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Pavel is a Belarusian opposition politician and co-founder of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party. He was detained in June 2020 and subsequently received several administrative arrests for participating in election pickets. Pavel was later convicted of organizing mass riots.
In June 2023, he was transferred to prison regime.
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A football fan of the MTZ-RIPO club was detained on September 26, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.
The guards of Colony No. 1 repeatedly punished Tomaz with a punishment cell and transfer to a cell-type room (PKT). In total, the anti-fascist received at least nine penalties, including for refusing to "wash toilets." Based on this, a new criminal case was opened against him under the article on "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration," and in September 2024, he was sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment.
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A football fan of the MTZ-RIPO club, he was detained on September 25, 2020 in Minsk and convicted for participating in protests.
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An individual entrepreneur was detained and convicted under three criminal articles for participating in an event that occurred during the dispersal of people on October 11, 2020, near the Pushkinskaya metro station.
In April 2022, Ivan was convicted again for participating in a protest, but this did not affect his final sentence. However, in November of the same year, he was given another year of imprisonment, convicted of "disobeying the demands of the administration of the correctional facility."
In September 2023, he was sentenced to an additional 3 years in prison for "violence against an official."
In March 2024, he was transferred to prison for 3 years.
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An arborist and director of the Belarbo company, who lives near the Square of Changes, was detained on September 15, 2020, as part of a criminal case on mass riots and found guilty under three articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In September 2022, Stepan's punishment was increased and he was transferred to a prison regime for two years.
In the fall of 2024, Stepan was again transferred to IK-22.
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He was arrested on August 11, 2020, on charges of organizing mass riots and convicted three times in 2021.
In March 2023, Dmitry's sentence was increased and he was transferred to a three-year prison regime.
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Lawyer and member of the presidium of the Coordination Council for the Resolution of the Political Crisis.
Maxim was detained on September 9, 2020 and charged with conspiracy and extremist activities, including public calls to seize power and actions threatening national security, using the media and the Internet.
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Maria, a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council and head of Viktor Babariko's headquarters, was kidnapped on September 7, 2020, and taken to the Belarusian-Ukrainian border for deportation. She tore up her passport and refused to leave the country. On September 9, she was detained and taken into custody.
In September 2021, she was convicted under the articles: “conspiracy to seize power by unconstitutional means,” “calls for action against national security,” and “creation of an extremist group.”
In November 2022, Maria underwent surgery due to a perforated ulcer and peritonitis. Since March 2023, she was in the PKT. Due to health problems, she did not work, she was even accompanied to the formations.
Maria was kept incommunicado for a long time. In the summer of 2024, it became known that the administration had isolated her from other prisoners, with guards constantly with her. On November 12, 2024, she met her father for the first time in 18 months.
The meeting took place in a prison hospital, and it is not known for sure whether she was being treated or was brought there from the PKT. Before this, there had been no communication from Maria, and her condition became known only from the words of other prisoners.
Following this meeting, she was again cut off from communication with the outside world and continues to be kept incommunicado.
In February 2025, her sister reported that Maria had been returned to the unit and expressed hope that communication would be restored.
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Larisa graduated from the Institute of Culture (now the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts) as a librarian.
The retired woman leads an active life : she regularly goes to the theater and concerts, loves drawing and photography, and makes handicrafts.
