Political persecutions

The man was accused of participating in protests in Minsk in 2020 and entering the roadway. He fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed. Aleksey was identified from photographs from the protests. Also, telephone connection data provided by the mobile operator was used as confirmation of his participation in the protests.

Aleksey Sakhar has a specialized secondary education and works as a welder in a limited liability company.

Artyom was convicted in a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

According to the indictment, in September 2021, Artyom posted a comment on his VKontakte page regarding an employee of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus, "considering him negatively, thereby insulting the government official in connection with the performance of his official duties."

According to the materials of the prosecution, Yury Pratskevich twice took part in group actions that grossly violated public order, and also caused disruption of transport and enterprises. So, in the first case, he moved along the carriageway of Dolgobrodskaya Street as part of a column of employees of enterprises, in the second case, along Nezalezhnosti and Winners Avenues. He was identified by his clothes, and then the investigators found photos from the protests in his phone.

Pratskevich fully admitted his guilt at the court session.

According to the materials of the prosecution , on August 16, 2020, Valeria Sokol took part in an unsanctioned mass event in the center of Minsk. In court, Valeria admitted her guilt in full and indicated to the court that on August 16 and 30, 2020, she took part in unauthorized mass events that took place in Minsk, which she learned about from social networks.

The man was accused of participating in a protest rally in Minsk in the fall of 2020. Sergei was identified by photographs from the protests found by the security forces in his mobile phone. The man fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.

Sergey Savkin has a higher education, raises a minor child. He worked as a director in a limited liability company.

Born in Ukraine. European kickboxing champion. Allegedly detained for wanting to fight in Ukraine.

In court, Pavel stated that he initially reacted emotionally to the war in Ukraine, but later abandoned the idea of fighting. Furthermore, Pavel is charged with illegally crossing the Russian border into Belarus with potent substances (100 stanozolol tablets) and illegally acquiring and possessing ammunition (16 9mm cartridge casings and 12 9mm rounds).

On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.

In 2020, a criminal case was opened against Yan, the editor of the NEXTA Telegram channels, under a number of articles, including "organizing mass riots" and "inciting hatred." As part of the special proceedings, in May 2023, he was convicted in absentia and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony. According to the Belarusian state news agency BelTA, the defendants in the "case" are accused of committing at least 1,586 crimes, and a claim for more than 30 million rubles has been filed.

Earlier, the KGB included Yan on the “terrorist list”, and the NEXTA channel in Belarus was recognized as a “terrorist organization”.

The woman was accused of publicly insulting A. Lukashenko for writing a comment on the Odnoklassniki social network. That comment was written in March 2021 under the news that during Lukashenka’s visit to the hospital, the guards did not allow one doctor to see the patient, because of which the patient died.

The criminal case is related to protest graffiti written with a felt-tip pen in Brest. Earlier, security forces announced the arrest of a 68-year-old pensioner who wrote "No to war" and "Long live Belarus!" at a public transport stop.

Before the trial, the woman was placed under house arrest. After the verdict was announced, the woman's house arrest was lifted.

Detained for participating in protests in Minsk in 2020.

Detained for participating in protests in Minsk in 2020.

Detained for participating in protests in Minsk in 2020.

It became known that on February 17, 2023, four residents of Postavy were sentenced to "house arrest".

Before the verdict, all but Lyudmila Tsybulskaya were in custody. They were released in the courtroom.

They were found guilty for participating in one of the Minsk Marches. According to the charges, they disrupted the operation of public transport by going out onto the roadway during protests, shouting slogans, clapping, and holding a flag. Yuri Dikovich was also tried for another March. Dikovich, Levko, and Pleshavenya pleaded guilty in full, Tsybulskaya - partially. Dikovich said that he had planned to participate in the Marches in advance because he did not agree with the use of violence against protesters. Levko, Pleshavenya, and Tsybulskaya said that they came to Minsk from another city to take part in the March. Levko did not agree with the election results, Tsybulskaya and Pleshavenya came "out of interest."

It is known that Dikovich is raising a daughter with a disability, and Tsybulskaya is a pensioner.

Detained for participating in protests in Minsk in 2020.

According to the accusation, one December night, he wrote the phrase “ACAB” and twice “Long live Belarus” on the Brest stall “Snuffboxes”. For this, they counted 18 rubles of “damage” (which the guy compensated before the trial).