Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Pavel had previously been subjected to political persecution. In 2008, he was implicated in the so-called "Case of the Fourteen," initiated for participating in a business rally, and was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom without a prison sentence. Since 2010, Pavel has been an activist for the "Tell the Truth" campaign.

Following a protest against election fraud, he was arrested on January 5, 2011. He was accused of organizing and participating in mass riots, as well as desecrating state symbols. In May 2011, the court sentenced him to four years in a maximum-security penal colony. That fall, Pavel was released under a pardon.

Pavel was arrested again on December 22, 2021, at his home in Berezino, in connection with a criminal case opened under charges of "inciting social discord," "defamation of Lukashenko," and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In March 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment.

In December 2023, Pavel's detention conditions were tightened and he was transferred to a prison regime.

On September 11, 2025, it was announced that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania, including citizens of European countries. Pavel was among those released.

Alexander is the chairman and founder of the Viasna Human Rights Center and former vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights. He is a laureate of the Andrei Sakharov Freedom Prize and other international human rights awards. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times and won it in 2022.

Alexander had previously been prosecuted. On August 4, 2011, he was arrested after Lithuania and Poland handed over his bank account information to Belarusian authorities. He was charged with concealing income on an especially large scale. On November 24, 2011, the court sentenced him to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony with confiscation of property. Alexander pleaded not guilty, claiming that the funds were used exclusively for human rights activities. EU countries, the United States, and international human rights organizations recognized him as a political prisoner, and his sentence was politically motivated. He was released in the summer of 2014 under an amnesty.

On July 14, 2021, Alexander was arrested again following a search of his apartment and office as part of a tax evasion case. In September 2022, that case was dropped, but he was charged with new charges of smuggling and financing group activities that grossly violate public order.

In March 2023, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay substantial compensation. He pleaded not guilty in court.

In early November 2023, Alexander was placed in a PKT for trumped-up reasons. In April–May 2024, he was returned to his unit, but he continues to be under increased scrutiny. He works in woodworking, receives penalties, and is deprived of parcels, video calls, and correspondence. It is known that his previous stint in the Bobruisk penal colony has left him with health problems that persist.

On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.

Alexander was detained at his parents' place in Luninets on June 7, 2021, after which he was transported to Minsk, then to Zhodino, where he was taken into custody as part of a criminal case initiated after the march to Kurapaty, which took place on November 1, 2020 in Minsk. Two months later, he was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional facility.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In November 2024, as part of a special proceeding against Alexander, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Maksim, a student at the Minsk State Automotive College, was detained on October 19, 2020, at about 7:30 a.m., as he was leaving his apartment building and heading to school. He was detained in connection with a criminal case opened for blocking a road in the Serebryanka microdistrict of Minsk on October 13, 2020. Maksim was accused of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restriction of liberty without being sent to a correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom. At the time of his detention and sentencing, Maksim was a minor, and he also has serious health problems - a heart defect.

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.

Natalia was detained on April 30, 2021, for drawing hearts and the inscription "Long Live Belarus" on the elevator light. She was sentenced to administrative arrest twice in a row - for a total of 22 days. However, after serving her sentence, a criminal case was opened against her under the article "malicious hooliganism" and she was placed under house arrest for three months. During the court debate, the article was reclassified to a more lenient one - "desecration of buildings and damage to property", and in February 2022, Natalia was given a large fine.

Maria was arrested on September 9, 2020 and convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.