All persecuted

Victoria was found guilty three times in a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official."

She was first convicted in March 2021 for a comment under a post about Vasily Molchan and Igor Kachuk, police officers from the Sovietsky District Administration of Minsk, which the court deemed degrading.

She was later convicted again for a comment on Telegram addressed to Vadim Yakimchik, a senior detective in the criminal investigation department. For both counts, Victoria was given a suspended sentence without being sent to an open correctional facility.

In December 2021, she was convicted again on a third count. The details of the case are unknown. It is only known that the state prosecution had requested a sentence of restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility, while at that time, Victoria had approximately six months left to serve her sentence of house arrest.

Left Belarus.

Andrei was arrested on November 16, 2021, and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest five times in a row for "unauthorized picketing." Trials were held on November 18 and 29, and December 17, 23, and 28. On December 30, a criminal case was opened against Andrei at the Vitebsk temporary detention center for "insulting Lukashenko." On January 25, 2022, he and three other defendants in the case were transferred to Novopolotsk and released on their own recognizance.

For safety reasons, Andrey left the country.

Evgeny was arrested on December 8, 2021, and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. The arrest was precipitated by the discovery of a wallet with a Pogonya logo during a search. Evgeny was not released after serving his administrative arrest, as a criminal case had been opened against him for "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation therein."

In March 2022, Yevhen was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk on October 25, 2020. Photos from the protest were found on his mobile phone, showing him with a white-red-white flag draped over his shoulders.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing a restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type correctional facility with imprisonment.

Alexey was arrested in August 2021 on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in the 2020 post-election protests in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of increasing the severity of the punishment.

Yegor was detained in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Maria was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In April 2022, she was convicted of participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus.

In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of increasing the severity of the punishment.

Lidiya was arrested in January 2022 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In April 2022, she was convicted of participating in the "March for Freedom" protest that took place on August 16, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

Lidiya left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.

In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony.

Maria, a Russian citizen, was found guilty in January 2022 of a criminal case brought for insulting Lukashenko, specifically for a comment left in an "extremist" Telegram channel on May 26, 2021. It was related to the emergency landing of a Ryanair flight carrying Roman Protasevich.

Maria left Belarus before she began serving her sentence.

Nikita was found guilty of grossly disturbing public order in Minsk in August 2020: on the nights of August 9-10 and August 30. He allegedly blocked traffic, including by "elbow-to-elbowing," thereby stopping it.

Natalia was arrested in December 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under articles for insulting a government official and Lukashenko.

In June 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.

In November 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Alexey was arrested in November 2021 for participating in protests. Security forces identified Alexey based on a photograph: a person who had photos from the 2020 rally had previously been detained. Twenty-three people were identified using one of these photographs.

In early March 2022, the court found Alexei guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and sentenced him to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.

He was released in the courtroom before being sent to the correctional facility and soon left Belarus.

Sergei was found guilty in January 2022 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left in the "Whiskered Cockroach" group on the social network Odnoklassniki, addressing a traffic police officer who had stopped and fined Orsha activists.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

Galina, a 2D artist at Vizor Games, was arrested in December 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." Law enforcement officers recorded a "confession video" with Galina, in which she explained that she subscribed to Telegram channels deemed extremist by the Belarusian authorities and that she participated in protests and roadblocks in August 2020.

In May 2022, Galina was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus.

In October and November 2024, in absentia court hearings were held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of replacing the appointed sentence.

Business Analyst at EPAM IT company. On December 10, the court arrested Nasuro's manager for 13 days under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (part 2 of article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Since December 31, Nasuro has been in pre-trial detention center No. 1. A criminal case was opened against him under the article on gross violation of order (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code). Denis has 4 children.

Andrei 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 July 2022, he was transferred to house arrest and soon left Belarus.