Lyubov, the wife of an Orthodox priest, was detained on December 1, 2020, along with her husband and son, as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case." The authorities called Nikolai Avtukhovich "the organizer and leader of a terrorist group." According to the investigation, she helped Avtukhovich collect information about law enforcement officers and provided housing where the participants in the "case" stored weapons. Lyubov was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "act of terrorism," "attempted seizure of power," and "illegal actions in relation to firearms."
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Oksana Marinina holds a higher education degree in teaching (from the M. Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University) and has worked in preschools her entire career. Her most recent position (in 2024) was at Minsk Kindergarten No. 472.
Trial outcome 08.09.2026
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Human rights activist, environmental activist, representative of the Belarusian anarchist movement and one of the founders of the human rights initiative Dissidentby .
The Dissidentby.com project collects, analyzes, and systematizes information about political repression in Belarus. The initiative also provides assistance and consultations to political prisoners and their families. In 2025, Marina and Vyacheslav Kosinerov, together with volunteers, conducted a large-scale study on the long-term consequences of political persecution and migration in Belarus after 2020.
Natalia Protasevich is a political émigré living in Poland. She appeared on the wanted list in September 2026. It is indicated that she is wanted at the request of the Vitebsk Regional Police Department. The reason for the search and the article under which she is being prosecuted are not specified in the public records, but it is clear that a criminal case has been opened for political reasons.
In 2024, she married Vladislav Makovetsky, a Vitebsk artist and former political prisoner who spent nearly two years behind bars. The couple had a daughter in Warsaw. Natalia also said that she decided to become a doula after her own positive experience giving birth in Poland and has already accompanied other women during childbirth.
Natalia has been living in Poland as a political exile for several years. In 2024, she married former political prisoner Vladislav Makovetsky.
In September 2026, Natalia appeared on the wanted list. It was indicated that she was wanted at the request of the Vitebsk Regional Department of Internal Affairs. The reason for the search and the article under which she is being prosecuted are not specified in the public records, but it is clear that the persecution is politically motivated.
Oksana Dyachuk was born in 1998 in Mariupol. In the spring of 2022, when Russian troops stormed the city, she tried to find her mother, teacher Natalia Yevstafyevna, in local chats after losing contact with her for over a month.
The family's apartment was destroyed, and her mother lost her home. Oksana was then able to move to Volyn (Turiysk and Kovel). In the fall of 2023, she moved to Poland with her Belarusian boyfriend. They settled in Zielona Góra, where Oksana found work in a warehouse. In late 2025, Dyachuk shared her frustration with unresolved household chores and illness: "I got sick, didn't resolve my job issue, and now it looks like I'll have to return to my hometown. I haven't accomplished even half of what I wanted."
At the beginning of 2026, Dyachuk traveled to Belarus – or through Belarus – but ended up in a pre-trial detention center.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Galina is originally from Gorki. After getting married, she moved to Pinsk with her family.
The woman is raising a small child, and her husband works as a truck driver.
On social media, Galina shared her daily family concerns, discussed the news, and expressed interest in cooking and music. She's likely currently on maternity leave.
Galina disappeared from social media in March 2026—it appears that's when she was arrested. It's unknown whether she was held in pretrial detention.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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