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Ukrainian citizen Mikhail was detained on September 16, 2020 and spent seven months in the temporary detention facility on Okrestina. He was charged with participating in three marches and organizing protest activities through the Telegram channel "Brave People", including writing protest inscriptions and hanging white-red-white ribbons.
He was released on December 16, 2023, after serving his full sentence, but was immediately arrested again in Mogilev.
Released on February 1, 2024, Mikhail was forced to leave Belarus.
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Vadim, an architect, was detained and beaten during a memorial event for Roman Bondarenko on Change Square on November 15, 2020, and hospitalized with injuries. He pleaded not guilty, saying that participating in the event was his civic duty, and was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
On March 15, 2024, a “special case” was opened against Vadim, and in the summer he was charged in absentia with “conspiracy to seize power,” “assisting extremist activity,” and “creating an extremist group.”
Mikhail was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of spray painting on Tabakerka kiosks, an arch, and a fountain in the area of the former Volgograd supermarket.
Released in January 2022 on the basis of a pardon.
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Vitaly worked in a private medical laboratory and was interested in airsoft, military history, science fiction, and motorcycles. He was detained at home on November 17, 2020, and convicted of "preparing for mass riots."
He was released in July 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
Alexey, a construction engineer, was detained on September 23, 2020, after Lukashenko's inauguration, when he tried to hide from people in uniform. According to investigators, he failed to comply with a demand to stop and, while reversing, ran over police lieutenant Zavadsky, causing him injuries. Alexey was convicted of "resisting the police with the threat of violence."
"I'm ashamed of you," Alexey said to Judge Gennady Yankovsky as he said goodbye. "And you'll have to live with this," he said to Prosecutor Olga Dindilevich.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in early May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Sergei was arrested on November 17, 2020, and convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk on August 9-10, 2020. According to investigators, he "threw at least one stone at an Interior Ministry vehicle," was present at a barricade construction site, blocked traffic, and shouted slogans.
According to human rights activists, he was released in June 2026.
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An activist of the European Belarus movement and a principled opponent of the current regime, Maksim has been repeatedly subjected to repression for his peaceful opposition activities: fines, arrests, attacks and intimidation. On January 22, 2021, he was detained and convicted of “preparing for mass riots.”
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries . Among those released is Maksim Viniarsky.
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Vladislav, a student at the Belarusian State Medical University, was detained on November 19, 2020 and convicted of administering the Telegram channel "White Coats".
He was released in April 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Artyom worked as an optician at the Optik plant in Lida. He studied at the Grodno Physics and Mathematics Lyceum and the Lida Polytechnic College. He was arrested on September 27, 2020, in connection with a mass riot and accused of participating in "radical" Telegram channels and intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka newsstands.
In May 2022, Artyom was convicted again for participating in protests that took place in Lida in 2020.
He was released in July 2026.
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Anna, a volunteer for the "Drivers 97%" Telegram channel, was detained on October 28, 2020, and convicted of "calling for mass riots and roadblocks due to dissatisfaction with the government and election fraud."
She was released on November 25, 2022, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
After her release, Anna went abroad.
On July 8, 2026, the Investigative Committee opened a special investigation against Anna.
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Irina graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at BSU and in recent years ran a small business selling flowers and making souvenirs. She was arrested on January 12, 2021, along with Andrey Alexandrov. Irina was accused of "financing protest activity" and paying fines to protest participants. She was convicted of "treason" and "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On September 1, 2022, the couple got married in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.
On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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Belarusian journalist Andrei, detained on January 12, 2021, along with his girlfriend, Irina Zlobina, was accused of "financing protest activity" and paying fines to protest participants. He was convicted on a number of criminal charges, including "treason" and "participation in an extremist group."
On September 1, 2022, the couple got married in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.
On September 16, 2026, he was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Denis was arrested on October 4, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.
He was released on December 27, 2021, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeniy was detained on October 15, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on October 11, 2020 near the Pushkinskaya metro station in Minsk.
He was released in June 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Nikolai was arrested on December 21, 2020 and convicted of administering a yard Telegram chat.
He was released in July 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.