Political persecutions

Initially, a criminal case was opened against Lyudmila for "insulting government officials," but it was later reclassified as "slander." The charges stemmed from a repost.

In December 2020, Lyudmila saw a post about local police officer Sergei Urodnich on the "Black Book of Belarus" Telegram channel and reposted it to the "Pruzhany/Pruzhana" chat with the caption: "Our handsome guy."

In court, she stated, "Your president calls you 'handsome,' and I called him the same thing your president calls him. How did I insult him?" She pleaded not guilty and refused to testify.

In May 2022, Lyudmila was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, and was also ordered to pay compensation for moral damages to the "victim."

The period of "house arrest" ended in 2023.

After serving her sentence, the pressure on Lyudmila did not cease, and she was forced to leave Belarus.

Evgeny was arrested on December 8, 2021, and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. The arrest was precipitated by the discovery of a wallet with a Pogonya logo during a search. Evgeny was not released after serving his administrative arrest, as a criminal case had been opened against him for "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation therein."

In March 2022, Yevhen was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk on October 25, 2020. Photos from the protest were found on his mobile phone, showing him with a white-red-white flag draped over his shoulders.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing a restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type correctional facility with imprisonment.

Programmer. Arrested on January 12, 2022.

The case on replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony was heard on February 26, 2025, in the Pukhovichi District Court.

Most likely, Ilya is outside the Republic of Belarus.

Alexey was arrested in August 2021 on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in the 2020 post-election protests in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of increasing the severity of the punishment.

Sergei was found guilty in January 2022 in a criminal case opened for online comments published after the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment without being sent to an open correctional facility, as well as a large fine.

Valentina was found guilty in January 2022 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a post concerning the senior district police inspector of the Pervomaisky District Department of Internal Affairs in Bobruisk, Mogilev Region, Police Captain Andrei Komar.

Yegor was detained in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.

Vitaly was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official." According to the charges, on June 7, 2020, he left a comment on the social media site Odnoklassniki addressed to Bobruisk district police officer Andrei Komar, which was classified as "insulting the government." Vitaly pleaded not guilty.

Lyudmila was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" for, according to the charges, leaving a comment on the social network Odnoklassniki on August 25, 2020, under a post about Viktor Turchinovich, deputy head of the Kobrin District Department of Internal Affairs for ideological work and personnel support. The comment was deemed offensive by investigators.

Maria was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In April 2022, she was convicted of participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus.

In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of increasing the severity of the punishment.

Lidiya was arrested in January 2022 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In April 2022, she was convicted of participating in the "March for Freedom" protest that took place on August 16, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

Lidiya left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.

In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony.

Pavel was arrested on December 6, 2021, and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was not released after his sentence expired, and on December 21 of that year, he was remanded in pretrial detention on criminal charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions."

In March 2022, Pavel was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

A court hearing on the issue of changing the sentence was held in December 2024. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Pavel's presence, are unknown.

Ella was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, as well as to compensation for moral damages.

Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 in a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" for a comment he allegedly left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to riot police officer S.