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Valery was arrested in May 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for "insulting Lukashenko," and in September of that year, he was found guilty of three criminal charges for social media posts. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
People who served time with Valery said he died at the very beginning of 2025. The former political prisoner suffered a blood clot.
Alexander was arrested in March 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "threat of violence against an internal affairs officer." In May of that year, he was convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in an open correctional facility.
In September 2021, Alexander, who was serving a sentence for a previous case, faced another court hearing for "insulting a government official." The charges stemmed from a comment he made about Ruslan Shumakher, a district police officer from Babruisk, in a Telegram chat deemed extremist. Alexander was sentenced to restricted freedom and ordered to pay compensation to the "victim."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Mikhail was found guilty in September 2021 of painting 13 red triangles with Belarusian designs on a public transport stop, causing damages totaling 19 rubles and 9 kopecks. According to the indictment, he also insulted Cherven District Judge Inessa Rayevskaya by writing the words "corrupt judge" on her fence.
He was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Darina was found guilty in September 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel about a riot police officer. However, neither his name nor the comment itself were disclosed in court.
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Dmitry was found guilty in September 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 Department of Internal Affairs, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.
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Nikolai was found guilty in June 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left in the "Country for Life" chat under a photograph of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, in which he placed his foot on a person's head.
According to human rights activists, Nikolai was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Alexey was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of state symbols." In November of that year, he was found guilty of setting fire to a national flag placed outside a store in the city of Molodechno and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in June 2022, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Vladislav was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of state symbols." In November of that year, he was found guilty of setting fire to a national flag placed outside a store in the city of Molodechno and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in June 2022, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Yana was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of state symbols." In December of that year, she was found guilty of tearing down a flag on a street in Gomel and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in June 2022, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
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Andrei was arrested in July 2021 in a criminal case initially opened under the statute "hooliganism" for bringing a funeral wreath to a police officer's home.
In December 2021, Andrei was found guilty of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and "threat against a judge or assessor." He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and ordered to pay substantial compensation to police officer Kalkovsky.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Vadim was detained on July 27, 2021, near his home in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official."
It is also known that Vadim wrote a book about the protests.
In October 2021, he was found guilty of two criminal charges for a series of comments left in the "KYKY Backstage" Telegram channel chat between April and June 2021 and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open-type facility.
Vadim left Belarus before he began serving his sentence.
Vitaly was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the articles "hooliganism" and "desecration of state symbols" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Igor was convicted in September 2021 for comments left under a photo of a government official and a law enforcement officer on the social network Odnoklassniki and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Evgeny was convicted in July 2021 for making a comment about an official, Interior Minister Kubrakov, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
In 2022, the punishment regime was tightened, and Evgeny was transferred to a penal colony.
He was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
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Olga, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Security Department, was convicted in September 2021 for a comment she left on social media under a photograph of a police officer from Babruisk: "It's because of jerks like these that people don't like cops," which, according to the prosecution, insulted him. She was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility and ordered to pay compensation. It is also known that after her arrest and interrogation, Olga was fired from her job.