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Alexander was found guilty of insulting Vladimir Kozlovsky, a police officer from Grodno who fell during a scuffle on May 29, 2020, at a picket to collect signatures for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's nomination as a presidential candidate. According to the prosecution, Andrei left a comment on the social media site Odnoklassniki containing an abusive insult directed at Kozlovsky, degrading the honor and dignity of a government official.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
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Elena was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. The court hearing was held behind closed doors, so the details of the case are unknown.
Oleg was found guilty in November 2021 of slander and insulting a government official for liking and commenting on a photo post on the social media site Odnoklassniki by Alexander Lisitsa, the commander of the Baranovichi City Executive Committee's traffic police platoon.
Vadim was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
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Dmitry, a crane operator at MTZ's core section, was detained on September 16, 2021, by KGB officers 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.
Date and sentence unknown; presumably convicted for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
In September 2022, a court hearing was held on the issue of compensation for damage caused to KTUP Minsktrans.
Evgeny was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on the social network VKontakte regarding an article about Sergei Solovyov, deputy head of the Soligorsk Department of Internal Affairs and head of the public safety police. He was sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral and ordered to pay moral damages.
Evgeny was found guilty of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Sergei was found guilty of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
resident of Brest, was convicted on October 14, 2021 by the Moskovsky District Court of Brest for writing on a house in Brest.
Released in October 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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Andrei was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Minsk.
Igor was arrested on September 14, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November of that year, he was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.
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Yana was detained in St. Petersburg on November 1, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under several criminal articles, including "inciting other forms of social hatred and discord," "public calls for the seizure of state power," and "creating or participating in an extremist group."
In May 2022, a Russian court denied Yana temporary asylum.
On August 9, 2022, she was extradited from Russia to Belarus, despite a ban on extradition by the UN Human Rights Committee.
In June 2023, Yana was found guilty of administering the Telegram channel "Vitebsk 97%," in which, according to investigators, she posted messages with "negative assessments of law enforcement officers and government agencies," and allegedly published "calls to harm police officers" and "extremist materials."
On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Elena was arrested along with her husband 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 February 2022, she was convicted in the so-called "Milky World" case for participating in a peaceful protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno, as well as for "violence against a police officer," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in January 2024, having fully served her sentence.
Igor was arrested along with his wife 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 February 2022, he was convicted in the so-called "Milky World" case for participating in a peaceful protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.