All persecuted

Anastasia, a former MSLU student who was expelled for participating in the 2020 protests in Minsk, was arrested in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and remanded in custody pending trial.

In March 2022, she was found guilty of participating in a "linkage" at one of the protests and was sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open correctional facility.

She left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.

In November 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Daniil was arrested on November 22, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened for insulting Lukashenko and remanded in custody pending trial.

In January 2022, he was convicted for a comment left on Instagram about Lukashenko and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Maxim was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020. It is also known that during the protest, he was detained by security forces and severely beaten. Maxim was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility, but was released in the courtroom.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Alexander was arrested in August 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and placed in pretrial detention.

In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.

He left Belarus before beginning his sentence. On July 18, 2022, Alexander was placed on the wanted list.

In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

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

In the fall of 2022, as part of a special proceeding in Timur's case, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Pavel was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles when a water cannon was used against them.

In December 2024, as part of a special proceeding in Pavel's case, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Yegor was arrested on September 6, 2021, in connection with a criminal case involving group actions grossly violating public order. In November of that year, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.

In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Ivan, a BSUIR student, was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and taken into custody.

In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on October 25, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

In January 2022, Ivan began serving his sentence in a correctional facility, and in the summer of that year, he managed to escape from the correctional facility and leave Belarus.

In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Olga, an activist and former head of the organization "Radislava," which helps women victims of domestic violence, was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for organizing women's marches in 2020.

In May 2022, Olga was found guilty of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus.

In September 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of "replacing a restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."

Igor was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Zukhra, a native of Uzbekistan, was found guilty in October 2021 of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer," "insulting a government official," and "defamation." According to the prosecution, she publicly insulted the head of the Polotsk District Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Garus. Among the "victims" are also Lieutenant Colonel Denis Karasev, head of the Law Enforcement Department of the Public Safety Prevention Department, and Major Vitaly Sheshukov, deputy head of the Polotsk Pretrial Detention Center, whom she allegedly threatened.

Despite the fact that Zukhra cares for a child with a disability, she was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

In September 2024, the Presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Court heard Zukhra's criminal case in open court following a cassation appeal by the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus. Following the hearing, the charge of "insulting a government official" was overturned, and the prison term was reduced by two months.

In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Yulia was detained and convicted for installing a scarecrow, which, according to investigators, resembled Lukashenko, in the regional center on Varshavskoe Shosse.

In November 2024, a court hearing was held regarding Yulia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.

On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.

In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.

In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Nikita was detained in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In January 2022, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Andrei was arrested in September 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." In November of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in September 2020 in Grodno.

Before starting to serve his sentence, Andrei left Belarus.

In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.