Political persecutions

According to pro-government telegram channels, Ilya not only participated in the 2020 protests, but also "made extremist" tattoos, including those allegedly "inciting ethnic hatred against the backdrop of the Ukrainian conflict."

After serving an administrative arrest, on May 1, he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center on a criminal case for participating in protests

He was arrested in Minsk in October 2022, in his office, for allegedly posting comments in the chatbot of the "Belarus of the Brain" channel. He is reportedly in pretrial detention and facing two criminal charges.

Ivantsov is 38 years old. He studied at the Faculty of Biology at BSU, worked as a junior research fellow at the Academy of Sciences, and served as a medical representative for several pharmaceutical companies. Since 2013, he has headed the company "De Visu," which conducts marketing research in the pharmaceutical industry. Five years ago, Ivantsov entered graduate school at BGPU and worked at the university. Ivantsov is also a practicing psychologist and a proponent and popularizer of the Enneagram.

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

Convicted for participating in protests in 2020.

On July 14, 2023, the appeal was considered. Chairman of the Judicial Board Maxim Lapko.

On August 7, 2024, in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk, Judge Olga Lavrinovich will make a decision “On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open correctional facility.”

Andrey is a Ukrainian citizen originally from Chernihiv. He moved to Belarus after his marriage at his wife's request, as her parents lived there. Andrey is a former military serviceman. He worked as an electrician at the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, where he was arrested in January 2023 as part of a criminal case.

In the pro-government film "Gaspar Didn't Respond," aired on the ONT television channel on April 5, 2023, Andrei was accused of being an agent for Ukraine. The film alleges that he regularly transmitted information via the Signal messenger to his younger brother, Ruslan, who serves in the Chernihiv Operational Directorate "North" and is the deputy commander for operational matters.

In March 2024, Andrei was found guilty of “intelligence activity” and sentenced to imprisonment.

In January 2025, a court hearing was held on the issue of transferring him to a different type of correctional facility and changing the conditions of the regime.

On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Detained for a photo from the 2020 protests. She is under investigation and released on bail.

Detained together with his wife on February 23, 2023.

Accused of participating in protest actions.

The family brings up 3 juvenile children.

Detained with her husband on February 23, 2023. On March 3, she was transferred from the temporary detention center to the Zhodino pre-trial detention center.

He is accused of participating in protest actions.

The family brings up 3 juvenile children.

Detained on 03/07/2023.

On the evening of March 27, Alina went to the Investigative Committee to testify as a witness in a criminal case on participation in peaceful protests in Minsk and was never released. After that, she spent several months in jail.

In conclusion, a number of chronic diseases worsened at Gorova. The security forces did not allow the detainee to be hospitalized, and in the Mogilev prison she was denied medical assistance, despite poor tests. The prison doctor refused to treat her with antibiotics and hospitalize her. On May 30, she was scheduled for 1 year of "home chemistry".

Already on June 13, she was detained again. She is charged with another episode of participation in a peaceful protest in Minsk in 2020. According to human rights activists , Alina is under house arrest pending trial.

She will be judged in the court of the Kruglyansky district on August 10, 2023. Together with the girl, Alesya Frigina and Pavel Talanov are involved in the case.

The Court of Appeal, which took place on August 29, 2023, overturned the judgment of the Kruglyansky Court of May 30, 2023. The case will be sent for a new trial to another district court of the Mogilev region.

Anatoly is 59 years old. He studied at the Minsk Radiotechnical College and then went to work at the district communications center in Baranovichi. In 1996, he co-founded the local newspaper "Shag" (Step). It was one of the city's first private newspapers and once one of the most popular, with a circulation of 11,000. The newspaper has now been restructured as a purely advertising publication. Anatoly has become an entrepreneur, selling medical supplies and other health products. He is accused of posting comments on Telegram against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the violence committed by security forces.

Anatoly managed to leave the country.

However, in early 2026, Anatoly returned to Belarus from political exile. Prior to this, he and his neighbor, Vladimir Usser, had appeared in a propaganda film by Belarusian Television. After Usser's death, Voitekhovsky wrote to the repatriation commission. Right at the border, he gave another interview to Belarusian Television.

Detained after returning from abroad, the reason for the detention was a photo from the 2020 protests from the Shutterstock photo bank.

The period of serving house arrest has ended.

According to the case materials , in the fall of 2020, the father and his daughter, while on the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk, acting as a group of people, and with other people, "took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and involved clear disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer, disrupted the operation of transport and enterprises, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, including public passenger transport."

They were identified from photographs taken at the scene.

They were kept in custody until the trial.

According to the case materials , in the fall of 2020, the father and his daughter, while on the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk, acting as a group of people, and with other people, "took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and involved clear disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer, disrupted the operation of transport and enterprises, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, including public passenger transport."

They were identified from photographs taken at the scene.

They were kept in custody until the trial.