All persecuted

Nikolai, the head of the Free Trade Union branch in Polotsk and a member of the Polotsk Human Rights Society, was searched on July 14, 2021, by officers from the Polotsk District Department of Internal Affairs as part of a criminal case opened on March 29, 2021, under the article "Desecration of buildings and damage to property."

After the search, three employees went with Nikolai to his office—the Center for Information and Legal Support for Socially Vulnerable Groups "Advocacy"—to conduct a search there.

Nikolai was detained for 72 hours, after which he was released.

Pavel was arrested on June 23, 2021, as part of a criminal case for participation in mass riots, initiated in connection with the events in Minsk in August 2020.

In October of the same year, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place on August 10–11, 2020, and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in March 2025, having fully served his sentence.

After his release, he was required to report regularly to the police, and his home was subject to nightly inspections. His parents' homes were also searched. Due to this persecution, Pavel left Belarus in late May 2025.

Pavel was convicted under the article "Hooliganism" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility on charges of setting fire to the national red-green flag.

He began serving his sentence in June 2021. On August 1, 2022, a sentencing enhancement hearing was held, resulting in Pavel's sentence being changed to a prison colony.

As of early 2024, it was known that he continued to serve his sentence in the correctional facility.

According to human rights activists, Pavel was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his court-appointed sentence.

Vyacheslav, an English teacher at Svisloch Secondary School No. 2, was accused of slandering Lukashenko. On August 20, 2020, the leadership of the Svisloch Executive Committee organized a meeting with residents, which Vyacheslav attended. It was the executive committee leadership that accused him of slandering Lukashenko at this meeting.

On June 30, 2021, the court sentenced Vyacheslav to imprisonment, and he was taken into custody in the courtroom.

In December 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Marina, a confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was detained on July 9, 2021, as part of a "KGB operation to purge radicals" and placed in pretrial detention on charges of financing the activities of an extremist group.

On November 10, 2021, the charge was reclassified to a more lenient charge—"training and preparing individuals to participate in actions that grossly violate public order, as well as their financing or other material support." After this, she was placed under house arrest.

On November 11, 2022, the court sentenced Marina to one and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, taking her into custody in the courtroom.

She was released in June 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.

Olga, an accountant at Nasha Niva, was detained on July 8, 2021, in connection with a case of “group actions grossly violating public order,” and her apartment was searched.

Released on July 16, 2021.

Andrey is the head of the advertising and marketing department of Nasha Niva, the author of the Nasha Gistoriya magazine. From 2006 to 2017, he was the editor-in-chief of the publication. On July 8, 2021, he was detained in a case of "group actions grossly violating public order." He was later charged under the article on "causing property damage without signs of theft" - for paying for utilities at rates for individuals instead of legal entities. The investigation calculated the damage at more than 10 thousand rubles.

In March 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment, despite the fact that the damages were fully compensated.

In August 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Egor is the editor-in-chief of the Nasha Niva website (nn.by), and has been working for the publication since 2009. On July 8, 2021, he was detained in connection with a case of "group actions grossly violating public order." He was later charged under the article on "causing property damage without signs of theft" - for paying for utilities at rates for individuals instead of legal entities. The investigation calculated the damage at more than 10 thousand rubles.

In March 2022, Egor was sentenced to imprisonment, despite the fact that the damages were fully compensated.

In August 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Maxim was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against fraud in the presidential election that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was taken into custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced. Maxim was a minor at the time of the trial.

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Ivan was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against fraud in the presidential election that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was taken into custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced. Ivan was a minor at the time of the trial.

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Andrei was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against fraud in the presidential election that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was taken into custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Evgeny was convicted of tearing down the flag and sentenced to restricted freedom with direction.

In January 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence.

Evgeniy is a former assistant prosecutor of the Pervomaisky District of Minsk. In August 2020, he initiated an investigation into the actions of people in traffic police uniforms who beat up bikers. The investigation yielded no results, and he soon resigned from the prosecutor's office.

On June 10, 2021, Yevgeny was detained and convicted of "picketing by placing a white-red-white flag on a balcony." Later, the arrest period was extended for another 15 days, and then a criminal case was opened against him for group actions that grossly violate public order. He was additionally charged under the article on "incitement of hatred."

In May 2022, Evgeny was sentenced to imprisonment, and in September of the same year he was stripped of his title.

In the winter of 2025, he was released, having served his entire sentence.

Pavel was convicted of calling 102 and speaking out about Lukashenko and the officer on duty who took the call. On July 9, 2021, after the verdict was announced, he was taken into custody right in the courtroom.

During the investigation, after operational actions were carried out, Pavel got his phone back, but he sold it, thereby getting rid of the material evidence. This became the basis for initiating an additional criminal case under the article "Illegal actions in relation to property subject to inventory or seizure."

According to human rights activists, Pavel was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Alexey was convicted in July 2021 for an "offensive" comment on a social network addressed to Timur Pakhomenko, head of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Mogilev, which he left back in the winter of 2020. The court sentenced him to restricted freedom with a referral.

In September 2022, the punishment was toughened and the restriction of freedom was replaced by a penal colony.

In March 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.