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Nikita 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 for 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.
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Kirill was arrested in September 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," and was convicted in January 2022 for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
Artyom was arrested in September 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 December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in September 2020.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Yan was arrested on August 30, 2021, for "distributing extremist materials" and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was not released after serving his sentence and was placed in pretrial detention as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "insulting Lukashenko" and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation therein."
In December 2021, he was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko by posting a video on social media, as well as participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Andrei was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." In November of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in September 2020 in Grodno.
Before starting to serve his sentence, Andrei left Belarus.
In February 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.
Artyom was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "hooliganism committed by a group of persons" and "desecration of buildings."
In May 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to prison for a performance at a city cemetery in Vitebsk: a group of young people installed a portrait of Lukashenko on a grave and opened champagne.
In July 2023, a trial was held to increase Artyom's sentence, resulting in his transfer to a prison regime.
In August 2025, Artyom was convicted of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration" and sentenced to imprisonment. His total prison term was five years.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2026, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Ekaterina was arrested on September 20, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "hooliganism committed by a group of persons" and "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In May 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to prison for a performance at a city cemetery in Vitebsk: a group of young people installed a portrait of Lukashenko on a grave and opened champagne.
Released in August 2024 as part of a pardon.
Yulia was detained on September 20, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "hooliganism committed by a group of persons."
In May 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to prison for a performance at a city cemetery in Vitebsk: a group of young people installed a portrait of Lukashenko on a grave and opened champagne.
Released in September 2024 as part of a pardon.
Yevgeny, a former fan of FC Gomel, was arrested in July 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." Following a search of his apartment, he was additionally charged with "illegal trafficking of potent or toxic substances."
In December of that year, he was found guilty of creating a chat room in which, it was alleged, he "called for participation in mass riots, resistance to law enforcement, the use of violence, and the destruction or damage of property in a manner dangerous to the public." After the first court hearing, the Telegram channel was declared an extremist group, and Yevgeny was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
In April 2022, Evgeny was re-tried in a closed trial under the article "creation of an extremist group or participation in one" and again sentenced to imprisonment.
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2025, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee. In addition to his restricted freedom, Sergei was ordered to pay compensation.
Natalya was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on social media under a man's photo, which stated that he was a district police officer at the Svetlogorsk District Police Department, was engaged in the political persecution of protesters, and was committing perjury in court. Natalya was sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral and ordered to pay compensation.
In November of the same year, following the prosecutor's protest, the sentence was changed to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
She was released in December 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Due to new politically motivated persecution, Natalia was forced to leave Belarus.
Pavel was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on social media about a Minsk police officer. Following the criminal case against him, Pavel was also asked to resign as an employee of Mogilevkhimvolokno.
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Sergei, a Belarusian Railway employee, was convicted in October 2021 of "desecration of buildings and property damage" for spray-painting the words "Long Live Belarus" on a bus stop in the village of Leteshin, Kletsk District. Despite having fully compensated for the damages before the trial and having received positive references from his employer, the court sentenced him to arrest.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Svetlana was first convicted in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left under a photograph of nine riot police officers posted on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. She was sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral and ordered to pay substantial compensation.
In December 2021, she was detained along with her daughter in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In March 2022, she was convicted again and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral.
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 without sending him to an open correctional facility.
Alexander was detained along with his brother in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.