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A football fan of the MTZ-RIPO club was detained on September 26, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.
The guards of Colony No. 1 repeatedly punished Tomaz with a punishment cell and transfer to a cell-type room (PKT). In total, the anti-fascist received at least nine penalties, including for refusing to "wash toilets." Based on this, a new criminal case was opened against him under the article on "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration," and in September 2024, he was sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment.
Released in the spring of 2026 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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A football fan of the MTZ-RIPO club was detained on September 25, 2020, in Minsk and convicted of participating in protests.
He was released at the end of May 2026, having served his full sentence.
Initially, there were 12 defendants in the case. Since the fall of 2020, only David Slashchev has remained at large. Several political prisoners have reported being tortured during their detention or while writing "confessions."
All of them are accused of participating in a "radical" Telegram chat. The testimony mentions several chats, including "OGSB" (Civil Self-Defense Unit), "Rabota Minsk," "100," and "101." They are also accused of intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka stores.
Dmitry Lastovsky stated in court that he was an apolitical person and was happy with what he had: his family and his job. He noted that he had been looking for a work assistant in the "Part-time Job Minsk" chat.
He is expected to be released in early March 2025.
| 23.05.2021 | Dmitry wrote that the first court session was postponed to June 7, Semashko, 33 |
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Eduard is a well-known Belarusian political blogger and public figure, the author of the Telegram channel Palchys. He organized the "BNR-100" and "BNR-101" protests and concerts. He was arrested on September 27, 2020, as part of a criminal case related to mass riots.
In December 2021, Eduard was found guilty of "organizing mass riots," "organizing actions that grossly violate public order," "inciting social discord," and "calls for actions aimed at damaging the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
In August 2022, Eduard's sentence was increased and he was transferred to a prison regime.
On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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Journalist for the TUT.BY portal. She was detained on November 19, 2020 in connection with a criminal case on the alleged disclosure of medical secrets of Roman Bondarenko, who was beaten to death.
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Andrey was first detained and wounded on August 9, 2020. After spending three days in the Zhodino temporary detention facility, he was released. However, on September 1, 2020, he was detained again in a criminal case and later convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Ivan was detained on November 5, 2020 and convicted in the case of hacking the computer system of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
He was released in February 2023 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry, a UX/UI designer, was arrested on August 11, 2020, on charges of organizing mass riots.
In March and September 2021, he was found guilty twice under charges of "organizing mass riots" and "illegal actions against objects whose destructive effect is based on the use of flammable substances." His total prison sentence was eight years.
In March 2023, Dmitry's sentence was increased and he was transferred to a prison regime for a term of three years.
On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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The blogger of the Telegram channel "Army with the People" was detained on July 21, 2020 and taken into custody as part of a criminal case related to the events of May 29, 2020 in Grodno.
He was released in July 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Sergey is a former professional football player. In 1997-1998, he played 36 matches in the Major League, played for Molodechno and Slonim's Kommunalnik. After finishing his career, he went into the media business. He worked as the commercial director of Alfa-Radio. After that, he was the director of the advertising agency Prime Media Group and the editor-in-chief of the TV channel TV RAY.
He was arrested and convicted in connection with a case of mass riots initiated following the events of August 9-13, 2020.
In June 2023, the court decided to transfer Sergei to prison regime until the end of his term.
On August 1, 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
| 27.05.2021 | Patronymic Vasilyevich |
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A well-known activist and confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Gomel, Tatyana has been campaigning for changes to anti-drug legislation for several years as part of the "Mothers 328 Movement" initiative. On August 6, 2020, she was detained in her home, accused of "mass riots" and plans to "seize buildings."
In January 2022, it became known that Tatyana had been transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists, she is denied visitation rights and is allowed to receive only one small parcel per year. Letters from Tatyana arrive extremely rarely. Furthermore, she has developed spinal problems.
She was released in February 2025.
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Antonina, a trusted person of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was detained on September 6, 2020 and convicted in an administrative case for participating in an unauthorized event. However, after the trial, she was not released, but detained again as part of a criminal case.
In May 2021, Antonina was convicted under the article on “mass riots”.
Released in December 2024 as part of a pardon.
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Dmitry, a blogger for the YouTube channel "Seryi Kot", was detained on June 10, 2020, along with activists from "European Belarus". He was sentenced to 20 days of administrative arrest, but after that he remained under arrest and became a defendant in a criminal case. He was subsequently convicted of "preparing to participate in mass riots".
Dmitry was supposed to be released at the end of November 2024, but he was convicted again for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration." Under this article, prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration are tried for fictitious violations.
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 Dmitry Kozlov.
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Lawyer and member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council for the Resolution of the Political Crisis.
Maxim was arrested on September 9, 2020, and charged with conspiracy and extremist activity, including public calls for the seizure of power and actions threatening national security, using the media and the internet.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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Andrei is an activist of the European Belarus movement, detained on September 25, 2020. He was one of the co-founders of the Zubr movement and has been repeatedly persecuted by the state. He was 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 Andrei Voynich.