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Andrey was accused of leaving an offensive comment on the Internet about a police officer. After seeing a video on Facebook where a policeman beats up a defenseless person.
Andrey explained that by writing the comment, he was not guided by the motive of ideological divination and did not intend to undermine the authority of the state authorities. The man pleaded partially guilty.
1,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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A software engineer from Mogilev, was detained in October 2022 for participating in protests in Minsk in 2020. Alexander was transferred to a pre-trial detention center and charged.
2 years of restriction of freedom with assignment to an open correctional facility ("chemistry")
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Deputy Director of the Minsk Bicycle Society. He was detained on November 29, 2022 at work, then he was taken to an apartment to conduct a search there. During the search, law enforcement officers seized a phone and a laptop.
First, Maxim was sentenced to 11 days of administrative arrest, then he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center on a criminal case.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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The developer of the «ICON GAMES» studio, was detained at the end of November 2022 for participating in the post-election protests of 2020 and writing insulting comments.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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36-year-old Oleg Shvaiko worked with the women's team at the Minsk football club. It is known that he expressed an active position regarding the events in Belarus in 2020. At the end of 2021, the coach left the Minsk structure. He was detained on November 4, 2022. After his arrest, he was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest. Oleg was then transferred to a pre-trial detention center as part of a criminal case for participating in the 2020 protests.
According to human rights activists, he was released in July 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Author of the Spadchyna telegram channel, Wikipedia editor and Twitter blogger.
In the pro-government video, Chekhovich says that he is “against the current government and supports Ukraine.”
Released after administrative arrest (13 days).
Dmitry Solovyanchik worked as a courier for Kuprienko's company. A story on a pro-government channel claims that he also filmed a video of the movement of military equipment and passed it on to Kupriyenko, "not knowing what they were for him."
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Belarusian statesman, diplomat, initiator and creator of the Hi-Tech Park. Member of the 2020 presidential campaign.
17 years in prison in absentia.
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Natalia was first convicted in January 2023 for an online comment under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to one and a half years of restricted freedom, known as "house arrest."
In September of that year, Natalia was arrested again and convicted on a new criminal charge, accused of "financing extremist activity" for supporting political prisoners through money transfers.
On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Maxim was detained from 8 to 10 November 2022. Then he changed the measure of restraint to a written undertaking not to leave.
On April 29, 2021, the Pruzhany court accused the man of leaving insulting comments about employees of state bodies for coordinating foreign policy and foreign economic activity under a post on the Telegram channel. The man admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
Maxim has a secondary education and worked as a developer of raw materials at a Pruzhany enterprise.
2 years of restriction of liberty without referral to an open correctional facility
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