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Alexander was found guilty in May 2021 of inciting hatred or discord. According to the case file, on December 20, 2019, and between January 28 and May 28, 2020, Alexander posted public comments in various VKontakte communities that, according to the prosecution, were aimed at inciting social hatred against law enforcement officers, as well as ethnic hatred based on his ethnicity.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Vitaly was found guilty in November 2020 of a criminal offense related to insult. According to the local publication Zarya nad Nemanom, one day in September 2020, he posted a publicly accessible obscene comment, degrading her honor and dignity, under a photograph of a woman named P. in the Telegram channel "Bridges for Life" due to her participation in the electoral commission for the presidential election of the Republic of Belarus.
He was released in 2022, having fully served his sentence.
According to the indictment, on the night of February 9-10, 2021, Tatyana obstructed the lawful activities of police officers, namely, a search of her home. According to the officers, during her arrest, Tatyana bit the finger of one of the officers, bit through the glove of another, and kicked a third officer in the head. They also claimed that the woman called them "bandits," "fascists," and "punishers."
In May 2021, Tatyana was found guilty of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and sentenced to a restricted sentence in an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus before starting to serve her 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 imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony.
In November 2020, a criminal case was opened against Eduard for "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." Details of the case are unknown. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released on September 16, 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Vladislav was found guilty in June 2021 of desecrating state symbols and sentenced to three months in prison for tearing down the official flag of the Republic of Belarus from the building of the Mogilev City Museum in February.
He was released in July 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was found guilty in March 2021 of desecrating buildings and damaging property for spray-painting the numbers "3%" and "80%" onto asphalt pavement and a staircase during the 2020 protests in one of the city's residential areas.
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Mikhail was found guilty in May 2021 of assaulting an official, Minsktrans controller Pavel Maksimovich, and insulting Lukashenko.
According to the indictment, on September 23, 2020, at approximately 7:20 a.m., Mikhail was charged with fare evasion on trolleybus #27 at the "Mechanical and Technological College" stop in Minsk. Since he had no identification documents, he was asked to exit the trolleybus and await the arrival of the police. A conflict ensued between Mikhail and the inspector, during which, according to the prosecution, Mikhail used obscene language and expressed negative views toward the current government.
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Alexey was found guilty in January 2021 of desecrating state symbols for tearing down a red-and-green flag in central Gomel in October 2020.
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- Detained under 18 years
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- Detained under 18 years
Evgeny was found guilty of gross violation of public order and violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer for participating in a protest that took place in Zhlobin from August 10 to 11, 2020. Evgeny was a minor at the time of his participation.
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Valery was found guilty in November 2020 of a criminal case opened under the article on violence or the threat of violence against a law enforcement officer for participating in a post-election protest on September 8, 2020, in Minsk. According to the charges, during the protest, he "used violence against a riot police officer, striking him in the face at least twice and kicking him in the face again while being escorted to a police car."
Ekaterina was found guilty in January 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for reposting a photograph and personal information, as well as for posting a comment on this post on the Telegram channel "Slonim for Life," about a riot police officer from the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, Senior Police Sergeant Sergei Oskolkov. According to the investigation, under the repost, she posted a message "containing offensive content, degrading the honor and dignity of Oskolkov."
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- Detained under 18 years
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- Detained under 18 years
Alexander was found guilty in January 2021 of a criminal case opened for desecration of state symbols. According to the charges, 16-year-old Alexander was on the porch of the rural community center in the urban settlement of Antopol when he intentionally and repeatedly grabbed and pulled at the flagpole and pole of a flag mounted on a bracket near the main entrance. As a result, he tore down the red-and-green flag, damaging the pole in the process. The young man was given the compulsory educational measures prescribed for minors.
Maxim was found guilty of criminal defamation. According to the charges, on September 14, 2020, he used his mobile phone to post personal information about Brest OMON commander Maxim Mikhovich on a regional Telegram channel. The prosecution alleges that the published information was accompanied by text "containing slanderous, false, and defamatory information about the police officer."
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- Detained under 18 years
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- Detained under 18 years
Artyom was found guilty of desecrating state symbols. According to the prosecution, in September 2020, near a fountain on Sovetskaya Street in Brest, he attempted to set fire to the national flag, and when he failed, he tore it to pieces.
Dmitry was found guilty in January 2021 of insulting a government official for a comment he left in the Telegram chat "Banda Luka" (Luka's Gang) about Olga Chemodanova, press secretary for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the indictment, the comment "humiliated Chemodanova's honor and dignity, caused her moral and emotional suffering, undermined her authority, personal and professional qualities, and the authority of the internal affairs agencies as a whole."