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According to the investigation, in October 2020, Irina made an emotional comment on a Telegram channel about two police officers she knew: Andrei Sebetsky, deputy chief of the Leninsky District Police Department in Bobruisk, and Sergei Rudko, head of the law enforcement and crime prevention department of the Bobruisk City Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate.
A few days later, they came to search her and informed her that a criminal case had been opened.
In May 2021, Irina was found guilty of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom. She was also ordered to pay compensation for moral damages to the "victims." In court, Irina confirmed that she had left the comment but noted that she did not consider it offensive.
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Marina, a volunteer with the Society for Assistance to Homeless Animals, was found guilty in September 2021 of a criminal case filed under the article "insulting a government official." According to the case file, in September 2020, she left a comment on a friend's VKontakte page about a guard at the Shklov Correctional Colony.
The comment was prompted by a publication featuring a photograph of police officers in balaclavas. Marina recognized one of them as her neighbor, who, she said, participated in the dispersal of protests following the presidential elections on August 9, 2020.
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Alexander was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Vitaly was found guilty in November 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
Initially, a criminal case was opened against Lyudmila for "insulting government officials," but it was later reclassified as "slander." The charges stemmed from a repost.
In December 2020, Lyudmila saw a post about local police officer Sergei Urodnich on the "Black Book of Belarus" Telegram channel and reposted it to the "Pruzhany/Pruzhana" chat with the caption: "Our handsome guy."
In court, she stated, "Your president calls you 'handsome,' and I called him the same thing your president calls him. How did I insult him?" She pleaded not guilty and refused to testify.
In May 2022, Lyudmila was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, and was also ordered to pay compensation for moral damages to the "victim."
The period of "house arrest" ended in 2023.
After serving her sentence, the pressure on Lyudmila did not cease, and she was forced to leave Belarus.
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Programmer. Arrested on January 12, 2022.
The case on replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony was heard on February 26, 2025, in the Pukhovichi District Court.
Most likely, Ilya is outside the Republic of Belarus.
Sergei was found guilty in January 2022 in a criminal case opened for online comments published after the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment without being sent to an open correctional facility, as well as a large fine.
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Valentina was found guilty in January 2022 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a post concerning the senior district police inspector of the Pervomaisky District Department of Internal Affairs in Bobruisk, Mogilev Region, Police Captain Andrei Komar.
Vitaly was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official." According to the charges, on June 7, 2020, he left a comment on the social media site Odnoklassniki addressed to Bobruisk district police officer Andrei Komar, which was classified as "insulting the government." Vitaly pleaded not guilty.
Lyudmila was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" for, according to the charges, leaving a comment on the social network Odnoklassniki on August 25, 2020, under a post about Viktor Turchinovich, deputy head of the Kobrin District Department of Internal Affairs for ideological work and personnel support. The comment was deemed offensive by investigators.
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Pavel was arrested on December 6, 2021, and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was not released after his sentence expired, and on December 21 of that year, he was remanded in pretrial detention on criminal charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions."
In March 2022, Pavel was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
A court hearing on the issue of changing the sentence was held in December 2024. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Pavel's presence, are unknown.
Ella was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, as well as to compensation for moral damages.
Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 in a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" for a comment he allegedly left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to riot police officer S.
Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detained man to the ground with his knee.