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Vladimir was arrested in July 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where people were singing and dancing in circles and were attacked with a water cannon. He was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
While in prison, Vladimir faced another trial—this time for a comment he left about Gorki traffic police officer Yuri Demyanovich on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. The political prisoner was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral order, and through partial addition, his prison term was increased by six months.
Vladimir was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Viktor was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
David was convicted of insulting former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alexander Barsukov in a Telegram chat and 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 sentenced to six days of arrest under an administrative charge for "disseminating extremist materials."
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence.
On July 14, 2021, Andrei was convicted of three counts of insulting government officials, judges, and Lukashenko. The charges included statements made against Nikolai Karpenkov, Lidiya Yermoshina, Alina Kasyanchik, Vadim Denisenko, Viktor Stashenko, as well as judges Marina Zapasnik and Natalia Buguk.
According to human rights activists, Andrei was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
In February 2024, it became known that he was being tried again, this time on charges of “extremism.”
Andrei was first convicted in March 2021 for "insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral. However, he didn't have time to serve his sentence in a correctional facility: on May 4, 2021, he was arrested on three additional criminal charges.
In August of that year, Andrei was convicted again – again for insulting Lukashenko – and sentenced to imprisonment.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was convicted for a comment under a post about Sergei Stashevsky, head of the Oktyabrsky District Administration in Vitebsk, who, according to the publication, forced teachers to rewrite election protocols. This was not the first trial in Vitebsk for insulting Stashevsky.
According to human rights activists, Alexander was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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In 2021, Yuri was accused of publicly insulting Lukashenko while in a hospital in Chechersk.
In June 2022, he was charged with malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration. Three days before his release, he was found guilty and sentenced to mandatory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. On July 1, 2022, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court under his first conviction.
From August 2022, by court order, he was held in the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health and was released in September 2023.
Ilya was accused of publicly expressing a harsh and negative assessment of Lukashenko on a trolleybus on April 16, 2021, which, according to the prosecution, harmed his honor and dignity and was aimed at undermining his authority.
He was released in October 2021, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
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Denis was convicted on June 23, 2021, for commenting on riot police actions against civilians.
In the spring of 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Maxim was convicted in 2021 of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.
In July 2022, he was released under pardon.
In February 2024, a court hearing was held on three charges: "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and "illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances." The details of the case and the outcome of the trial are unknown.
Ivan was convicted of reposting posts about police officers on the social network Odnoklassniki and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Tatyana was detained along with her husband after a search of their apartment by KGB officers on charges of violating three criminal statutes, including "an act of terrorism."
She was released on July 29, 2021.
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Andrei, a historian, was detained along with his wife after a search of their apartment by KGB officers on charges of violating three criminal statutes, including "an act of terrorism."
He was released on July 29, 2021.
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Alexander has been a journalist for Radio Svaboda since 2004. He previously worked for the German service of state radio. He speaks German and is an expert on Germany and its political ties with Belarus. In August 2020, he was stripped of his accreditation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with most journalists from foreign media outlets.
On July 16, 2021, Alexander was detained at his parents' home in the Postavy district during mass searches of independent journalists in Minsk and other cities. On July 23 of that year, he was released from the temporary detention facility, remaining a suspect.
On December 15, 2022, the criminal prosecution against the journalist was dropped and the restriction on leaving Belarus was lifted.
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Oleg is a journalist for Radio Svaboda, previously worked for the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency. In the summer of 2020, he actively covered the protests in Belarus and conducted live streams. In August, he lost his Foreign Ministry accreditation along with other journalists from foreign media outlets.
On July 16, 2021, he was detained during a large-scale search of independent journalists' homes. He was released ten days later, remaining a suspect. On December 23 of that year, security forces again raided his home and took him into custody on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them."
In March 2022, the court found Oleg guilty, declaring that he participated in unauthorized protests during which Minsktrans calculated damages of 56,000 rubles.
In September 2022, the journalist was released as part of a pardon.