Zhanna was born in 1969 in Murmansk, Russia. She studied at the printing school in Ufa, but spent most of her life in Mozyr, Belarus. She was registered as a sole proprietor, was passionate about fitness and healthy eating, and traveled extensively.
In 2023, Sereda received an invitation from a Polish company and has lived and worked in Poznan since then.
Plans for a quiet life abroad were interrupted upon her return to Belarus. Zhanna last posted anything on social media in December 2025—she was detained shortly afterward.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Yana is originally from Pinsk. She graduated from high school in 2021. A year later, she went to Poland, where she first enrolled in a preparatory year in Krakow, and then at university. It's unclear whether Galimskaya completed her studies.
It's also unknown whether she returned to Belarus or went there to visit her parents. But she was arrested in the second half of last year and placed in pretrial detention.
Recently, Galimskaya has been trying to earn money as a tutor: since January 2026, she has been teaching Polish and Belarusian.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Yana graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts in 2014, and from 2010 to 2012 she interned at the John Matejko Academy of Arts in Krakow.
Since 2017, she has worked at Verv, a fitness software company, and since 2019, she has held the position of lead product designer at the Lithuanian company TapLab.
The girl's social media pages state that she lives in Vilnius. It appears she was detained after one of her returns to Belarus.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Pavel is a physicist. In 2007, he graduated with a master's degree in laser physics from the Belarusian State University and holds a PhD in physics and mathematics. Two years ago, he found work in Poland and received a work permit, but he traveled home occasionally. During one of these trips, he was detained .
For nearly 16 years (from 2007 to 2023), he worked at the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, rising from junior research fellow to researcher. His scientific portfolio includes 33 publications and participation in the development of laser systems and optoelectronics.
He was released in early May 2026, having served his entire sentence.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The arrest took place several days after the man returned from Warsaw.
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).
Trial outcome 04.02.2026
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Vitaly is a political strategist living in the United States. He came to Gomel to visit his parents and was arrested on July 29, 2020, after which he was placed in pretrial detention. According to the charges brought against him, Vitaly was accused of organizing and preparing group actions that grossly violated public order during a signature collection picket held by the initiative group for the nomination of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as a presidential candidate on May 29, 2020, in Grodno. Thus, he became one of the defendants in the so-called "Tikhanovsky case."
On October 19, 2020, he was released from custody, but remained under investigation, and on October 27, he left Belarus.
Julia Fenner has dual citizenship - Belarusian and British.
In the early 2000s, Julia worked at the British Embassy in Minsk. She married Martin Fenner, the Deputy Head of Mission. After Belarus, the family lived in Turkmenistan and Yekaterinburg, Russia, where Martin was posted.
The woman was detained at the border on March 31, 2024, while trying to enter Belarus. She was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 342 (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order) and Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-4 (assistance to extremist activity). However, the essence of the charges is unknown to human rights activists. The detainee was placed in a pretrial detention center pending trial.
As a result, on August 21 of this year, Yulia was sentenced to seven years in prison.
On September11,2025, it became known that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania.Among them are citizensof Europeancountries . Among those released is Julia Fenner.
Trial outcome 21.08.2025
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Studied at Polotsk State University. It is also known that he is a musician and played in some bands.
In 2022, after the war began, Artem went abroad and fled to the Netherlands. But he didn't like something, and after a few months he decided to return to Belarus. In September 2022, the guy starred in a propaganda story by BT journalist Ksenia Lebedeva, where he talked about how bad it is to live in the Netherlands.
Apparently, Artem left for Russia after some time - his new VKontakte page is linked to a Russian number.
It is known that Artem left Belarus after the verdict.
Trial outcome 07.03.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Before his arrest, Andrei lived and worked in Europe. He was arrested in January 2025 as part of a criminal case opened under a number of articles, including "insulting a government official" and "discrediting Belarus." In August of that year, he was convicted for comments he made on social media.
He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.
Trial outcome 15.08.2025
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 600 basic values fine.
It is known that Sonchik worked as a driver for a long time, and recently as a truck driver. Dmitry is interested in motorsports and amateur radio.
The video with Sonchik was released on May 7, 2024 on the GUBOPiK channel, he was detained upon returning from abroad. He was bombarded with comments in Telegram - they said that he left more than a thousand of them.
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).
Trial outcome 13.01.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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