Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Viktor, an ornithologist and former head of the "Akhovy ptushak Batskaushchyny" (Birdwatch of Belarus) organization (2006–2014), was arrested at home on August 31, 2021, and initially sentenced to 12 days of administrative arrest for disobeying police. Following his arrest, he was charged with criminal group actions grossly violating public order. According to the case file, he "blocked traffic and shouted slogans, as well as committed five other similar incidents."

In May 2022, Viktor was convicted of participating in the 2020 post-election protests in Minsk and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Oleg was found guilty in July 2021 for participating in a post-election protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Minsk.

He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Alexey was arrested after accidentally hitting a traffic police car. This occurred after his wife, who was sitting next to him, screamed—she saw someone being hit by a vehicle near the road. Taken by surprise, the Nissan driver struck the parked traffic police car. After his arrest, he claims he was beaten at the Moscow District Police Department and taken to the Okrestina detention center with a traumatic brain injury. From late December 2020 to May 2021, Alexey was under house arrest, after which he was remanded in custody pending trial.

In September 2021, Alexei was found guilty of "intentional destruction or damage to another's property, committed in a generally dangerous manner or resulting in large-scale damage" and "violence or threat of violence against an internal affairs officer" and sentenced to imprisonment.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2025, having fully served his sentence.

Artyom was arrested on June 22, 2021, when he appeared at the police station as a witness in a separate, "non-political" criminal case. His arrest was part of an investigation into charges of "participating in actions that grossly violate public order," "preparing to participate in mass riots," and "preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose destructive effect is based on the use of flammable substances." He had previously been wanted by the police, although he was not in hiding: he lived at home and went to work.

In September 2021, Artyom was convicted for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in August 2020.

He was released in early May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Alexey was arrested on July 27, 2021, in connection with a criminal case under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." Earlier, on election day, August 9, 2020, he was detained at a polling station and beaten at Okrestina. On August 16, he participated in a march and showed bruises from the beating—protesters had written "You can't kill everyone" on his back, a moment filmed near the KGB building. He also participated in the March on October 25, 2020, where he climbed onto the roof of his car with a white-red-white flag and shouted "Long Live Belarus."

In September 2021, Alexey was convicted of participating in protests and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in May 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Kirill was found guilty of engaging in acts that grossly violated public order between 1:59 PM and 7:20 PM on September 13, 2020, in Minsk. He shouted slogans, clapped loudly, moved in a chain of vehicles, and disturbed the peace. According to the prosecution, he acted for selfish motives and in collusion with a group of individuals. He was also found guilty of violating the rules of his previous sentence—two years of house arrest—during which he committed numerous violations.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Konstantin was convicted in June 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.

In April 2022, a court hearing was held to discuss the change of regime, resulting in the prison sentence being replaced with a prison term in a penal colony.

He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Alexander was arrested in May 2021 and convicted in September of that year of "violence or threat of violence against law enforcement officers." According to investigators, on October 12, 2020, on Dzerzhinsky Avenue in Minsk, he and others, while intoxicated, resisted police officers, threatened them with violence, and threw a beer glass toward a police bus. He pleaded not guilty to the crime.

In October 2022, a court hearing was held on the charge of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility," as a result of which Alexander was sentenced to another year of imprisonment.

He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.