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Yaroslav was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols." According to the prosecution, demonstrating an offensive and disdainful attitude toward the Belarusian national flag, he climbed onto the roof of a building and tore the flag from its pole, damaging the staff. He and Nikita Murin then took photographs with the flag and filmed a video of it being used. The prosecution claims the flag was repeatedly thrown to the ground and into the bushes.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Alexey was arrested in November 2021 for participating in protests. Security forces identified Alexey based on a photograph: a person who had photos from the 2020 rally had previously been detained. Twenty-three people were identified using one of these photographs.
In early March 2022, the court found Alexei guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and sentenced him to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in the courtroom before being sent to the correctional facility and soon left Belarus.
Andrei was convicted for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki regarding the head of the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, V.V. Kuleshov.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
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Rita, a third-year psychology student at the F. Skorina State University, was arrested on December 28, 2021, on charges of "inciting hatred" for distributing leaflets whose content, according to investigators, degraded riot police. A criminal case was later opened against Rita for "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order."
In March 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in October 2023, having fully served her sentence.
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Convicted for participating in a hitch on August 9, 2020. Registered as an extremist in the pretrial detention center on September 17, 2021.
I have a wife and a child who is 3.5 years old.
According to human rights activists , he was released at the end of August 2024.
| 06.05.2022 | On May 6, 2022, IUOT was registered as an extremist in the IUOT |
Sergei was found guilty in January 2022 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left in the "Whiskered Cockroach" group on the social network Odnoklassniki, addressing a traffic police officer who had stopped and fined Orsha activists.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
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Galina, a 2D artist at Vizor Games, was arrested in December 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." Law enforcement officers recorded a "confession video" with Galina, in which she explained that she subscribed to Telegram channels deemed extremist by the Belarusian authorities and that she participated in protests and roadblocks in August 2020.
In May 2022, Galina was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In October and November 2024, in absentia court hearings were held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of replacing the appointed sentence.
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Business Analyst at EPAM IT company. On December 10, the court arrested Nasuro's manager for 13 days under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (part 2 of article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Since December 31, Nasuro has been in pre-trial detention center No. 1. A criminal case was opened against him under the article on gross violation of order (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code). Denis has 4 children.
| 31.01.2022 | At home, Denis painted with oils and watercolors. Now he draws with pencils. He is also interested in languages - the origin of words, the similarity of languages, the origin of geographical names. He knows English, a little German. Interested in the history of Belarus. |
Andrei was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In July 2022, he was transferred to house arrest and soon left Belarus.
Alexey was found guilty in February 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left in the Dombrovka-5 district chat room about Mikhail Bedunkevich, head of the third department of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Convicted on January 12, 2022 for protests after the presidential elections in 2020.
| 05.07.2022 | Approximately 04/10/2022, a professional accounting was set prone to extremist and other destructive activities |
Convicted on January 12, 2022 for protests in Zhlobin after the presidential elections in 2020.
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A resident of Baranovichi. He was engaged in entrepreneurship, then worked as a truck driver.
In the 2020 elections, he tried to register as a presidential candidate, but the Central Election Commission refused him.
Before the 2020 elections, he began actively running the YouTube channel "Tochka nevozvrata" (currently has 43.3 thousand subscribers). In particular, statements from this channel formed the basis of the criminal case against Chudinovich. In July 2021, the man was placed in custody. On May 1, 2022, he was transferred to a closed prison.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in March 2025.
| 26.01.2024 | Перед тюрьмой у него была проблема с ногами, возможно суставы - он ходил с подлокотным костылем. Жаловался, что состояние ухудшилось после ШИЗО, куда его помешали накануне. Когда его вели на ПКТ у него костыль забрали. Видели как он выходил, держась рукой за стену общежития. Из разговоров с ним он сказал, что его жену убили, а дочь похитили (намекая, видимо, что его жена умерла в больнице из-за низкого уровня медицины, а дочь, оставленную без попечителей, отправили в интернат). |
Egor was arrested on August 30, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under four articles for online comments addressed to Vadim Denisenko (probably the commander of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, a major general) and the chairperson of the Smorgon District Court, Lyudmila Petrova.
In March 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and ordered to pay moral compensation.
Released on April 15, 2022, pending appeal, having fully served his sentence.
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Detained under Articles 130, 368 and 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 10, 2022, Judge Elena Shilk found Ivan guilty and sentenced him to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was soon transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the end of September, Ivan was transferred to Correctional Colony No. 2 in Bobruisk, and soon to Brest Pretrial Detention Center No. 7. In December, the political prisoner was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
On December 29, 2022, the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk considered Ivan's case under Article 391 of the Criminal Code (insulting a judge). It is known that the trial was conducted by Judge Anna Skuratovich and the final sentence of the political prisoner has not changed.
In January 2023, Ivan was transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the beginning of 2024 he was transferred to Penal Colony No. 1.
On January 30, 2025, he served his full sentence and was released.