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A Mogilev resident was found guilty of leaving an insulting comment about a local policeman from Bobruisk in Olga Karach's group in Odnoklassniki in July last year while intoxicated.
Detained under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. According to the prosecution, repeatedly from August 31, 2020 to April 31, 2021, Khatko posted messages in the chats “Drivers 97”, “Military Town of Uruchcha” with proposals to block traffic, organize mass events.
On March 13, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
Resident of Osipovichi. Served 13 days in autumn 2020 for rallies. Then was detained under Articles 130 and 366 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Convicted for comments on social networks.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Ilya Dubsky.
Sergei 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.
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.
The first sentence is 3 months of arrest .
The second sentence is 2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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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.
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Belarusian philosopher and methodologist, public and political figure, founder of the Flying University. He was detained on August 4, 2021, after a search of his house as part of a criminal case.
On February 13, a trial was held in the Shklov District Court to change Vladimir's detention regime and transfer him to a prison regime.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries . Among those released is Vladimir Matskevich.
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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.
1.5 years in prison.
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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.
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On December 22, 2021, he was detained again. Pavel was charged under 3 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: 367, 130 and 342. All for a post on FB. The investigation is over, the case will be transferred to the prosecutor's office for sending to court.
Previously, he was also detained for a post on the FB social network. Previously, he was an activist of the youth wing "Zubr", an activist of "European Belarus", and the youth wing "Zmena". In 2010, he was sentenced to 4 years, released in 2011. He was constantly subjected to administrative arrests.
In December 2023, Pavel was transferred to prison regime.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Pavel Vinogradov.
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.
Natalia was convicted of "participating in group actions grossly violating 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.
Natalia managed to leave the country before the sentence came into force.
In January 2025, as part of a special proceeding in Natalia's case, a hearing was held in absentia to consider replacing her restriction of freedom with a prison sentence in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Konstantin 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.
Andrey 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.