Igor was 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.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 08.12.2020
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 255 rubles of compensation.
Denis was 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.
The political prisoner was detained again on February 15, 2022, in the "extremist chat" case, and in July 2022, he was convicted of insulting a government official on social media. The court sentenced him to one year and seven months in prison, taking into account the unserved term.
On June 10, 2023, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 08.12.2020
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 255 rubles of compensation.
Maxim was 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.
He was released in May 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Konstantin was arrested and convicted for using violence against traffic police officers during the dispersal of a protest that took place in Grodno on August 13, 2020.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
He was an independent election observer. When the country experienced a surge in security violence on August 9-11, 2020, Stefan left a graffiti message at a bus stop, for which he was later convicted.
He was released in October 2021, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Igor was detained along with his son, beaten and convicted for resisting police officers in Bobruisk.
In May 2022, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term, and on September 19 of the same year, according to Lukashenko’s decree, he was stripped of his title.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Yevgeny was arrested and convicted of pepper spraying police officers in Minsk during a protest against Lukashenko's inauguration on September 23, 2020.
On January 4, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 24.11.2020
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1500 rubles of compensation.
Georgy was arrested and sentenced to two years of imprisonment in an open-type correctional facility for replacing the national flag with a white-red-white one.
On February 15, 2022, he was again detained in a "chemistry" by KGB officers and charged with a new crime. According to the case materials, while in the correctional facility, Vasilenko posted offensive comments about Lukashenko in a group chat.
In June 2022, he was re-sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Taking into account the unserved sentence, the judge sentenced him to a total term of one year and seven months.
In July 2023, Georgy was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Pavel was arrested and convicted for spraying pepper gas on police officers on September 5, 2020, near the public memorial to Alexander Taraikovsky, located near the Pushkinskaya station.
At the end of June 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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