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2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
She was detained together with her husband after she returned from Poland to Belarus for participating in protest actions in 2020.
The spouses were convicted under an administrative article. But Varvara was never released after her administrative arrest — a criminal case was opened against her under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and transferred to the pre-trial detention center («SIZO-1»).
Varvara and Pavel are a family of photographers from Minsk, they have been together for more than ten years, and their creative duo has existed for as long. They specialize in wedding photos.
During their career, they have received more than two dozen awards in various categories for their wedding photographs.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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- Administrators of TG-channels
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- Administrators of TG-channels
According to the investigation, from August 20, 2020, to February 20, 2022, Tatyana used Telegram channels to call on chat participants to commit violent acts against government officials and law enforcement agencies. She also collected, systematized, and disseminated information about the victims' private lives without their consent, including prosecutors and judges, allegedly harming their rights and legitimate interests. Some of the messages concerned Lukashenko.
According to Baipol, Tatyana was lured by Belarusian intelligence services: a young man convinced her to return to Belarus, promising to resolve all issues, after which she was detained by the KGB in August 2022.
In March 2023, Tatyana was convicted on a number of charges, including "inciting other social hatred and discord" and "insult," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large compensation payment to the "victims."
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Anastasia was detained in October 2022, first she was given 14 days of administrative arrest, and then for another 10 and 14 days, then a criminal case was opened for participating in protest actions in 2020.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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- Service sector
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- Service sector
Alexandra works as a manager at the logistics company Trans Solutions. The reason for the arrest was her photographs on Tinder, where she stands on the road with a white-red-white flag during one of the protest marches in 2020. The publication about the arrest appeared in one of the unofficial telegram channels of security forces. A “repentance” video was shot with the girl, where she confirms her participation in the protests. At first she was placed in a temporary detention facility, then a criminal case was opened against her.
On April 21, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Top manager of Atlant-M company.
He was detained at the border with the Republic of Belarus (he went on a business trip and returned). Convicted for participating in the 2020 protests.
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- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
He was severely beaten during his arrest in September 2022. At first, Denis was convicted under administrative article 19.1. and awarded a fine of 30 basic units. After this, a criminal case was immediately opened for participation in the 2020 protests. On December 22, 2022, he was sentenced to “domestic chemicals,” but political persecution and threats against Denis did not stop. He was not registered, and in April 2023 he was again detained for 30 days and served in a temporary detention center in the Minsk region. The prosecutor issued the sanction. After his release, he was forced to leave Belarus.
Denis has a daughter born in 2011.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Grigory returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
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Wrestling coach. He received a "presidential scholarship" as a promising coach, has the highest coaching category. The man worked at the Minsk State City School of the Olympic Reserve and the Minsk City Center of the Olympic Reserve for Wrestling. Bear.
He was first detained on October 5, 2022 and given 10 days of arrest for "distributing extremist materials." His further fate is not exactly known, except that he was charged under Article 342 for participating in the protests and tried, but the verdict is also unknown.
Now Sergei was detained because he once dropped a playful ad in one of the district chats, in which Lukashenka's "signs" were described. It is not clear why she was noticed only now, but the Gubopik people claim that Sergei is facing a criminal case.
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Anatoly was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. In January 2023, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence.
As it became known from the case file, the reason for the detention of the man on October 25, 2022 was a photograph with Pavel, provided by the GUBOPiK employees. During the search, the man was found wearing a bike in which he was on the march, and more photos were found on his phone, which became evidence of his guilt.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.