Artem Sergeevich Flowers
He acted as a state prosecutor in the cases of many political prisoners, namely: Artem Tokarchuk, Andrei Trusov, Vladimir Matyukh, Tatyana Minina, Oleg Zubritsky, Nikita Litvinenko, Pavel Lukoyanov, Dmitry Chakhuta, Diana Karankevich, Sergei Korshak, Maxim Tishkevich, Dmitry Sonchik, Sergei Kapanets, Yan Falkin, Vladislav Borisov, Anton Lakishik and many others.
He acted as a state prosecutor in the cases of many political prisoners, namely: Artem Tokarchuk, Andrei Trusov, Vladimir Matyukh, Tatyana Minina, Oleg Zubritsky, Nikita Litvinenko, Pavel Lukoyanov, Dmitry Chakhuta, Diana Karankevich, Sergei Korshak, Maxim Tishkevich, Dmitry Sonchik, Sergei Kapanets, Yan Falkin, Vladislav Borisov, Anton Lakishik and many others.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Workers
He was convicted under the article on insulting the president (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
In April 2025, he was added to the list of extremists, as convicted under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which means that Sergei was tried for the second time in 2025, but this time for participating in the 2020 protests. The sentence is unknown.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Diana was detained in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for restoring graffiti with "DJs of Change" in the famous protest courtyard "Square of Change" under the article "malicious hooliganism committed by a group of persons." After 72 hours, she was released from the temporary detention facility and placed under house arrest. In August of the same year, Diana was sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction.
It is known that in October 2024, a case was considered against her within the framework of special proceedings to replace the restriction of freedom.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Leonid was found guilty of participating in an unauthorized protest in Minsk on September 20, 2020, by stepping onto the roadway, shouting slogans, and clapping, thereby grossly disturbing public order. He was also charged with obstructing public transportation on several streets, which resulted in the shutdown of traffic, including public transportation.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with a sentence of imprisonment in a penal colony.
In the summer of 2021, Dmitry was accused of insulting government officials via the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. The victims were police officers Dmitry Dedyun and Nikita Mikhalochkin; Dedyun demanded 2,000 rubles in compensation. Dmitry had previously been sentenced to two years of restricted freedom under the same article. The verdict in the second case was to be handed down after the appeal hearing of the first verdict, which took place on August 17 of that year. However, the outcome of the second case is still unknown.
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.
- Associations
- Civil servants
- Law enforcement
Egor is a former investigator, worked for the Investigative Committee for more than six years, dealt with economic crimes. In 2019, he quit, took up sports analytics and planned to move to IT.
On June 11, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated under the article “Active participation in actions that grossly violate public order,” and on October 8 of the same year, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
The basis for the charges were photographs from the Marches of August 23 and 30, 2020 in Minsk, which were given to the security forces by a man who had previously been involved in a case investigated by Yegor himself.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Vladimir was detained and beaten in September 2020. He was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 11 and September 13, 2020. According to the case materials, he planned to participate in the protests, discussing routes and actions in case of detention in the Telegram chat "Chas X". The investigation claimed that an attack on police officers was being prepared.
He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Vasily was arrested in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for restoring graffiti with "DJs of Change" in the famous protest courtyard "Square of Change" under the article "malicious hooliganism committed by a group of persons." In August of the same year, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom with direction and released from custody in the courtroom before the verdict came into force.
It is known that in October 2024, a case was considered in relation to Vasily within the framework of special proceedings to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Sergei was found guilty of posting photos of Lukashenko with obscene comments on his VKontakte page in July 2019 and September 2020. Due to the presence of obscene language, the text was not read out in court.
- Associations
Vladislav was detained in September 2020. He was brutally beaten during his detention, and his house was searched. He was sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest, but was not released after serving his sentence. Vladislav was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 11 and September 13, 2020. According to the case materials, he planned to participate in the protests by discussing routes and actions in the event of detention in the Telegram chat "Chas X". The investigation claimed that an attack on police officers was being prepared.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2025, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Oleg was convicted for a text message containing threats to the wife of a riot police officer, Anna Naumchik, which he did not send. Despite the lack of any evidence, he was sentenced to serve his sentence in an open-type correctional facility.
In March 2023, a court hearing took place, following which Oleg's punishment was increased and he was later transferred to a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Vadim was detained as part of a criminal case initiated over the events that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020 in Minsk, and convicted of participating in a protest, as well as for allegedly intentionally threatening traffic police officers and damaging their car.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Law enforcement
Evgeniy, a firefighter and rescuer of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, was detained and convicted for participating in a protest action - the "March for the Liberation of Political Prisoners", which took place on October 4, 2020 in Minsk.
Released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court
- Associations
He was detained and convicted for resisting a soldier during the "March of Heroes" held in Minsk on September 13, 2020.
In his final statement, Artem asked not to deprive him of his freedom, but to allow him to do what he loves – architecture. He participated in international competitions and has a certificate from the Minister of Information for his design of the Belteleradiocompany building. The injured soldier from military unit 3214, Maxim Chernyakov, also asked the court not to send the architect to the colony.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
