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The wife of the owner of the bar, "Bottle Banks", on the terrace of which on August 3 a street concert of the Minsk singer Meryem Gerasimenko was held .
Maria's husband was detained the day after the concert, and on August 5 it became known that he was given 30 days of arrest. Since then, he has not been released. The detained spouses have two minor daughters.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
The owner of the bar «Banki-butilki», on the terrace of which a street concert of the Minsk singer Meriem Gerasimenko took place on August 3. Among the songs performed by the singer were the works of the Ukrainian group «Okean Elzy» — at least the track «Obiimi». Fans posted videos on social networks. The singer was detained on August 3, 2022.
The next day after the concert, checks from the sanitary station and the Ministry of Emergency Situations came to the «Banki-butilki» bar. And later the owner of the bar was detained Andrey Zhuk. On the evening of August 5, it became known that he was given 30 days of arrest. Since then, he has not been released. In addition, his wife, Maria Zhuk, has also been detained.
The detained spouses have two minor daughters.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. Worked in IT, QA engineer. Musician, guitarist.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
At the trial, Ivan said that near the Government House he “asked for a flag of white-red-white colors and took a photo with it on the carriageway, demonstrating “V” at the same time, he published the photo on his Instagram page, but a year later this photo was deleted from your social network.
From the verdict published on the legal portal, it follows that the GUBOPiK employees found a man from the “chat bot p.”, where a screenshot of the photo of the accused from March was posted on Instagram. It is not known what kind of chat this is and why the "unidentified person" closed Andalukevich's Instagram page, and then sent a screenshot to the chat. The man fully admitted his guilt.
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
He was detained at the workplace at «Intatechgroup» together with Ilya Shakovich on September 21, 2022, then his house was searched. The next day he was sentenced to administrative arrest, after which he was not released.
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He was detained at the workplace at «Intatechgroup» on September 21, 2022, then his house was searched. The next day he was sentenced to administrative arrest, after which he was not released.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
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The former MSLU teacher was detained in early October 2022 as part of a criminal case for participating in protests. She was detained by at least six security officials.
Prior to this, Natalia was detained four times during the year and tried on politically motivated administrative charges.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
On June 21, 2025, Natalia was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
An MTZ employee was detained on September 6, 2022 at her workplace for participating in a march of MTZ workers in 2020.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to pro-government telegram channels, 45-year-old Alexander, the chief engineer of the Milkavita plant, “tried to disrupt the republican referendum,” and also sent money to the BySol fund.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
He was convicted of participating in the March on September 6, 2020. The «Unity March» in Grodno was then marked by harsh detentions, during which security forces sprayed tear gas against protesters.
2.5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The trial was held behind closed doors, and there were five court sessions. He decided to confiscate the mobile phone from which Irina "insulted Lukashenko" to the state. It is also known that money was taken from Irina during the search, but the judge ruled to return it to the owner.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
unknown years of restriction of liberty without referral
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