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He was detained on August 4, 2021 as a suspect in a criminal case on participation in mass riots.
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Alexander was first arrested in March 2021 and convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest. At that time, the participants were singing and dancing in a circle, and a water cannon was used against them. He served his full sentence and was released in July 2022.
However, in December 2023, it became known about his new arrest in connection with a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. In April 2024, he was sentenced to imprisonment for participating in the protest.
He was released in September 2024 as part of a pardon.
According to the prosecution, on May 27, 2021, the police came to Natalia's house. There, a woman "publicly insulted" Lukashenka with the words "we have a fucking state" and "a fucking president", which, according to the state prosecution, committed a crime under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code. An hour after uttering these words, the investigators were already conducting an inspection in the woman's apartment. During it, according to the prosecution, "wishing to express her superiority and permissiveness," Turova tore up the protocol. So the woman "damaged an official document" (part 1 of article 377 of the Criminal Code). She was pardoned on 03/09/2022.
1 year and 1 month in prison .
A resident of Lida, was detained on May 21, 2021 for insult. On October 28, 2020, he was sentenced to 3 days for a march. Then he was arrested on a criminal case.
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He was detained on August 4, 2021 as part of a criminal case. The trial was held behind closed doors.
According to the prosecution, on August 25, 2020, “in one of the social networks, under a photo in uniform, the deputy head of the police department of the Kobrin district executive committee posted a comment that contradicts universal morality, established rules of communication between people, which is an abnormal form of speech expression, has a negative assessment of the victim.”
She was pardoned on 03/09/2022.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral .
Maxim was convicted in 2021 of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.
In July 2022, he was released under pardon.
In February 2024, a court hearing was held on three charges: "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and "illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances." The details of the case and the outcome of the trial are unknown.
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Oleg is a journalist for Radio Svaboda, previously worked for the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency. In the summer of 2020, he actively covered the protests in Belarus and conducted live streams. In August, he lost his Foreign Ministry accreditation along with other journalists from foreign media outlets.
On July 16, 2021, he was detained during a large-scale search of independent journalists' homes. He was released ten days later, remaining a suspect. On December 23 of that year, security forces again raided his home and took him into custody on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them."
In March 2022, the court found Oleg guilty, declaring that he participated in unauthorized protests during which Minsktrans calculated damages of 56,000 rubles.
In September 2022, the journalist was released as part of a pardon.
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Denis was detained in March 2021 and convicted for comments left in the Telegram chat "Molodechno for Life Chat". The victims were recognized as Molodechno police officers, a female employee of the Grodno OMON, as well as public figures - Lukashenko, Yermoshina and Karpenkov.
In August 2024, he was released under a pardon.
Evgeny was convicted in April 2021 of desecration of the national flag for yanking a flag hanging on a shopping mall and causing it to fall.
He was released in September of the same year as part of a pardon.
Sergei was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020 against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in August 2024 under a pardon.
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Sergei was convicted under the article “insulting a government official” and found guilty of insulting the head of the Orsha Juvenile Affairs Inspectorate, Vishnevsky, in a comment published in the Telegram chat “Orsha 97%”.
He was released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.
Lyudmila was convicted of insulting Lukashenko and arrested right in the courtroom. According to the prosecution, on August 12, 2020, she posted a long message with expressions addressed to Lukashenko on the social network VKontakte from her husband's account. At the trial, the woman explained that she published it for herself and did not realize that the post was available to other users. According to her, the page usually posted photos of animals, and this message was published publicly by mistake.
Lyudmila was released on March 9, 2022, as part of a pardon.
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Sofia, a student at the European Humanities University and a citizen of the Russian Federation, was detained in May 2021 after the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk by Belarusian authorities. The plane was en route from Athens to Vilnius. Sofia was accused of administering the Telegram channel "Black Book of Belarus", which published personal data and information about the private lives of civil servants.
At the end of December 2021, she was finally charged under seven articles of the Criminal Code, after which the case was referred to court.
The case was heard behind closed doors. In May 2022, Sofia was found guilty of two criminal charges. Following the trial, she was sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay compensation to the victims and court fees totaling about $70,000. The entire amount was subsequently paid by her family.
Sofia was released in June 2023 as part of a pardon.
Igor was convicted for a comment left on a Telegram channel regarding the situation with a policeman beating a pregnant woman.
He was released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.