Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize

Castro e Silva was arrested in July 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "group actions grossly violating public order" and "participation in mass riots." In October of the same year, he was convicted of participating in post-election protests that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk on Nemiga Street and in the area of the Riga shopping center.

He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Vadim, a blogger known as Vadimati, was arrested on August 16, 2021, and convicted twice under administrative law—first for calling for a sporting event, then for using obscene language against the housing and utilities department and the city executive committee.

In September of that year, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Vadim under articles on “desecration of state symbols” and “insulting Lukashenko.”

In December 2021, Vadim was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Later left Belarus.

In the spring of 2025, it became known that Vadim was wanted in Belarus under articles on “assisting extremist activity,” “insulting a government official,” and “insulting a judge.”

Vladislav was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of state symbols." In November of that year, he was found guilty of setting fire to a national flag placed outside a store in the city of Molodechno and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in June 2022, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.

Mikhail was found guilty of hitting a police officer in the back while he was detaining protesters during a protest in Nesvizh on August 11, 2020.

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

Gleb is the director of the Ikvadrat web design studio in Grodno. On August 10, 2020, he was brutally beaten by security forces and taken to the emergency room with injuries. In August 2021, following a search of his home and office, Gleb was detained. On September 8, it was announced that he had been charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions."

In December of that year, Gleb was convicted of participating in a post-election protest in August 2020 in Grodno and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. While in the correctional facility, Gleb was also tried under the administrative law for "disseminating extremist materials."

In May 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

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

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.

Andrei was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "participation in mass riots" and convicted in November of that year for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.

He was released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.

Andrei, a former history and social studies teacher from Smorgon with nearly 20 years of experience, showed his 11th-graders a video in March 2021 titled "The Constitution Has Gone Into Prostitution!" featuring a logo deemed extremist in Belarus. One of the students filmed it on his phone and posted it in a family chat. Afterward, Andrei was fired and a criminal case was opened under the article "Slander against Lukashenko." In August 2021, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

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

Andrei was convicted of an administrative offense in October 2020 for participating in a post-election protest. In May 2021, he was arrested in connection with a criminal case opened on four counts, including insulting a government official and Lukashenko. In September of that year, Andrei was sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay substantial compensation.

He was released in September 2024 as part of a pardon.

Vitaly was convicted for a comment about Lukashenko that investigators deemed offensive and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

In June 2022, he was placed in solitary confinement twice: the first time for five days, after which he was transferred to a new unit for "malicious violators of the regime," and a few days later for ten days. In July of that year, it was announced that Vitaly had been transferred to a cell-type facility for five months, remaining on his sentence.

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

After his release, Vitaly left Belarus because, when he was registered, the first deputy head of the Kobrin District Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Kosyak, threatened that next time he would be imprisoned with his wife.

In November 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Vitaly for “assisting extremist activity.”

Yuri was found guilty of leaving a comment on social media on March 1, 2021, intending to publicly insult Lukashenko. The expert examination found it derogatory and negative toward Lukashenko: "A vile creature cannot be king, a Lucifer in human form..."

At the end of January 2023, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Artur was arrested in June 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." That fall, he was found guilty. According to the prosecution, from August 31, 2020, to April 31, 2021, Artur posted messages in the Telegram chats "Drivers 97" and "Military Town Uruchye" calling for participation in protests, blocking traffic, and organizing mass events.

In March 2023, Arthur was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

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.