She was convicted on several political charges. While in pretrial detention, she suffered a stress-related stroke, which left her almost completely blind. Despite this, Olga was sentenced to four years in prison.
Olga has a teenage daughter who was sent to a boarding school, her eldest son is in the army, and Olga also has a mother who is a Group 1 disabled person and is bedridden.
As of spring 2026,Olga is free.In Marchof that year,she was transferred from Correctional Colony No. 4 to Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1, after which news of her release emerged.As it later became known,Olgahada trialto commute her sentence to a more lenient one, according to which she was sentenced to serve the remainder of her sentence under house arrest .
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Elena is accused under Part 3 of Article 361-1 (creation of an extremist group or participation in it) of the Criminal Code.
The case is presumably related to "yard chats." As a reminder, in the fall of 2024, a wave of arrests swept across Belarus's regions in connection with yard chats that were allegedly "attempting to organize." Around the same time, the KGB designated a number of yard chats as "extremist groups": "Zlye Kogtiki," "Sukharevo," "Senica2.0," "Solidarity," "Volnyya Vauki," "Navagrudskiya Partisany," "VILIYA," "Skromnye Matryoshka," and "Sosedi."
It is known that Elenais free, but the sentencefor the politicalarticle, the placewhere she will serveher sentence, and the date of her release are unknowndue to the closed judicial system in Belarus.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 03.11.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 03.11.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
Natalia was arrested in October 2024 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "Participation in an Extremist Group." In November 2025, she was found guilty in the "Backyard Chat Case" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
She was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 03.11.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
Tatyana is originally from Babruisk. In 2011, the girl graduated from the Law Faculty of the Belarusian State University. In 2017 and 2021, she completed courses at the Institute for Retraining and Advanced Training of Judges, Prosecutors, Courts and Justice Institutions of BSU.
Tatyana has been working as a lawyer since 2010. After working in various companies, including international ones, she became a partner at Lovtsov, Klochko & Partners. Since 2014, she has been participating in the annual World Bank study "Doing Business".
Tatyana specializes in business services. She deals with legal disputes, legal audits, issues of mergers and acquisitions of businesses, as well as their liquidation. Tatyana has undertaken projects both in Belarus and abroad.
Trial outcome 21.08.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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