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Igor was arrested in November 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." In December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Boris was arrested in November 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 April 2022, he was found guilty of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 23, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Alexey was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Timofey was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Evgeny was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Yevgeny was detained in August 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 November of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.
Vadim was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
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Dmitry, a crane operator at MTZ's core section, was detained on September 16, 2021, by KGB officers 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.
Date and sentence unknown; presumably convicted for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
In September 2022, a court hearing was held on the issue of compensation for damage caused to KTUP Minsktrans.
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Andrei was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Minsk.
Igor was arrested on September 14, 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." In November of that year, he was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.
Denis was arrested on August 5, 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 placed in a temporary detention facility for three days. He was subsequently released on personal recognizance.
In October 2021, Denis was convicted of posting the following message in the "Minsk 97%" Telegram chat on September 8, 2020: "Urgent, drivers on Masherov Street! Block traffic, prevent security forces from gathering, help the protesters!"
Renata was detained on November 1, 2020, at a protest in Minsk. A criminal case was subsequently opened against her for "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." She was detained again while attempting to cross the border and placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In January 2021, Renata was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom.
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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.
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Andrei, a deputy production director, was arrested in May 2021 on charges of participating in a post-election protest that took place on November 1, 2020, in Minsk.
In October 2021, he was convicted of participating in the organization of protests for posting a video of security forces' special equipment moving along Independence Avenue, along with a message listing its name, to the Telegram channels "Nexta" and "Nexta Live." He was also found guilty of "illegal drug trafficking without intent to sell," as approximately two grams of marijuana were found during a search of his person, which he voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement officers.
He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence.