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Alexander was convicted in June 2021 for insulting Lukashenko. According to the prosecution, while intoxicated, he called 102 and spoke disrespectfully about him. He was taken into custody in the courtroom immediately after the verdict was announced.
He was released in the summer of 2022, having fully served his sentence.
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Daniil was convicted of participating in a protest against the falsification of the presidential elections - on the night of August 9-10, 2020, he and his father stood in a chain in the front row in the city center.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Sergei was accused of posting a comment in a Telegram chat that, according to investigators, insulted former Interior Minister Yuri Karaev. The investigation found that he had “damaged the authority of state power” and “humiliated the honor and dignity” of the major general.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vladimir, a father of many children, was convicted in June 2021 and sentenced to imprisonment. According to the charges, in August 2020, he posted offensive messages in a Telegram chat to an internal affairs officer with threats of violence.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Jan was convicted of participating in a peaceful protest on September 6, 2020, in Grodno. He was accused of forming a chain of vehicles, calling on others to join the unauthorized event, and throwing an unidentified object towards police officers. He pleaded not guilty.
According to human rights activists, Yan was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Piotr was convicted of participating in a peaceful protest on September 6, 2020, in Grodno. He was accused of forming a chain, calling on others to join the unauthorized event, and throwing an unidentified object towards the Interior Ministry officers. He did not admit his guilt.
According to human rights activists, Pyotr was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Sergei was convicted for a conflict with a school guard in Zamostochye that occurred on the night of November 13-14, 2020. According to investigators, he hung a white-red-white flag on the school grounds, after which a verbal altercation arose between him and the guard, during which threats were made. Sergei was detained for three days, later released on bail and taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to human rights activists, he was released in June 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Vadim was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave the country, but at the trial on July 19, 2021, the measure of restraint was changed and he was taken into custody.
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2025, having fully served his sentence.
In 2021, Sergei was convicted twice for insulting government officials.
He received his first sentence in April for a comment on a Telegram channel about a policeman from Nesvizh. He was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to an institution and ordered to pay compensation.
The second sentence was handed down in July - for a new comment on social networks, sentencing to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In September, the Gomel Regional Court rejected the appeal. A more severe punishment replaced the previous one — "household chemistry" became common. Despite remorse, compensation, health condition, care for elderly parents and a positive character reference, the court did not mitigate the sentence.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vasily, an engineer, was convicted in June 2021 for a short comment left on the Odnoklassniki social network in the group "Ustaty Cockroach" addressed to two employees of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Andrei was detained on the night of February 26-27, 2021, in Zaslavl for hanging leaflets with caricatures of Lukashenko. After his detention, he spent three days in the Minsk District Temporary Detention Center and was then placed under house arrest. In June 2021, he was taken into custody right in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.
He was released in April 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeny was convicted of intentionally removing the national flag from the front of the post office building and throwing it in a trash can, according to the charges. The case file states that he was intoxicated at the time of the act, which was confirmed by an expert examination.
Maxim was found guilty of taking a red-green flag from the roof of the store, crumpling it, throwing it away, and breaking the flagpole. He admitted his guilt in full and voluntarily compensated for the material damage caused.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2022, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Marina, a teacher of Polish and English, was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
She was sentenced to restricted freedom without referral, but in November 2021 she was transferred to house arrest.
She was released in April 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
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Andrey, a student, was detained in March 2021 right during a class and placed in a pretrial detention center. The next day, security forces came to the dormitory where he lived, interrogated his neighbors and seized equipment.
Andrey was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: violence against police officers and participation in group actions that grossly violate public order. According to investigators, in August 2020, he and other protesters threw parts of paving slabs and other objects towards police cars.
He was released in November 2023, having served his entire sentence as determined by the court.