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Vadim was arrested on August 7, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "inciting hatred or discord." In March 2022, he was convicted for messages left in the Telegram chat "Pinsk 97%," in which, according to the charges, he "called for violence against police officers, prosecutors, and judges."
He was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Alesya was found guilty for a comment left on July 9, 2020, on Olga Karach's Odnoklassniki page under a post about a police officer from Bobruisk named Komar. Under his photo, Alesya wrote, "What a mug!"
Yulia was found guilty in August 2021 for a comment left in the "Partizany" Telegram chat under a message containing the personal information of Alina Kasyanchik, assistant prosecutor of the Frunzensky District, and information about her trial for the caption "We will not forget! We will not forgive!" According to investigators, the comment was posted with the intent to publicly insult a government official and create a derogatory image in the public eye.
In 2022, Yulia faced another court hearing for "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." She was presumably found guilty under this charge for participating in the post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020, as Yulia stated at her previous trial that she attended all the marches and remains a supporter of Viktar Babaryka. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Larisa was first arrested on September 27, 2020, and convicted of an administrative offense. After the trial, she suffered a seizure and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Larisa suffers from depressive anxiety disorder and claustrophobia.
On August 6, 2021, security forces came to her workplace, conducted a search, and after interrogation, placed her in a temporary detention facility for three days. After this period, she was charged with violence or threat of violence against police officers for participating in a Sunday march on September 27, 2020, in Gomel, during which security forces used tear gas and stun grenades. According to the prosecution, Larisa "used brute force to grab a security officer by the arm, move him, and thereby obstruct his work."
In December 2021, Larisa was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
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Daria, a first-year student in the Faculty of Geography at BSU, was convicted for allegedly making an offensive comment in a chat room about a representative of the Lida Investigative Committee and for participating in post-election protests that took place in Lida in 2020.
In February 2023, another court hearing was held under the supervisory procedure under the same articles.
Daria was released in February 2024, having fully served her sentence.
Andrei was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "participation in mass riots" and convicted in November of that year for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
He was released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.
Kirill was arrested on August 14, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." In September of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
Later, Kirill left Belarus.
In February 2025, 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 institution with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Dmitry, an entrepreneur and former police officer, was arrested in July 2021 and sentenced to 12 days of administrative arrest. He was not released after serving his sentence and was transferred to a pretrial detention center on August 4 of that year as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions."
On November 16, 2021, Dmitry was found guilty of "calling for protests and leaking security forces' data" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Anastasia was convicted of “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after the March of Heroes protest, which took place on September 13, 2020, in Minsk.
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Maxim, a former riot police officer, resigned from the service in 2012 (he had decided to leave back in 2010, after the elections). He later went to live in Poland but was forced to return to Belarus and was detained at his home in the agricultural town of Khotzezhino on August 17, 2021. Following his arrest, GUBOPiK officers recorded a "confessional" video with him, in which he spoke about his involvement in the events of August 9–11, 2020. Pro-government Telegram channels, however, portrayed him as a former security officer who resigned in protest in 2020, which was untrue.
In November 2021, Maxim was found guilty of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom without placement in an open-type facility.
In September 2024, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a commitment to an open correctional facility. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Maxim's presence, remains unknown.
Valery was found guilty in August 2021 of desecrating state symbols for tearing a national flag and its bracket off the wall of a housing maintenance facility. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment in an open-type facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Mikhail, a livestock guard from the Miory district, was convicted in August 2021 of insulting Lukashenko for a video he posted on the social media site Odnoklassniki. According to the prosecution, in the video, he used a negative word and obscene language toward Lukashenko, damaging his honor and dignity, aimed at undermining his authority, and creating a negative image.
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Dmitry was found guilty of insulting a police officer for a comment he left on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel in December 2020.
Anastasia was found guilty for a comment left on March 25, 2021, on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus," which has been designated as extremist. She said she wrote it amid intense emotions and distress over the violence perpetrated by security forces against a close friend.
Andrei was convicted in August 2021 for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to Andrei Komar, an employee of the Bobruisk District Police Department, which, according to the prosecution, was intended to publicly insult him.