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Nikita was accused of blocking public transportation in Minsk on August 10, 2020, and convicted under the article "Organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." He was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Evgeny, the author of the Advek project, was arrested in September 2021 on charges of group actions grossly disturbing public order. The arrest was motivated by a photograph taken on August 9, 2020, showing him at a crosswalk when the traffic light was green during a post-election protest in Minsk.
In November 2021, he was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom with direction.
He left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing a restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Denis was arrested in August 2020 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." Three months later, he was found guilty of insulting a patrol police officer online. Denis was initially sentenced to a restricted freedom sentence without a referral, but the prosecutor appealed to the regional court citing the lenient nature of the sentence, but the decision was upheld. An appeal was then filed with the chairman of the regional court, and the verdict was again upheld.
In August 2021, the Supreme Court overturned all appellate rulings and remanded the case for a new appellate hearing, resulting in the sentence being changed to restriction of liberty with placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
On January 23, 2024, Denis was again detained during a KGB raid on food aid from the INeedHelpBY initiative. On February 1 of that year, he was convicted of "using foreign gratuitous aid to commit terrorist or other extremist activity." He was sentenced to a large fine and ordered to pay compensation for "foreign" payments made via e-delivery.
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Vadim, a blogger known as Vadimati, was arrested on August 16, 2021, and convicted twice under administrative law—first for calling for a sporting event, then for using obscene language against the housing and utilities department and the city executive committee.
In September of that year, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Vadim under articles on “desecration of state symbols” and “insulting Lukashenko.”
In December 2021, Vadim was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Later left Belarus.
In the spring of 2025, it became known that Vadim was wanted in Belarus under articles on “assisting extremist activity,” “insulting a government official,” and “insulting a judge.”
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Maxim, a senior energy dispatcher at Belarusian Railways, was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against factory employees who supported the strike and were part of the "Rabochy Rukh" (Workers' Movement) initiative.
On September 21, 2021, this initiative was designated an extremist organization, following which mass arrests of workers took place across the country.
Released in November 2021 under a surety.
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Svetlana, a former employee of the Belarusian Metallurgical Plant in Zhlobin, was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against plant employees who supported the strike and were part of the "Rabochy Rukh" (Workers' Movement) initiative, under the article on treason.
On September 21, 2021, this initiative was designated an extremist organization, following which mass arrests of workers took place across the country.
Released on bail in November 2021.
In June 2022, it became known that the criminal case against Svetlana was dropped.
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Dmitry, an employee of the Belarusian Metallurgical Plant in Zhlobin, was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against plant employees who supported the strike and were part of the "Rabochy Rukh" (Workers' Movement) initiative, under the article on treason.
On September 21, 2021, this initiative was designated an extremist organization, following which mass arrests of workers took place across the country.
He was released on bail in January 2022, and four months later it became known that the criminal case against Dmitry had been dropped.
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Vadim, a machine operator in the rewinding, sorting, and packaging shop at the Khimvolokno Plant branch of Grodno Azot OJSC, was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against plant employees who supported the strike and were part of the Workers' Movement initiative.
On September 21, 2021, this initiative was designated an extremist organization, following which mass arrests of workers took place across the country.
Released on September 28, 2021.
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Andrei, a machine operator in the Ammonia-3 workshop at the Grodno Azot plant, was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against plant employees who supported the strike and were part of the Workers' Movement initiative.
On September 21, 2021, this initiative was designated an extremist organization, following which mass arrests of workers took place across the country.
Released on September 28, 2021.
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.