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A history teacher. He was detained on November 2, 2021 after returning from work in Poland and placed in a temporary detention facility in Minsk. He is a defendant in a criminal case for organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order. Arthur has very poor eyesight.
On March 4, 2022, he was released in the courtroom.
Vladimir was arrested in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom.
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Viktor was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
In December 2022, he was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.
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Ivan was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In January 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence.
He was detained on August 17 as part of a criminal case concerning group actions that grossly violated public order.
In the summer of 2025, he was released, having served his entire sentence.
Mark was arrested in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and taken into custody.
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Zhlobin and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Ivan, a BSUIR student, was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and taken into custody.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on October 25, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
In January 2022, Ivan began serving his sentence in a correctional facility, and in the summer of that year, he managed to escape from the correctional facility and leave Belarus.
In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Olga, an activist and former head of the organization "Radislava," which helps women victims of domestic violence, was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for organizing women's marches in 2020.
In May 2022, Olga was found guilty of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In September 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of "replacing a restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."
Pavel was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in August 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Artyom was found guilty in the summer of 2021 of "insulting a government official." According to the indictment, in November 2020, he read in the "Punishermen of Belarus" group that Lieutenant Colonel D. D. Vishnevsky, head of the Juvenile Affairs Department of the Orsha District Police Department, had beaten a girl. He couldn't resist leaving a comment.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was found guilty of "insulting Lukashenko" for posting his photos on Viber with comments and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Igor was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Alexander was found guilty in September 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs.
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Since August 2020, Dmitry has been repeatedly subjected to political persecution by security forces: preventive detentions, searches, and fines.
He was first convicted in December 2020 of "stealing a radio" from a riot police officer during a protest and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
In November 2021, Dmitry was again detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "slander," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko."
In January 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
He was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Boris was arrested in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In April 2022, he was found guilty of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 23, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.