All persecuted
- Home
- All persecuted
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Accused of participating in a protest in Brest on August 10, 2020. A criminal case was opened against her under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code .
He was convicted for participating in a protest that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020.
He was expected to be released on November 1 , 2025 .
He was convicted for participating in a protest that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020.
According to human rights activists , he was released in May 2025, having served his entire sentence.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
It is reported that Yulia Sharanova participated in the protests at the age of 16, and Nikita Voytyuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17 years old.
- Associations
- Teachers
- Athletes
- Associations
- Teachers
- Athletes
Nikita, Larisa Yakhimovich's son, was arrested in March 2024 as part of a criminal case opened following the spontaneous protests that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020, against voter fraud in the presidential election. He was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."
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.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, and Yulia Sharanova have been convicted, including under drug-related charges.
Gleb Klimovich was sentenced to two years' imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code. Due to the combination of offenses, through the absorption of a lesser sentence by a more severe one, he was finally sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
He was released after serving his full sentence in the summer of 2025.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
Yulia Sharanova reportedly participated in the protests at age 16, while Nikita Voytyuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17. It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, and Yulia Sharanova have been convicted, including on drug-related charges.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
Detained for a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was a minor at the time of that protest.
Nikita and seven other people began their trial on May 10, 2024, in the Moscow District Court of Brest.
According to human rights activists , he was released on September 27, 2024.
Igor was arrested in March 2024 and found guilty in the fall of that year under the article “participation in mass riots.”
A pro-government channel showed his arrest: at least five armed security officers wearing body armor and helmets arrived at Igor's apartment. They threw the Brest resident, wearing only his underwear, to the floor. In the video, the detainee says he was in a "linkage" on Sovetskaya Street in Brest.
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.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Igor worked in Poland as an electrician. He was detained while crossing the Polish-Belarusian border.
In a pro-government video, Sorokin says that he went out onto the roadway and blocked traffic. The video is obviously from the protest action on August 10, 2020, which took place in Brest. Specifically, the moment of the skirmish at the intersection of the boulevards and Masherov Avenue.
According to human rights activists, he was released on May 9, 2025.
- Associations
- Teachers
- IT staff
- Associations
- Teachers
- IT staff
Detained for participating in the protest on August 10, 2020. A pro-government channel showed a video filmed on September 10, 2020, where a young man simply stands on the roadway of Masherov Avenue among protesters, and then leaves the road. The same channel showed the arrest: special forces with shields and machine guns burst into the young man's apartment.
Andrey is a foreign language teacher who worked in an IT company before his arrest.
In the "repentance video," the man says he was detained for participating in a rally after the elections and going out into the roadway.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
In September 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Stanislav was found guilty of participating in “mass riots” on the streets of Brest on August 10-11, 2020, because he did not agree with the election results.
It was Stanislav Nesteruk who was accused of deliberately breaking paving slabs, making “means of crime.” Also, according to the indictment, he caused physical harm “in the form of two wounds in the area of the first finger of the right hand” to Igor Kalyagin, and inflicted “beatings” on other victims.
Released in the summer of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
Stanislav, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following the spontaneous protests that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020, against election fraud. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
According to calculations, he was supposed to be released in early 2026 .