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Sergei, a pensioner suffering from cancer, was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on social media under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs.
Despite Sergei claiming he wasn't politically active and spent most of his time at his dacha, and that he'd left the comment accidentally because the button under the post had jammed, he was sentenced to restricted freedom and ordered to pay moral damages and cover government costs.
Nikolai was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on VKontakte under a post in the "Nexta" group about a driver for the Brest Regional Executive Committee's Special Purpose Police Department, Senior Sergeant Shukailo.
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Andrei, a deputy production director, was arrested in May 2021 on charges of participating in a post-election protest that took place on November 1, 2020, in Minsk.
In October 2021, he was convicted of participating in the organization of protests for posting a video of security forces' special equipment moving along Independence Avenue, along with a message listing its name, to the Telegram channels "Nexta" and "Nexta Live." He was also found guilty of "illegal drug trafficking without intent to sell," as approximately two grams of marijuana were found during a search of his person, which he voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement officers.
He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Anna was arrested in October 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where people were singing and dancing in circles and were attacked with a water cannon. She was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna was released in February 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Yuri was convicted of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on a social network under a photograph of a police officer.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Alexander worked for the Ministry of Emergency Situations for over 15 years. Before his arrest, he was a squad commander at Unit No. 7 in Grodno. He was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. Alexander was subsequently fired and ordered to pay seven thousand Belarusian rubles in compensation under his contract.
In August 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was found guilty in October 2021 of criminal charges of "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" for comments left on Telegram channels deemed extremist.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Vladimir was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on a Telegram channel about a police officer.
In the spring of 2021, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of increasing the prison sentence, which resulted in Vladimir being transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a penal colony that summer.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
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Mikhail was convicted of slander and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open-type institution.
In November 2021, it was announced that a new criminal case had been opened against Mikhail for "inciting hatred or discord." The exact grounds for the case are unknown.
On November 26, 2021, Mikhail managed to leave Belarus.
Oleg was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for comments he left on the social network VKontakte. Nine government officials were recognized as victims in his criminal case.
In November 2021, a court hearing was held to consider toughening the sentence, following which Oleg was transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a penal colony.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Ruslan was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "assisting an extremist group," and convicted in January 2022 for a comment that, according to the prosecution, "incited other citizens to violent unlawful actions, including the use of weapons."
In August 2022, Ruslan faced another court hearing on charges of "desecration of state symbols" and "insulting a government official." He was sentenced to a combined three-and-a-half years in a general regime penal colony.
He was released in December 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Oksana, a music teacher at a school in Lida, was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In June 2022, she was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in July 2022, having fully served her sentence.
Artur was arrested in a criminal case opened under the articles "desecration of state symbols" and "hooliganism" and found guilty in October 2021. He was accused of hanging a white-red-white flag at a school in Ostrovets one night in June 2021, painting three white-red-white stripes on a stone, and tearing down a red-green flag from a government building in the district center.
He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Igor was detained while attempting to leave Belarus as part of a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of state symbols." He was accused of placing a white-red-white flag on a flagpole at the Mound of Glory in July 2021, above the red-and-green one.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Kirill was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." In November of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in September 2020.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.