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He was detained and severely beaten by GUBOPiK officers to extract "the necessary testimony." Nikita was convicted of intending to participate in a protest using a Molotov cocktail.
In the summer of 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Dmitry was arrested and convicted for blocking the road with a utility vehicle during a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 10 to 11, 2020.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Anton was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Oleg was detained and sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in an open-type correctional facility for participating in a protest against election fraud that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk.
In April 2022, the court ordered a stricter regime and transferred him to a penal colony for four violations, including allegedly impolite behavior with a “chemistry” employee.
On January 21, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Alexander was arrested and convicted for falling on the foot of a traffic police officer during a peaceful protest that took place in Minsk on November 1, 2020.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Valery was detained and convicted for participating in a protest against the election results that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Sofia was detained in a criminal case related to the events of September 6, 2020, during the "March of Unity" in Minsk, and convicted of painting shields and barriers with special equipment.
She was released in September 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Tikhon was detained in connection with a criminal case related to the events of September 6, 2020, during the "March of Unity" in Minsk, and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
He was released in March 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Alexander was convicted of allegedly resisting and using violence against a police officer during a protest in support of political prisoners that took place on October 4, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Yuri, a member of Viktor Babariko's initiative group, was detained and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk against the results of the presidential elections.
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry was arrested and convicted for trying to protect a man from being beaten by three plainclothes police officers by using a pepper spray against them as a means of self-defense.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Yevgeny was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vyacheslav, a former director of Belteleradiocompany, was detained and convicted for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020, as well as for hitting a BT cameraman at one of them.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Artem was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Artem was arrested on October 19, 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison in an open-type correctional facility for participating in protests against the election results in Minsk in August 2020. In early February 2022, Artem escaped from the correctional facility, but was later arrested again.
In April 2022, the court considered the case of Artem's transfer to a different type of correctional facility and changing the conditions of his sentence. The court ordered that he be sent to a penal colony for nine months.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.