Political persecutions

The man was accused of participating in Minsk protests several times, going out onto the roadway of Independence Avenue, which blocked the movement of public transport. The court ruling separately notes that Dmitry was photographed on the roadway with the national flag. The man was identified from photographs and videos from the protests, which the security forces found on his mobile phone.

Dmitry has a secondary special education, worked as an individual entrepreneur.

According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.

According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artyom was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk, Svetlana was released pending trial on bail in the amount of 9,600 rubles. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.

She's a Pensioner. She was detained on November 26, 2022 for participating in protest actions. At first, she was convicted on an administrative case for 11 days, but after her arrest, the woman was never released.

Nikolai graduated from the Physics Department of BSU, after university he went to work for InterVelopers, which soon began collaborating with Wargaming. Since 2002, Nikolai began managing business development in the company and still holds this position. The businessman, according to CSE, owns about 17% of Wargaming shares. Yezhednevnik traditionally included him in the list of the most influential Belarusian businessmen - in the 2021 rating, he took 18th place.

Propaganda films claim he made “dozens of cryptocurrency transfers” worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to various causes deemed extremist.

Now Katselapov is free and abroad, so a special case has been opened against him.

Pro-government channels posted "repentant videos" in which Pavel says he worked for the Security Department until 2018 and was arrested for submitting the personal data of Department employees to the "Black Book of Belarus." He obtained the data from a telephone directory.

He left behind a wife and small children (1 year and 3 years old) at home.

On September 16, 2026, he was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.

The operator of machine tools at the Minsk tractor plant, According to telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, was detained for participating in a protest action in 2020.

A leading specialist of one of the departments of MTBank was detained together with her husband, but released on bail pending trial, since the family has a minor child.

According to the prosecution, on August 30, 2020, Sergei and Margarita took an active part in an unauthorized mass event in Minsk.

Human rights activist and member of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" (HRC "Viasna"). Dmitry Solovyov has been engaged in human rights activities for more than 20 years, previously he headed the Novopolotsk branch of the Human Rights Center "Vesna". Dmitry Solovyov is one of the organizers of independent observation of elections in Belarus within the framework of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign, including in the 2020 elections, as well as a participant in many international independent observation missions. The human rights activist also participates in the work of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.

Nikolai is a former customs officer and activist with the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Hramada." He was arrested in September 2022 as part of a criminal case opened under several articles, including "intentional illegal crossing of the state border by an organized group."

In April 2023, he was found guilty: according to the prosecution, Nikolai paid to help those wishing to illegally cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border and also participated in the creation of an extremist group.

On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.

A software engineer from Mogilev, was detained in October 2022 for participating in protests in Minsk in 2020. Alexander was transferred to a pre-trial detention center and charged.

Deputy Director of the Minsk Bicycle Society. He was detained on November 29, 2022 at work, then he was taken to an apartment to conduct a search there. During the search, law enforcement officers seized a phone and a laptop.

First, Maxim was sentenced to 11 days of administrative arrest, then he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center on a criminal case.

The developer of the «‎ICON GAMES»‎ studio, was detained at the end of November 2022 for participating in the post-election protests of 2020 and writing insulting comments.

Belarusian statesman, diplomat, initiator and creator of the Hi-Tech Park. Member of the 2020 presidential campaign.

Natalia was first convicted in January 2023 for an online comment under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to one and a half years of restricted freedom, known as "house arrest."

In September of that year, Natalia was arrested again and convicted on a new criminal charge, accused of "financing extremist activity" for supporting political prisoners through money transfers.

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