Detained for participating in post-election protests and for registering in the Peramoga chat bot. It is known that earlier Andrushkevich was detained on art. 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
Defendant of the so-called "round dance case" concerning the protest action on September 13, 2020 in Brest. Igor was detained on December 1, 2021 and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
Activist, former head of the Radislava organization, which helps women victims of domestic violence. Olga was detained on November 9, 2021 on suspicion of organizing women's marches in 2020.
Yulia was detained and convicted for installing a scarecrow, which, according to investigators, resembled Lukashenko, in the regional center on Varshavskoe Shosse.
In November 2024, a court hearing was held regarding Yulia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.
On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.
In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
was detained on July 27, 2021 near his home for an offensive comment about the prosecutor.
It is also known that Vadim wrote a book about the protests.
By absorbing a less severe punishment into a more severe one, on October 29, 2021, the political prisoner was finally sentenced to restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility for a period of three years. Vadim Gil was released from custody in the courtroom while he appealed the verdict.
Vadim left Belarus.
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lead singer of the band Gods Tower. In August 2020, Vladislav watched a video in which the chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee Gennady Solovey communicates with people. Impressed by this, he left a comment about the mind and the hog. And eight months later they came to the musician (they did not take custody). Left Belarus.
3 years of restriction of freedom .
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On April 14, 2021, a teacher from Ivanovo was convicted. The reason for the proceedings was a repost from the telegram channel of information by policemen.
Ilya was detained in March 2021 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and under the article on "hooliganism" for damaging two Beltelecom cameras and making "cynical inscriptions". This happened as part of a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Ilya managed to leave Belarus before he began serving his sentence.
In February 2025, as part of the special proceedings on Ilya's case, a court hearing in absentia was held on the issue of "replacing the restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility with imprisonment."
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Legal adviser of TUT.BY. Ekaterina graduated from the law faculty of BSU. Before TUT.BY, she worked in a large advertising campaign.
She was detained on May 18 as part of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code). A few days later, she was placed under house arrest.
In April 2022, it became known that Ekaterina's preventive measure had been changed from house arrest to a written undertaking not to leave the country.
On January 9, 2023, the Minsk City Court will begin hearing the case against the largest Belarusian independent portal TUT.BY. The trial was made closed from the very beginning. The case is being heard by Judge Valentina Zenkevich.
Elena Tolkacheva, Olga Loiko and Ekaterina Tkachenko did not appear at the trial because they had gone abroad. According to pro-government Telegram channels, the criminal case against them has been separated into a separate trial. They have been declared wanted.
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TUT.BY journalist. She started working at TUT.BY in 2014. At first, she was a journalist for the Construction and Real Estate section, and a couple of years later, she moved to the Money and Power section.
Elena was detained on May 18 as part of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code).
Elena's preventive measure was changed and, after 14 months of imprisonment, on July 18, 2022, she was released from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 on a non-disclosure agreement.
In October 2022, the KGB included Elena in the list of "persons involved in terrorist activities."
On January 9, 2023, the Minsk City Court began hearing the case against the largest Belarusian independent portal TUT.BY. The trial was closed from the very beginning. The case is being heard by Judge Valentina Zenkevich.
Elena Tolkacheva, Olga Loiko and Ekaterina Tkachenko did not appear at the trial because they had gone abroad. According to pro-government Telegram channels, the criminal case against them has been separated into a separate trial. They have been declared wanted.
Editor-in-chief of the political and economic block at TUT.BY, journalist. Olga graduated from three universities - BSU, BGEU and Oxford University, and on Tut.by, together with analyst Sergei Chaly, she hosted the program "Economics on the fingers". The measure of restraint was changed on March 17, 2022.
Olga was detained on May 18, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code). She is also charged under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement of other social hatred committed by a group of persons) and Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for sanctions committed using the media).
On March 17, 2022, Olga Loika, editor-in-chief of the political and economic news block, Alexander Daineko, deputy general director for technical issues, and Andrey Avdeyev, manager of Publisher Box, were released from SIZO-1. Their preventive measure was changed, the charges were not dropped.
In October 2022, the KGB included Olga in the list of "persons involved in terrorist activities."
On January 9, 2023, the Minsk City Court began hearing the case against the largest Belarusian independent portal TUT.BY. The trial was made closed from the very beginning. The case is being heard by Judge Valentina Zenkevich.
On March 17, 2023, TUT.BY editor-in-chief Marina Zolotova and director of TUT BY MEDIA LLC Lyudmila Chekina were each sentenced to 12 years in prison.
In April 2023, the Minsk City Court summoned deputy Valery Voronetsky, political scientist Yevgeny Preygerman, and the head of the Republican Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shvets in connection with their guarantee for Elena Tolkacheva and Olga Loiko - they were fined 18.5 thousand rubles each.
Elena Tolkacheva, Olga Loiko and Ekaterina Tkachenko did not appear at the trial because they had gone abroad. According to pro-government Telegram channels, the criminal case against them has been separated into a separate trial. They have been declared wanted.
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Chairman of the Bobruisk branch of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union. The man was accused of insulting two police officers . The trial was held behind closed doors.
On December 12, 2024, in the court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk, Judge Olga Seryakova made a decision "On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."