Political persecutions

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.

19 year old student of MSLU.

Before the verdict was announced, the girl had been in custody since September 2, 2020. She was found guilty that on March 6, 2022, she pasted a leaflet containing slander against Lukashenko on an advertising banner on one of the streets of Minsk. According to the position of the prosecution, she spread false information about Lukashenko.

The girl admitted her guilt and said that she had printed out a leaflet and pasted it together with her friend to draw people's attention to what was happening in the world. Witnesses reported about the sticker to the police. The girl were identified by CCTV cameras.

It is known that Irina was in custody pending trial.

Detained together with his wife on March 14, 2023, allegedly for participating in protests in 2020. Transferred to ST-8 in Zhodino.

Allegedly detained for participating in protests in 2020.

According to pro-government Telegram channels, four individuals—called a "sleeper cell of extremists"—were detained. They had "external ties" to Belarusian volunteers fighting in Ukraine. Among them was Konstantin.

On March 28, 2023, he was convicted under administrative Article 19.11, Part 2 (distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity).

He left the Republic of Belarus and is listed on Belarusian wanted lists.

Detained together with her husband on 03/14/2023 on probation for participating in protests in 2020. Transferred to ST-8 in Zhodino.

Ksenia, an employee of the IT company Game Stream, was detained on March 11, 2023, in Minsk. According to security officials, in 2020–2021, she made nine payments to solidarity funds via Facebook donations, totaling $425. Pro-government Telegram channels published a video of the search, during which a white-red-white flag, $20,000, and office equipment were found and confiscated from Ksenia Alkenova.

In July of that year, she was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment.

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

Detained together with her husband in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi.

Human rights activists received information that on March 3, KGB officers detained Maxim Lopatin in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi. The man is being held in the KGB pre-trial detention center. Propagandists recalled Lopatin in their film on BT.

On March 23, Maxim's wife, Lyudmila Lopatina, was also detained. On June 12, 2023, she was convicted for participating in protests. The decision of the court is unknown.

The couple have two minor children.

Anastasia, a mother of three, was detained at the end of 2022 and was under house arrest until the trial. According to the investigation, in October 2022, Podgaiskaya allegedly repeatedly sent photo and video files with text messages to the bot of the destructive Telegram channel of the extremist group.

The information sent to her contained information about the situation in the regions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, as well as planned activities at the combined arms training grounds.