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Resident of Minsk. A criminal case was opened against Pavel for the fact that during a gathering of citizens in Gorodishche on September 18, 2020, when the police began to detain an elderly man, he obstructed the arrest, as a result of which he hit a policeman.
Released in January 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years and 6 months imprisonment in a penal colony
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Independent journalist, works for Radio Svaboda.
He was detained on November 25, sentenced to 10 days, but was not released on December 5 and was again given 10 days. But Andrei was not released on December 15 either, receiving another 10 days of arrest. A criminal case was opened against him.
On February 12, 2025, with the help of the US State Department, Elena Movshuk, journalist Andrei Kuznechik and a US citizen whose name has not yet been disclosed were released. They were pardoned by Lukashenko.
Details of the release were revealed to CNN by Chris Smith, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe.
"It was a special operation: we crossed the Belarusian border, met with authorities in Minsk, who handed over three detainees to us. We picked them up and took them through Lithuania." According to Smith, it was a "unilateral gesture" by the Belarusian authorities, seeking to improve relations with the United States.
"Lukashenko received nothing in return," he noted.
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A student of the chemical faculty.
Detained on October 13, 2021. In the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, a video was published where a girl is accused of participating in a chain of people connected to each other with their hands in the elbow area during protests.
| 15.10.2023 | Освобождена |
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A resident of Mozyr.
Convicted for a comment in vk.com in relation to representatives of law enforcement agencies, which the court considered offensive.
Dmitry has a pregnant wife and a disabled mother at home.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
On October 17, 2021, Alla Tikhomirova called 102 from her home phone and swore at Lukashenko.
According to human rights activists, she was supposed to be released at the beginning of 2024.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Since August 2020, she has participated in peaceful protests. She was detained three times (received fines, because she was a disabled person of the 2nd group due to epilepsy). In March 2021, she was summoned to the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs, where she was threatened with a criminal case, Natalia was able to record this on a voice recorder. They began to follow Natalia, and in May 2021 they came with a search under Art. 342 and 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. In emergency mode, the girl was forced to leave the country.
An individual entrepreneur from Minsk, convicted for insulting a riot policeman. He was detained on April 23, 2021, when he was flying to Moscow. That's how he learned about the criminal case against him. At the trial, Izotov said that he had no intention of hiding. But the investigation decided otherwise and took him into custody pending trial. On November 12, 2020, the man was accused of insulting the commander of the OMON, ensign Kovalchuk. In the telegram chat "punishers of Belarus" he wrote a comment under the posted data: "...stupid, nowhere else."
On January 25, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
| 08.06.2023 | Друзья, всем огромное спасибо за поддержку! По освобождению я покинул Беларусь. Всех обнимаю, дорогие! |
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open-type correctional institution ("chemistry")
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He was detained in December 2021 for participating in a student action on September 1, 2020. He became a defendant in a criminal case on organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order. It is known about Konstantin that he graduated from the Minsk Culinary College. He worked and played in amateur theater.
Daniil was detained in December 2021 for participating in a student action on September 1, 2020. He became a defendant in a criminal case on organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.
3 years of restriction of freedom.
Sergei was detained and convicted of violating public order during mass protests. It is known that the reason for initiating the case was his participation in the hitch on August 9, 2020. He was wounded that day.
Released in January 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
Defendant of the so-called "round dance case" concerning the protest action on September 13, 2020 in Brest. Igor was detained on December 1, 2021 and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
From August 12 to 14, 2020, he was a member of an opposition group in the Telegram messenger. At the beginning of July 2021, Yevgenia called the GUBOPIK, issued a warning and released him. After that, the houses were searched and equipment was confiscated. From August 5 to August 8, 2021, Evgeny spent in the Gomel temporary detention facility. While there, I was not given a mattress, warm clothes, parcels, they raised me at night every 2 hours for a check. During the day it was forbidden to sit and lie down, and all these days I was in solitary confinement. GUBOPiK threatened the pre-trial detention center and that they would take the child to an orphanage. Eugene was forced to secretly leave the country with his family.
On April 12, 2021, together with his friend Evgeny Kogotko, he defiantly tore up and burned the state flag of the Republic of Belarus. The process was filmed on video, which was posted on the Internet.
After the accident, he was in the hospital for a long time, after which he received disability, so he was released from punishment in the form of restriction of freedom with direction.
1 year of freedom restriction.
A resident of Minsk. In August 2020, she was an election observer. Detained on December 9, 2021. Allegedly accused of participating in protests in 2020. Elena has a one and a half year old child.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
I went to protest actions in Zhlobin.
He was detained on Aug 9, 2020, and released after 3 days. Later he went to work in the Russian Federation, where he was detained in May 2021 at the request of the regime Lukashenko.
In December 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.