All persecuted

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.

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.

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.

Roman is a Belarusian journalist and former editor of the Telegram channels NEXTA and Belarus of the Brain, which have been declared extremist by the authorities. In 2020, he was charged with several criminal offenses, including “organizing mass riots” and “inciting hatred.” In May 2021, he was detained after Belarusian authorities forcibly landed a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius in Minsk.

In June of that year, he was transferred to house arrest.

The trial in the "NEXTA case" began in 2023. Roman was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony, but after the verdict was announced, he was not taken into custody and remained under house arrest.

He was released in May 2023 as part of a pardon.

Yevgeny was convicted for participating in a protest action - the March for the Liberation of Political Prisoners, which took place on October 4, 2020 in Minsk, during which he struck the outer cell of the temporary detention facility on Okrestina Street twice. However, there was no damage to the cell.

Released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.

Valentin 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. After the detention, the man felt ill and was taken under escort to the Pinsk Central Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a pre-infarction condition and placed in intensive care. As soon as his condition improved, he was transferred to a temporary detention facility and later convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in August 2024 under a pardon.

Artem, a student, was first detained and severely beaten after a protest, the Pensioners' March, in November 2020. He was then sentenced to 15 days under an administrative article.

However, on March 24, 2021, during the days of mass preventive detentions before Freedom Day, he was arrested again early in the morning in a dormitory, allegedly because of a flag he had spotted, and sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest. But the very next day, a video appeared on the Telegram channel of the propagandist Azarenka, in which Artem confessed to administering the public page. It later became known that he was beaten with truncheons to force him to record this confession.

He was never released, as a criminal case was opened against him. Artem was subsequently convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "creation of an extremist group."

Released in January 2025 as part of a pardon.

Maxim was convicted in a criminal case brought for a comment left in a closed Telegram chat addressed to a police officer.

He was released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.

Grigoriy, the BPF presidential candidate in the 2010 elections and the party's chairman, was arrested on April 12, 2021, in a criminal case opened under the article "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power." In September 2022, he was sentenced to a long prison term, despite his health deteriorating in prison and the discovery of cancer.

In the summer of 2023, he was deprived of visits and had his personal records confiscated, including a draft of a book and correspondence addresses. In November of that year, he was transferred to a PKT for 6 months.

In January 2024, Grigory's punishment was toughened and he was transferred to prison regime. In April of the same year, he underwent surgery and was immediately returned to his cell.

Released in July 2024 as part of a pardon.

Valery was found guilty in January 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to Svetlogorsk District Police Department traffic police inspector Andrei Bagrayenok.

Released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.

Nikolai is the leader of the unregistered Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada), a former presidential candidate, a retired lieutenant colonel, and a PhD in engineering. He was one of the founders of the Belarusian Military Association. He has been imprisoned multiple times for political reasons.

In the 1990s, he organized protests, including the Minsk Spring and the 1999 march.

In 2004, he led street protests against referendum fraud, after which he was sentenced in 2005 to three years of restricted freedom. Due to an amnesty announced in honor of the 60th anniversary of Victory Day, his sentence was reduced by one year. In 2010, he participated in the presidential campaign and protests in Minsk, after which he was arrested and sentenced in 2011 to six years in a maximum-security penal colony. In January 2012 and May 2015, his sentence was increased, resulting in his imprisonment. He was released in August 2015 as part of a pardon.

After his release, he continued his political activity and participation in street protests. In 2016, the Belarusian National Congress was founded on his initiative. In 2020, he spoke out in support of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya , the wife of another unregistered candidate, social blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky . Nikolai was detained again on May 31, 2020, on his way to her election picket. He initially received 15 days of administrative arrest but was never released. Subsequently, in December 2021, he was convicted of criminal charges of "organizing mass riots."

According to human rights activists, the defendants in the case are required to pay compensation in the amount of 29 million rubles.

On September 11, 2025, it was reported that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Among those released was Mikalai Statkevich. However, Mikalai refused to leave Belarus, and had to kick down the bus doors to do so. After waiting for several hours in the neutral zone, he returned to Belarus. It was only two months later that he was re-arrested. His exact whereabouts are unknown.

On February 19, 2026, it was announced that Nikolai had been released. On January 21, he suffered a stroke. He is recovering and currently has speech problems. Nikolai is currently at home in Belarus with his wife .

Since his release , Nikolai has no passport or other documents , nor has he been given a medical report or medical records. This creates significant challenges for prompt medical care . His legal status as a former political prisoner is also unclear , making it impossible for him to travel for rehabilitation .

David was detained in a criminal case initiated due to protests and clashes between Pinsk residents and security forces on the night of August 9-10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." The victims in the case were 109 police officers and officials, who, in addition to imprisonment, demanded about 530 thousand rubles in compensation from the accused.

In the fall of 2024 he was released on pardon.

Mikhail was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of spray painting on Tabakerka kiosks, an arch, and a fountain in the area of the former Volgograd supermarket.

Released in January 2022 on the basis of a pardon.

Piotr, a camera operator, sound engineer and employee of the Belarus Press Club, was arrested on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.

Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".

Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.