Svetlana was first convicted under an administrative article for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities,” after which a criminal case was opened against her for insulting A.G. Lukashenko.
According to the materials of the prosecution in the criminal case, Svetlana on her page in Odnoklassniki allegedly “placed a publication and video with a screensaver containing deliberately false information about Alexander Lukashenko, associated with accusing him of committing especially serious crimes, such as “murder”, “treason” state”, which do not correspond to reality and discredit its authority in the eyes of the public."
According to human rights activists, she will be released in early spring 2024 after fully serving her sentence.
Trial outcome 17.08.2023:
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Olga was first convicted under an administrative article for "distributing, manufacturing, storing, transporting information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities", after which a criminal case was opened against her for insulting Lukashenka A.G.
Alexey was arrested in March 2023 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and was placed in pretrial detention pending trial. In October of that year, he was convicted on three criminal charges, including "financing the activities of an extremist group," and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 27.10.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution, electrician Vladimir Dudko in September 2020, "being on the roadway of Maksim Bogdanovich and Vera Khoruzhey streets, violated public order, disobeyed the demands of police officers, interfered with the operation of public transport, which caused "Minsktrans" material damage in the amount of 33,771 rubles 63 kopecks".
The photographs examined at the court session fully confirmed Dudko's participation in the unsanctioned mass event.
Trial outcome 19.07.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Zhanna Sedletskaya worked at the Department of Software and Technologies of BNTU before her arrest. She was placed in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk.
According to the materials of the prosecution , Zhanna, from 2:15 pm to 7:40 pm at the end of August, “being on the territory of Minsk, including the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue ... took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to legal requirements representatives of the authorities, namely, she, along with others, blocked the traffic and prevented the normal operation of public transport, which caused damage to the transport company ... "
On photographic images and video recordings, it was recorded how Zhanna, together with other persons, went out onto the carriageway.
Trial outcome 29.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
It is known that the boy had successfully competed in district intellectual games competitions among schoolchildren. Oleg was 16 years old at the time of his arrest. He was beaten for six hours while being transported to the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GUBOP) building. There, after he asked, "Why are they interrogating me without a lawyer present?", he was beaten again.
He finished school in a pre-trial detention facility.
One of Five detained members of the closed chat "Sayuz Belarusiana Natsianalnaga Shchyta" (The Belarusian National Movement), whose detention the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported in early November 2022. The Ministry of Internal Affairs had designated the chat an extremist group a week earlier. The ministry reported that a criminal case had been opened against the detainees under the article on the creation of an extremist group. The group had united in a Telegram group, which was designated an extremist group in early November. They allegedly "were supposed to find perpetrators to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement."
During his imprisonment, Oleg spent 129 days in solitary confinement. He was first placed there on the second day after arriving at the adult prison colony. He was constantly denied visits and parcels.
He was released in June 2025, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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