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Sergei, a human rights activist and financial director of the Press Club Belarus, was arrested on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
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Yulia is a journalist and founder of the Press Club. From 1995 to 2010, she was the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda and European Radio for Belarus. Since 2011, she has been heading the Belarus in Focus office in Warsaw.
On December 22, 2020, she was detained at the airport on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
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Igor was detained on December 2, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests that took place in August 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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On the night of August 10-11, 2020, Alexandra was detained in Minsk. She went out to help people who had suffered from the actions of security forces, but was faced with shelling and mass detentions. Alexandra spent three days in the Okrestina detention center, where she was tortured, including beatings and threats of sexual violence. She was then released, but on October 16, 2020, she was arrested again as part of a criminal case, accused of participating in "group actions that grossly violate public order."
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Alexander was first detained on August 29, 2020, along with his sister Natalia, on a trolleybus, and a video of their detention was distributed in the media and on social networks. In December, he was arrested again and charged with active participation in "mass riots" and resisting police officers.
In November 2022, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2025.
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An anesthesiologist working at the Emergency Hospital in Minsk was detained on November 19, 2020 and convicted for allegedly disclosing medical secrets regarding the condition of Raman Bondarenko, who was brutally beaten by security forces in the courtyard of his home and died in hospital from cerebral edema.
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Yevgeny was arrested on October 30, 2020 and convicted of participating in a protest. According to the charges, he expressed his political views by disturbing public order, shouting slogans and clapping his hands.
He was released in June 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Egor is a student of the biology department of the Belarusian State University, a member of the Belarusian Students' Association and an activist of the Free Trade Union. He was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A student at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of “participating in mass actions that grossly violate public order.”
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Ilya is a former student of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of BSU. He participated in the strike and other student actions, was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
| 23.12.2021 | Immediately upon arrival in IK-15 - for 10 days alone. In the same place, he was deprived of 2 short dates, and one of 4 large transfers (up to 50 kg). After quarantine, for hanging a towel to dry on the corner of a bunk bed, he is also deprived of a long meeting. Assigned to squad 16 - now 21. |
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Alana, a core member of the Coordination Council, a participant in the "Association of Belarusian Students" and an activist of the "Youth Bloc", was detained on November 12, 2020. She was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A former BNTU student expelled during the autumn protests in Belarus was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of “participating in mass actions that grossly violate public order.”
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A student of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and a participant in the "Association of Belarusian Students" was detained on November 12, 2020 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On November 30, 2022, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Viktor was detained on October 16, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place from August 10 to 11, 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
He was released in May 2023 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Alexey was detained on November 5, 2020 and convicted in the case of hacking the computer system of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
On February 9, 2024, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.