Political persecutions

Yegor was arrested on September 6, 2021, in connection with a criminal case involving group actions grossly violating public order. In November of that year, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.

In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.

A history teacher. He was detained on November 2, 2021 after returning from work in Poland and placed in a temporary detention facility in Minsk. He is a defendant in a criminal case for organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order. Arthur has very poor eyesight.

On March 4, 2022, he was released in the courtroom.

Vladimir was arrested in November 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 January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom.

Viktor was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

In December 2022, he was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.

Ivan, a BSUIR student, was arrested in October 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and taken into custody.

In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on October 25, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

In January 2022, Ivan began serving his sentence in a correctional facility, and in the summer of that year, he managed to escape from the correctional facility and leave Belarus.

In December 2024, 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 a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Olga, an activist and former head of the organization "Radislava," which helps women victims of domestic violence, was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for organizing women's marches in 2020.

In May 2022, Olga was found guilty of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus.

In September 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of "replacing a restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."

Pavel was arrested in October 2021 in connection with 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 in Minsk in August 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Igor was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.

Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.

In February 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 a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Alexander was found guilty in September 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs.

Yanina was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in the post-election protest, the Unity March, which took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno.

Evgeny was found guilty in November 2021 of "desecration of buildings and damage to property" for writing "Long Live Belarus," "We Will Not Forget. We Will Not Forgive," and "3% Go Away," thereby, according to the prosecution, desecrating and damaging the buildings in question.

Anastasia was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left in a Telegram channel about Alina Kasyanchik, assistant prosecutor of Minsk's Frunzensky District, and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral.

Yevgeny was detained in August 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 November of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.

Valery was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.

Elena was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. The court hearing was held behind closed doors, so the details of the case are unknown.