of the election commission, to a Telegram channel. The information in question was a protocol with the voting results that she had drawn up while performing her duties at one of the polling stations.
According to human rights activists, she was released in October 2022, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
Irina was convicted for a comment on a social network left in December 2020 under a photograph of the head of the Postavy District Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Rybakov, in connection with the performance of his official duties, as well as for cartridges from a small-caliber rifle found during a search.
She was released in November 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
In November 2023, it became known that the former political prisoner's preventive supervision was extended for two years. In addition, Irina was tried for reposting materials from sources deemed "extremist."
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Yulia was detained at the end of January 2021 on charges of blocking roads in Romanovskaya Sloboda in Minsk on December 20, 2020 and January 3, 2021. The reason was that the girl and a group of people stood at a pedestrian crossing twice for about a minute with flags in support of political prisoners.
After her arrest, Yulia was interrogated for six days, as a result of which she lost consciousness from exhaustion and dehydration and was hospitalized. Before her trial, she was under house arrest and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
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Olga was convicted for a comment left in one of the Telegram channels addressed to Lukashenko.
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.
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Lidiya, a moderator of the Telegram channel "Zhodino for Life", was detained in March 2021 on charges of coordinating "yard" protest movements and calling for active actions. She was later convicted under the articles "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "insulting a government official".
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Tatyana, a Belarusian human rights activist and head of the Zveno public association, associated with the exhibition “The Machine Breathes, but I Don’t,” dedicated to Belarusian doctors and the challenges they face (the COVID-19 pandemic and the politicization of the healthcare system), was detained on April 5, 2021, on charges of “financing riots and organizing mass actions that grossly violate public order.”
Released April 15, 2021 without charge.
Alina was detained on November 29, 2020 and taken to the Central District Police Department of Minsk for "participation in an unauthorized mass event." According to the charges, she threatened a police officer at the police department, tore off his mask, broke free, pushed, and bit him on the thigh. She was initially sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest, but in December 2020, she was re-arrested as part of a criminal case and later convicted of "violence against a police officer."
She was released in October 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
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Maria, the director of the public school of the Union of Poles in Vawkavysk, was detained as part of a criminal case on the "rehabilitation of Nazism." According to the prosecutor's office, since 2018, "illegal events" have been held with the participation of minors, at which "anti-Soviet figures were honored," which, according to the investigation, "pursued the goal of justifying the genocide of the Belarusian people."
At the end of May 2021, Maria was released and deported to Poland.
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Anzhelika, the chairwoman of the Union of Poles in Belarus, was detained on March 23, 2021 for organizing an “unauthorized mass event” — the unofficial holiday “Kazyuki” — and arrested for 15 days.
It was later revealed that she was accused in a criminal case on the "rehabilitation of Nazism." According to the prosecutor's office, since 2018, "illegal events" have been held with the participation of minors, where "anti-Soviet figures were honored," which, according to the investigation, "was aimed at justifying the genocide of the Belarusian people."
In March 2022, Angelica's preventive measure was changed and she was transferred to house arrest.
In March 2023, it became known that the criminal case against her had been terminated “due to the lack of evidence of a crime.”
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Irena, the head of the Lida branch of the Union of Poles, was detained as part of a criminal case on the "rehabilitation of Nazism." According to the prosecutor's office, since 2018, "illegal events" have been held with the participation of minors, at which "anti-Soviet figures were honored," which, according to the investigation, "pursued the goal of justifying the genocide of the Belarusian people."
At the end of May 2021, Irena was released and deported to Poland.
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Anna was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against violence in the country and the falsification of the presidential elections - the Unity March, which took place in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
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Mia was detained in January 2021 after being questioned by the Investigative Committee and later convicted under the article on “inciting hatred or discord” for expressing her opinion about the political situation in the country on the social network VKontakte.
She was released in October 2023, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
| 30.01.2024 | Поставили на учет как экстремиста 18.03. 2021 г. Вынуждена была эмигрировать. Отбыла весь срок. |
| 11.08.2021 | 08/06/21 appealed, the verdict remained unchanged |