Gennady was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Trial outcome 15.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Sergei was arrested and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 30.08.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Konstantin, a former Belarus-4 TV presenter , was arrested and convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 30.08.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Yevgeny was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
In December 2024, it became known that a court hearing in absentia was held regarding Yevgeny to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Rodion was arrested and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
In February 2025, as part of the special proceedings in Rodion’s case, a court hearing in absentia was held on “replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
Trial outcome 03.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Igor, an activist from Pruzhany, was arrested in March 2021 in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest. The participants were singing and dancing in circles, but a water cannon was used against them. He and his wife were convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order", despite the fact that they are the parents of three children. According to the prosecution, the downtime of the trolleybus and bus depot caused damages in the amount of about 660 Belarusian rubles.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vladimir was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 15.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 15.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexey was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 15.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was convicted for the second time in June 2021 for insulting Lukashenko.
In February 2022, the court toughened the punishment, and Dmitry was transferred to a penal colony.
He was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
17.12.2022
From December 8, Dima was transferred to a cell regime until the end of his term.
18.05.2021
will serve his sentence in Vitebsk (IUOT number 9)
Alexey was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Dmitry was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest, where people sang and danced in circles and a water cannon was used against them. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
In April 2023, it became known that Dmitry was given an additional sentence - 5 months of imprisonment for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution." According to information from released political prisoners, he was also convicted under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023 after the expiration of the sentence imposed by the court.
Olga was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest on September 13, 2020 in Brest, where people sang and danced in circles and a water cannon was used against them. She was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
Trial outcome 08.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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