Artem 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 November 2021, he was found guilty of standing in a group of vehicles on Lenin Street, stepping onto the roadway on Nezavisimosti Avenue, and several other streets during a protest in Minsk on September 6, 2020.
For some time, Artem was undergoing compulsory treatment due to his mental state.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Olga, a chemical analysis lab technician at Grodno Azot, was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a rally of citizens at the "March of Unity" held in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
Trial outcome 29.11.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A resident of Minsk, works as a car parts sales manager, detained on 21.10.2021. Andrey has two children. Convicted for messages in the chats "Lebyazhy 97" and "Central 97".
He was released in early May 2025, having served his entire sentence.
Trial outcome 20.06.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Fedor was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for being part of a group of people during a post-election protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
On October 30, Irina was detained at the Minsk airport when she and her husband were returning from vacation. On November 1, Pervomaisky District Judge Maxim Trusevich sentenced them both to 15 days of arrest for allegedly storing materials on Facebook that were deemed "extremist." On November 15, journalist Irina Slavnikova was sentenced to another 15 days of arrest for the second time in a row. On November 26, it became known that Irina Slavnikova had become a suspect under Article 342 of the Criminal Code.
On September11,2025, it became known that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania.Among them are citizensof Europeancountries . Among those releasedis IrinaSlavnikova .
Vladislav was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case involving group actions that grossly violated public order. In April 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restricted freedom sentence with a prison term in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Vladislav's presence, remains unknown.
Trial outcome 06.04.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 24.12.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Sergei was found guilty in November 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," for participating in the "Unity March" protest held on September 6, 2020, in Grodno.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Vitaly was found guilty in October 2021 of "defamation of the President of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 19.10.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the indictment, Nikolai posted a video on his Instagram account in July 2021 in which he made comments about two police officers from the Berezovsky Department of the Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. The video included their photographs. His actions were classified as a crime under the article "insulting a government official," as his verbal comments contained "indecent, derogatory, and negative assessments of the victims."
In November 2021, the court sentenced Nikolai to arrest and granted the claims for moral damages to each police officer.
He was released at the end of March 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Daniil was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 20.12.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Kirill was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
He was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 20.12.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Ignat was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Pavel was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 20.12.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Irina was arrested in November 2021 on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," and was placed in pretrial detention.
In March 2022, she was found guilty of participating in a protest that took place on September 20, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Ekaterina was found guilty in November 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
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