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Denis was arrested on October 4, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests.
He was released on December 27, 2021, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeniy was detained on October 15, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on October 11, 2020 near the Pushkinskaya metro station in Minsk.
He was released in June 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Nikolai was arrested on December 21, 2020 and convicted of administering a yard Telegram chat.
He was released in July 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Anastasia was detained on October 16, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
On June 16, 2022, she was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court.
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Victoria was detained on October 15, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
On December 16, 2022, she was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court.
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The Russian citizen was detained on October 27, 2020 and convicted of “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
In the summer of 2022, Alexander was transported from Belarus to Russia.
On June 16, 2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Yan was arrested and convicted for participating in protests that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 11 and September 13, 2020. According to the case materials, he planned to participate in the protests, discussing routes and actions in case of detention in the Telegram chat "Chas X". The investigation claimed that an attack on police officers was being prepared.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Former television journalist of Belteleradiocompany and member of the Coordination Council, Ksenia was detained on December 22, 2020 in the Press Club case on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for possible compensation for damages that were allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case." The case was closed, but later a new criminal case was opened against Ksenia, and she was accused of "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power."
Released on August 20, 2024, on the basis of a pardon.
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Piotr, a camera operator, sound engineer and employee of the Belarus Press Club, was arrested on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
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The former Belarus-1 operator was detained on December 22, 2020, in the Belarus Press Club case for tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 23, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
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Alla, the program director of the Belarus Press Club, was detained on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
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Sergei, a human rights activist and financial director of the Press Club Belarus, was arrested on December 22, 2020, on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
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Yulia is a journalist and founder of the Press Club. From 1995 to 2010, she was the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda and European Radio for Belarus. Since 2011, she has been heading the Belarus in Focus office in Warsaw.
On December 22, 2020, she was detained at the airport on charges of tax evasion.
Almost 110 thousand rubles were transferred to the Investigative Committee's account as security for compensation for possible damage allegedly caused by the defendants in the "case".
Released on August 19, 2021, on the basis of a pardon.
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Victoria, the administrator of the "Drivers 97%" channel, was detained on November 4, 2020, in Minsk by GUBOPiK officers and convicted of "calling for mass riots and roadblocks due to dissatisfaction with the government and election fraud."
In 2022 and 2023, the court twice increased her sentence, accusing her of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration." Victoria had repeatedly been subjected to pressure in the penal colony and was deemed a "malicious violator."
In October 2024, in the Rechitsa District Court, Victoria was convicted for the third time under the article "malicious disobedience to the lawful demands of the penal colony administration" and sentenced to another year of imprisonment.
In early 2025, Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk reported that Victoria and Elena Gnauk had been placed in a punishment cell: "After several weeks in solitary confinement, they were transferred to a punishment cell. There's a 99% chance they'll be charged again under Article 411."
Polina also added: "Viktoria Kulsha's kidneys have probably already failed. She went on hunger strikes for months, refusing water and drink. She slit her wrists. They threw her in solitary confinement for this—she slit her wrists in solitary confinement. She went on hunger strikes in the PKT. She refused medical attention."
Victoria was scheduled to be released in April 2025 upon completion of her sentence. However, at the beginning of the month, she was transferred to Gomel Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 as part of a fourth criminal case under the article "malicious disobedience of the legal demands of the prison administration." In June of that year, her sentence was extended by another year.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
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Igor was detained on December 2, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests that took place in August 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.