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Alexander was convicted for a comment under a post about Sergei Stashevsky, head of the Oktyabrsky District Administration in Vitebsk, who, according to the publication, forced teachers to rewrite election protocols. This was not the first trial in Vitebsk for insulting Stashevsky.
According to human rights activists, Alexander was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
In the summer of 2021, Dmitry was accused of insulting government officials via the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. The victims were police officers Dmitry Dedyun and Nikita Mikhalochkin; Dedyun demanded 2,000 rubles in compensation. Dmitry had previously been sentenced to two years of restricted freedom under the same article. The verdict in the second case was to be handed down after the appeal hearing of the first verdict, which took place on August 17 of that year. However, the outcome of the second case is still unknown.
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- Twice political prisoners
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- Twice political prisoners
In 2021, Yuri was accused of publicly insulting Lukashenko while in a hospital in Chechersk.
In June 2022, he was charged with malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration. Three days before his release, he was found guilty and sentenced to mandatory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. On July 1, 2022, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court under his first conviction.
From August 2022, by court order, he was held in the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health and was released in September 2023.
Ilya was accused of publicly expressing a harsh and negative assessment of Lukashenko on a trolleybus on April 16, 2021, which, according to the prosecution, harmed his honor and dignity and was aimed at undermining his authority.
He was released in October 2021, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
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Denis was convicted on June 23, 2021, for commenting on riot police actions against civilians.
In the spring of 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Maxim was convicted in 2021 of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.
In July 2022, he was released under pardon.
In February 2024, a court hearing was held on three charges: "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and "illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances." The details of the case and the outcome of the trial are unknown.
Ivan was convicted of reposting posts about police officers on the social network Odnoklassniki and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Svetlana is the mother of political prisoner Igor Yermolov, sentenced to five years in a maximum-security penal colony for "preparing for mass unrest." She was accused of insulting a Minsk riot police officer, citing a Facebook comment she allegedly left, and sentenced to restricted freedom and compensation for moral damages.
Nikita was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Zhlobin on the night of August 9-10, 2020.
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Oleg is a journalist for Radio Svaboda, previously worked for the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency. In the summer of 2020, he actively covered the protests in Belarus and conducted live streams. In August, he lost his Foreign Ministry accreditation along with other journalists from foreign media outlets.
On July 16, 2021, he was detained during a large-scale search of independent journalists' homes. He was released ten days later, remaining a suspect. On December 23 of that year, security forces again raided his home and took him into custody on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them."
In March 2022, the court found Oleg guilty, declaring that he participated in unauthorized protests during which Minsktrans calculated damages of 56,000 rubles.
In September 2022, the journalist was released as part of a pardon.
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Tatyana is a co-founder of the Sympa school for young public administration managers, an expert in the Bipart research project, and a Master of Political Science.
She was detained in Minsk on the night of June 28-29, 2021, at the airport while going through passport control to leave the country. It was known that Tatyana was planning to fly overnight to Tbilisi. It was later learned that she was detained in connection with an open criminal case. Tatyana was taken to the Okrestina temporary detention facility and, a few days later, transferred to a pretrial detention center.
On February 6, 2023, the court began hearing her case on charges of "aiding and abetting actions aimed at seizing power," "calling for actions harmful to national security," and "inciting social discord." On March 17 of that year, the court, behind closed doors, sentenced Tatyana to 10 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
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.
Igor was convicted in July 2021 in a criminal case opened in connection with the August 2020 events in Minsk. According to the prosecution, he took part in protests that took place in the capital from August 9 to 11, 2020. Minsktrans estimated the damage from the public transportation shutdown during those days at 27,958 rubles 50 kopecks. After the verdict was announced, Igor was taken into custody right in the courtroom.
In May 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Maxim was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave the country, but at the trial on July 19, 2021, the measure of restraint was changed and he was taken into custody.
In September 2022, as part of a pardon, his sentence was replaced with "house arrest".
In March 2024, a court hearing was held regarding Maxim “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
Dmitry was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave the country, but at the trial on July 19, 2021, the measure of restraint was changed and he was taken into custody.
He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave the country, but at the trial on July 19, 2021, the measure of restraint was changed and he was taken into custody.
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.