Pursuit is over

In the Leninsky District Court of Minsk on August 6, the chairman of the United Civil Party (UCP), a member of the main staff of the Coordination Council, Nikolai Kozlov, was sentenced to three months of arrest. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 407 of the Criminal Code for disclosing data in a criminal case against the Coordination Council, but the specific episodes of the charges are unknown, since the trial was held behind closed doors. Released on March 26, 2022 at the end of his sentence. At the end of July 2022, he was detained again. According to the indictment, on August 23, 2020, Kozlov, Kovaleva and Alekseeva “publicly shouted slogans, applauded loudly, were on the roadway, thereby blocking and impeding the movement of transport in Minsk, including the city passenger transport Minsktrans.”

The trial of the UCP members began on November 1, 2022 in the Pervomaisky district court of Minsk. On November 3, Judge Anastasia Kulik sentenced the political prisoner to two and a half years in prison.

On January 31, 2023, the Minsk City Court considered the appeal of the UCP leaders. The sentence remained unchanged, and the complaint was not satisfied.

In mid-February, the political prisoner was transferred to Mogilev penal colony No. 15. Immediately after quarantine, Nikolai was placed in a punishment cell until March 26.

At the beginning of May 2023, the political prisoner’s mother died. Nikolai was not released from the colony for the funeral.

At the beginning of July 2023, Nikolai’s associates said that the political prisoner was hospitalized with bronchitis.

In mid-December 2023, it became known that the politician was placed in the FCT for 2 months in November.

07/22/2024 released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Tatyana is a sociologist, expert at the Agency for Humanitarian Technologies and coordinator of the Flying University. She was first detained in August 2021 after a search and placed under arrest for 10 days, but after her release she remained a suspect in the criminal case.

She was detained again on March 23, 2022, the day she came to the Investigative Committee to receive a response to her petition to leave for treatment.

In June 2022, Tatyana was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on October 25, 2020, in Minsk, and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional institution.

She was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

08/06/2021 convicted in Lida. She was on maternity leave. Previously, she worked in the Lida Regional Executive Committee as a senior inspector in the documentation support department. Two children.

On January 4, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Sergei was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

Before his imprisonment, he worked as a turner, is interested in metalworking and design, and has a mathematical mind.

In the summer of 2023, his detention regime was tightened - Sergei was transferred to a prison regime until the end of his sentence.

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

Vladimir was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Alexei was accused of shouting "Long live Belarus!" and "Lukashenko is a rooster!" while on his apartment balcony on May 15, 2021, while intoxicated. The prosecution claims he did this deliberately loudly so that others could hear him. By doing so, they claim, he insulted Lukashenko.

According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence.

In February 2023, Alexei was tried for "failure to comply with preventive supervision requirements." This is the first case known to human rights activists of a former political prisoner being tried under this article.

Vladimir was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Yulia was first convicted, along with her husband, of "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, but a water cannon was used against them. The court sentenced Yulia to a restricted freedom order in the form of "house arrest."

Several months later, on October 13, 2021, her home was searched, after which she was detained in connection with a new criminal case and placed in pretrial detention. She was convicted a second time in July 2022 on six criminal charges, accused of providing information about officials involved in the criminal prosecution of her family. The court sentenced Yulia to imprisonment and a fine. On appeal, the court reduced her prison term by only three months and reduced the fine. Ultimately, her final sentence was 4 years and 9 months.

In January 2025, it became known that Yulia had been tried for a third time under the article on “assisting extremist activity.”

In the fall of 2025 , she was released, having fully served her sentence.

Artem was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

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

Artur was convicted of creating and installing an installation featuring a portrait of Lukashenko and the inscription "Burn in Hell" in a vacant lot in November 2020, posting a photo of it in a Telegram chat, and discussing protest activity in the spring of 2021 in another chat, which investigators deemed inciting social hatred.

In the fall of 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Yan was convicted for the events that took place on August 9, 2020, in Zhlobin. The investigation was prompted by published photos and videos from the protest. According to the prosecution, he participated in mass events in clear disobedience to authorities and obstructed traffic.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Igor was convicted for a comment left online about Lukashenko.

According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Andrei was convicted for a comment he left on VKontakte about a government official, as well as for possessing a small amount of gunpowder left over from his hunting days. He was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.

It is known that on October 30, 2022, the political prisoner was detained in a penal colony and tried under an administrative charge for "disseminating extremist materials."

In June 2023, the court toughened the punishment, and Andrei was transferred to a penal colony for one year.

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

Dmitry was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols." According to investigators, he altered the image of the State Emblem and used it as the logo for his Telegram and YouTube channels, as well as in published videos, which, according to investigators, constituted "an act of blasphemy and an attempt to draw attention to his channel."

He was released in October 2021, having served his full sentence.

Leonid was detained in connection with a criminal case opened in connection with the events of August 2020. He was convicted of participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Grodno after the results of the presidential elections were announced. Leonid was sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional facility, he was released from custody in the courtroom before the verdict came into force.

He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.