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Dmitry was convicted in February 2021 for creating the Telegram channel "Data of the Punishers of Belarus", where he posted information about the security forces. All published materials were reposts. At the time of the verdict, he was only 15 years old.
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Maxim was convicted of removing a red-green flag at a train station and striking, in self-defense, a man who was trying to call the police and take his personal belongings.
In December 2023, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Roman was arrested and convicted in a criminal case opened after the August 2020 protests in Minsk. He was accused of erecting barricades at the Pushkinskaya metro station, where protester Alexander Taraikovsky died. The only evidence of his guilt was a photograph from his phone. Roman did not admit his guilt.
He was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Mikhail was convicted for a comment addressed to the commander of the special police response unit Manaev, left in the telegram chat “Vitebsk for Life”.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vladimir was convicted for a comment about Lukashenko left on the social network Odnoklassniki.
He was released in March 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vadim was detained, severely beaten and later convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk against the results of the presidential elections.
Throughout his entire term of imprisonment, Vadim was systematically subjected to psychological and physical violence: he was beaten, placed in solitary confinement and punishment cells, and deprived of parcels and visits.
He was released in April 20204, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vitaly was convicted in a criminal case brought for participating in protests that took place from August 9 to 11, 2020 in Zhlobin against the results of the presidential elections. He was 17 years old at the time the verdict was announced.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Dmitry was convicted in a criminal case brought for participating in protests that took place from August 9 to 11, 2020 in Zhlobin against the results of the presidential elections.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Stepan was hit by a police van in the oncoming lane on November 15, 2020, during a protest in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, on Pushkin Avenue in Minsk, immediately detained and severely beaten. He was convicted of alleged hooliganism - deliberate and unprovoked attacks on police cars at least three times, which resulted in damage to them.
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Andrey was arrested on August 11, 2020, in a criminal case of mass riots, opened after the start of mass protests against the results of the presidential elections. He was brutally beaten by GUBOPiK officers to give the testimony they needed. Andrey was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
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Alexander was arrested and convicted for participating in protests against the presidential election results in Minsk on August 9–10, 2020. He was accused of blocking roads, erecting barricades, and allegedly “throwing plants from flowerbeds at police officers.”
In mid-April 2022, it became known that Alexander's punishment had been toughened, transferring him to a prison regime for a period of two years.
Released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court
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Ruslan was detained on November 15, 2020 and arrested for 15 days for walking through the city with a white-red-white flag in memory of the murdered Roman Bondarenko. Roman was beaten by security forces in the courtyard near his home and died in hospital from cerebral edema. However, after his administrative arrest, Ruslan was not released, as a criminal case was opened against him and he was convicted of "resisting an Interior Ministry officer."
In March 2022, he was re-sentenced to one year in prison for "disobeying the demands of the administration of the correctional institution." Under this article, prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration are tried for fictitious violations.
He was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Alexei, a swimming teacher, was convicted of possessing a flammable mixture that the prosecution alleged he planned to use to make a Molotov cocktail.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
| 03.05.2021 | In pre-trial detention, he was on 2 profuchets, one of them was prone to extremism. From 21.04 transferred to IK 17 Shklov |
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Ivan, director of the Horse&Vega concert agency, was detained and convicted for attempting to stop a traffic police car to prevent it from running over people during a protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Alexey was detained in September 2020 for participating in the March of Justice in Gomel and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was later detained again as part of a criminal case and convicted of allegedly committing violence against criminal-executive inspector Pavel Shapovalov.
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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