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Viktor 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.
Yuri 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.
Ekaterina 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.
Vladislav was convicted in August 2021 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place on the night of August 9-10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
Maxim was convicted in August 2021 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place on the night of August 9-10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
Ilya was convicted in August 2021 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place on the night of August 9-10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
Yevgeny was convicted in August 2021 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place on the night of August 9-10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
Dmitry was convicted in August 2021 for allegedly sending text messages on the evening of August 16, 2020, to Sergei Semenov, the head of the Rogachev Pretrial Detention Center and an officer at the city's police station. The messages contained verbal aggression and threats against the officer and his family members related to his official duties. These actions were considered a threat of violence.
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Natalya was found guilty for a comment she left on a Telegram channel, in which she commented on the actions of Mikhalochkin, a traffic police lieutenant in the city of Kamenets (Brest Region). During the investigation, she explained that she was motivated by the fact that Mikhalochkin's father, while working at a school, "raised his son profitably."
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Tatyana was detained on January 19, 2021. She was released three days later, but on June 3 of that year, she was detained again in connection with a criminal case. From that moment until her trial, she remained in custody.
In August 2021, she was found guilty of three criminal charges for comments left on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus," which concerned 14 law enforcement officers and a judge. She was sentenced to restricted freedom and ordered to pay substantial compensation to the "victims."
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Olesya, a Russian citizen, was found guilty in August 2021 for comments she made in the Telegram channel "Baranovich-Yuzhny_chat" under a photograph of local police chief Alexei Getman. Investigators classified these comments as slander and insult to a government official. In her comments, she criticized his actions and called him "the most notorious fascist in Baranovichi." Alesya stated that she believed the case was politically motivated and that Getman had threatened her and her child, but the judge dismissed this.
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Alexey was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols" for tearing down the national flag from the Community Center in the agro-town of Zhodinsky and breaking the flagpole. He was a minor at the time of his sentencing.
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Olga, a craftswoman, had her first trial in August 2021. The case stemmed from a comment she made on the Telegram channel "Punisher Belarus" under a post by police captain Ruslan Kutsko: "a familiar face" with three poop emojis. The court sentenced her to restricted freedom and ordered her to pay compensation.
On February 9, 2022, she was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for the comment "shit himself and disgraced himself" under photos of the same captain and was again sentenced to restricted freedom, a large fine, and compensation.
In 2023, two court hearings were held on the issue of replacing the fine with community service; the results of these hearings are unknown.
It is known that political persecution and pressure against Olga continues: from March 2024 to the spring of 2025, at least three court hearings were held under the administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials."
Alexander was found guilty of posting a statement on a Telegram channel on February 21, 2021, addressed to Alina Kasyanchik, assistant prosecutor of the Frunzensky District, which was deemed offensive. According to the prosecution, this publicly "humiliated her honor and dignity" and "undermined the prestige of the supervisory authorities."
In August 2021, Yuri was found guilty of an offensive comment he left about a Ministry of Internal Affairs officer on the social network Odnoklassniki and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility, as well as to pay a substantial amount of compensation.