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She was arrested for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno along with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. Natalia was ultimately sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a security forces raid on relatives of political prisoners and supporters. Natalia was never released and was sentenced to imprisonment.
Natalia was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. She received credit for time served in a correctional facility (eight months), as well as time spent in pretrial detention. After four months in prison, Natalia was released, having served her sentence in full.
Nadezhda was convicted for participating in a protest held on September 6, 2020 in Grodno against the falsification of the presidential elections and violence in the country. She was sentenced to serve her sentence in an open-type correctional facility, after which she had to leave Belarus.
In 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Nadezhda as part of a special proceeding and she had been convicted in absentia under the article on “assistance to extremist activity.”
Yuri was convicted of participating in a protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno. According to the prosecution, he actively participated in the unauthorized rally and march, blocking the entrance to a Belarusbank branch and part of the sidewalk, and then blocking traffic. He did not respond to demands to cease his actions. Damages to the transport company were estimated at 71.69 rubles.
He was convicted of participating in the March on September 6, 2020. The «Unity March» in Grodno was then marked by harsh detentions, during which security forces sprayed tear gas against protesters.
2.5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
On August 12, 2022, he was detained for participating in the 2020 protests, as well as for comments regarding law enforcement officials in Grodno, beaten with a knife, and sent to a temporary detention facility.
On August 13, 2022, he was sent from the temporary detention facility to the Grodno hospital, after which Denis managed to
leave the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
As of October 2025, several criminal cases have been opened (Articles 368, 369, 342), and he is on the interstate wanted list (RB-RF).
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Alexey was convicted of messages in the "Grodno for Life" chat room calling for direct action, as well as instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails. He admitted his guilt at trial but refused to testify.
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.
The initial reason for the arrest was the distribution of extremist materials as part of an administrative, politically motivated case.
During his arrest, the man was charged with criminal offenses for numerous likes on Odnoklassniki.
On July 4, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict entered into force.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Convicted of participating in a hitch at a protest.
According to human rights activists, he was released on January 3, 2024, upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
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Dmitry was convicted for a conflict with traffic police officers during the brutal dispersal of a protest that took place in Grodno on August 13, 2020.
Valentin was arrested in August 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under three criminal articles.
In January 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony for "social media posts calling for street protests and active resistance if they were suppressed," as well as for filming a protest on August 12, 2020, on Cosmonauts Avenue in Grodno, a video of which he posted online with his own commentary.
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.
Vadim was removed from the Moscow-Grodno train in Orsha on November 19, 2021, and detained 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 February 2022, he was convicted of participating in a protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno near the Brest supermarket and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence.
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Tikhon 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 December 2021, he was convicted of leaving seven comments in the "Grodno for Life" Telegram chat on September 6, 2020. He was also accused of participating in the "March of Unity," where, according to investigators, he and other participants formed a chain of ranks and blocked the entrance to the "Ranica" bookstore at 33 Mostovaya Street.
According to human rights activists, Tikhon was released in 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Denis 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," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in the "March of Unity" protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
According to the indictment, the man participated in the Unity March, which took place in Hrodna on September 6, 2020, at 13:20 he stood in a convoy near house No. 10 on Gornovykh Street. Avdik was held in custody from 6 to 16 September in a temporary detention center, then he was transferred to a Grodno prison. Released after expiration of sentence.
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Dmitry was arrested in the fall of 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 December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Grodno: his driving near the regional philharmonic and honking at protesters were considered a crime.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence.