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He was detained based on information from the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime on 16.12.2021 at his home at night.
Convicted for participating in protests on August 9, 2020. Identified from video footage.
In 2023, apparently, he was transferred to prison regime.
Released in the summer of 2025 upon completion of his sentence.
Sergei, an employee of the Laguna factory in Baranovichi, was convicted in December 2021 for a comment posted on the Telegram channel "Baranovichi 97%" about Lukashenko on September 17, 2020.
He was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Nadezhda was found guilty in December 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a post that featured a video of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from Gantsevichi, pinning a detained young man to the ground with his knee.
Andrey, deputy chief mechanic at the Krasnoselskstroymaterialy enterprise, was found guilty in December 2021 of desecrating buildings for painting the Pogonya coat of arms.
Igor, a shift supervisor at the Krasnoselskstroymaterialy enterprise, was found guilty in December 2021 of desecrating buildings for painting the Pogonya coat of arms.
Vitaly, an electrician at the Krasnoselskstroymaterialy company, was found guilty in December 2021 of defamation, specifically for distributing leaflets containing information about members of the electoral commission.
Oleg, a leading design engineer at Krasnoselskstroymaterialy, was found guilty in December 2021 of desecrating buildings and slandering members of the election commission for painting the "Pahonia" coat of arms on buildings and distributing leaflets with information about the commission members.
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Sergei was found guilty in December 2021 of desecrating buildings and slandering members of the electoral commission for painting the Pahonia coat of arms on buildings and posting leaflets with information about members of the electoral commission.
Pavel was found guilty of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. The criminal case against Pavel was opened for obstructing the police arrest of an elderly man during a gathering in Gorodishche on September 18, 2020, which resulted in him striking a police officer.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Independent journalist, works for Radio Svaboda.
He was detained on November 25, sentenced to 10 days, but was not released on December 5 and was again given 10 days. But Andrei was not released on December 15 either, receiving another 10 days of arrest. A criminal case was opened against him.
On February 12, 2025, with the help of the US State Department, Elena Movshuk, journalist Andrei Kuznechik and a US citizen whose name has not yet been disclosed were released. They were pardoned by Lukashenko.
Details of the release were revealed to CNN by Chris Smith, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe.
"It was a special operation: we crossed the Belarusian border, met with authorities in Minsk, who handed over three detainees to us. We picked them up and took them through Lithuania." According to Smith, it was a "unilateral gesture" by the Belarusian authorities, seeking to improve relations with the United States.
"Lukashenko received nothing in return," he noted.
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Zlata, a student at BSU's Faculty of Chemistry, was arrested on October 13, 2021, on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" and placed in pretrial detention.
Zlata became famous after a photograph taken on August 10, 2020, in Nemiga by journalist Olga Shukailo quickly spread across the internet and became a symbol of women's protest.
In December 2021, she was convicted of participating in a post-election protest and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. A Minsk Transport representative was also present at the trial, filing a financial claim against Zlata for all instances of public transportation blockages in Minsk that day. The court ruled to uphold the claim in full.
Zlata was released on bail for 10 days, after which she was able to leave Belarus.
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Dmitry was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment on VKontakte about law enforcement officials, which the court deemed offensive. Dmitry leaves behind a pregnant wife and a disabled mother.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.
On October 17, 2021, Alla called 102 on her home phone and uttered obscene language toward Lukashenko, after which she was taken into custody pending trial.
In December 2021, Alla was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. She was released from custody on her own recognizance not to leave the area until the sentence was final.
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Natalia has been participating in peaceful protests since August 2020. She has been detained and fined three times, as she has a second-degree disability due to epilepsy.
In March 2021, she was summoned to the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs, where she was threatened with criminal charges. Natalia managed to record the incident on a voice recorder. Following this, she was placed under surveillance, and in May 2021, her residence was searched and she was charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions" and "participation in mass riots."
Natalia was forced to leave the country on an urgent basis.
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Andrey, a sole proprietor, was detained on April 23, 2021, while attempting to fly to Moscow. It was then that he learned of a criminal case against him for "insulting a government official."
In August 2021, Andrei was accused of insulting OMON commander Warrant Officer Kovalchuk for a comment he left in the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram chat and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.