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In custody: ~591 day
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 30.07.1999
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Detained along with other young people in Baranovichi (at the end of December 2023).

The court's press service announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The charges were briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranovichi, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, and "intentionally obstructing traffic and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations." The exact date of the protests wasn't even specified, simply being referred to as "August 2020."

Thus, in 2024, 25 Baranovichi residents were sentenced for the August 2020 protests. All were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 1 to 3 years (the only exception was a woman with a child under 3, who received a suspended sentence).

He was scheduled to be released on October 27 , 2025.

Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~462 days
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 02.05.1997
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Detained along with other young people in Baranovichi (at the end of December 2023).

And the court's press service reported the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is stated briefly: they were on the roadway in Baranovichi, shouting slogans, demonstrating white-red-white flags, "intentionally obstructing traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations." The exact date of the protests is not even indicated, it is simply called "August 2020."

Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranovichi were sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a penal colony for a term of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was a woman with a child under 3 years old who was sentenced to a penal colony with a deferred sentence).

According to human rights activists , he will be released in June 2025.

Trial outcome 31.05.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Мария Константиновна Мисюк
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In custody: 623 days
folder Categories of cases: Case «Black Nightingales», Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.10.2007
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A pro-government film (April 2024) reported that six teenagers allegedly united into an "anarchist cell called 'Black Nightingales,'" which was created "under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine" by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misiuk.

ONT staff claim the teenagers united to carry out acts of sabotage, following a tip, in Belarus and then in Russia. Maria is charged under Part 2 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the film, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an "anarchist cell to prepare terrorist attacks." According to the film, Misyuk communicated with her "supervisor" online. According to ONT staff, the "supervisor," "Marichka," sent Misyuk "instructions for making an explosive device, a Molotov cocktail, and literature with anarchist and destructive content."

She was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.

Trial outcome date unknown
13 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.02.2026
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Balabanovich
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In custody: ~601 day
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 12.06.1975
Was in: IK-11IK-11, Volkovysk, Rokossovskogo, 118, 231900
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A businessman and co-founder of Industrial Kinetic Lab, a manufacturer of stone processing equipment. He is also the former director of the security department at the Belagro group of companies. Until recently, he was the director of Molpak, a dairy wholesaler. In late January 2024, the businessman was named as one of the organizers of the "extremist group Trielit." This is the courtyard chat group of the partnership that manages new buildings in Minsk, including buildings at 126, 128, and 130 Bogdanovich Street.

On July 23, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

He was released in September 2025, having served his full sentence.

Trial outcome 03.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.07.2024
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Yahor Andreyevich Zenchanka
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In custody: 688 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Gomel 2020
Hometown: Gomel
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Egor, an entrepreneur and showman, has organized and hosted numerous public events in Gomel. These include "The Best Graduation," the closing of the motorcycle season in Polesie, concerts by Elena Vaenga and Lev Leshchenko, and the Gomel City Day celebration.

He was detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and in the spring of 2024, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Gomel in 2020.

He was released in January 2026, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 30.04.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~407 days
folder Categories of cases: Brest 2020 Protests
Hometown: Brest
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A pro-government channel shows the arrest of a man: three security officers run up to him from behind on the street and put him face down on the asphalt. In the video, Yakovenko says that on August 10, 2020, he was on Masherov Avenue in Brest. He was there with his friend Igor Sorokin (he was arrested in February after returning from Poland).

According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 12.09.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.11.2024
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~313 days
folder Categories of cases: Brest 2020 Protests
Hometown: Brest
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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In a “repentance video” on a pro-government channel , a man says that he was previously arrested for 10 days under the article on distributing “extremist materials” (Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code). This time he was detained for standing on the roadway with his friends in 2020 and “launching fireworks at employees.”

Detained in a criminal case of mass riots 08/10/2020

Trial outcome 12.09.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.11.2024
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In custody: ~87 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 12.11.1988
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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On June 25, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 24.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.06.2024
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In custody: 90 days
Hometown: Byhov
Date of birth: 21.06.1969
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Yuri is a boiler room operator. He was found guilty of attempting to knock down a national flag from a store in February 2024. The man allegedly "made at least two blows to the shaft." When he failed to knock down the flag, he brought a wooden ladder from the house, climbed up it, grabbed the flag pole with his hands and pulled it down: because of this, the pole broke. According to the indictment, Tomashev then “carelessly crumpled the flag, wrapping it around a tree” and took it to his barn, where he kept it in a bag until the police took it out.

Tomashev admitted guilt. He said that he saw the flag and decided to take it for himself. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison.

Trial outcome 23.04.2024:

3 months of arrest

Aliaksandr Zubkou
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In custody: 363 days
Hometown: Brozha
Date of birth: 25.03.1968
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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teacher of physics and astronomy at Secondary School No. 27 in Mogilev. On June 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 23.04.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Alexandra Igorevna Melniczek
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In custody: ~414 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 23.11.1989
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On August 2, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

She was released in March 2025, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 03.05.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.08.2024
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folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 06.06.1985
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Trial outcome 17.04.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
all charges dropped.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~250 days
Hometown: Cherikov
Date of birth: 13.11.1975
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the prosecution , Elena Dubrovskaya, using a mobile phone, under a post with a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko, published in a chat included in the Republican list of extremist materials, posted a comment with a negative assessment of Lukashenko’s personality, containing an obscene form of speech expression. At the court hearing, the woman fully admitted her guilt.

Elena Dubrovskaya filed an appeal. The Judicial Collegium of the Mogilev Regional Court considered it on June 20, but left the complaint unsatisfied and the verdict unchanged.

Trial outcome 17.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2024
unknown.
Daria Andreevna Khmelnitskaya
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In custody: ~422 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate, Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.06.2000
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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It is unknown when Daria was detained , but probably in the fall of 2023. She is accused of two articles - Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Art. 361-3.

The first article is organizing or participating in actions that grossly violate public order. The second is recruitment, training, other preparation or use of Belarusians to participate in a war on the territory of another state, as well as financing or other material support for such activities. It is usually given to those who helped Ukraine in some way.

It is known that after graduating from the philological department of BSU, Daria went to work at gymnasium No. 23 in Minsk, where she herself studied. She also entered the master's program at the Faculty of Philology of BSU.

On July 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 29.04.2024
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.07.2024
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~646 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 04.04.1970
Was in: IK-3IK №3
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Convicted for comments on social media.

He was released in December, having served his full sentence.

Trial outcome 12.07.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.09.2024
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