All persecuted

Nikolai 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 early April 2022, it became known that Nikolai's type of punishment had been toughened, and in June of that year he was transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a penal colony.

He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Sergei was convicted of the fact that, according to the indictment, from September 10 to December 8, 2020, while at his place of residence and in the administrative building of Mostovsky RES, he, using his mobile phone as a tool to commit a crime, posted messages created by other users in the Telegram channel "Bridges for Life Chat" under the pseudonym "Sergei", containing offensive statements about Lukashenko and accompanied by his images.

He was released in June 2023, having served his entire sentence.

Evgeny was convicted in the criminal “round dance case” initiated after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest.

He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Grigory was convicted under the article “Desecration of state symbols.”

He was released in May 2022, having served his entire sentence.

Leonid was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020 against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

In May 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Ilya was arrested in May 2021 in connection with the protests in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020, and convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the prosecution, he tried to break a tree and threw an aluminum energy drink can toward the police. Ilya himself admitted that the can could have flown, but none of the police officers confirmed this, and the specific victim was not named.

The attempt to damage the tree was recorded on video, but in court, a Zelenstroy employee explained that the tree was not damaged. Nevertheless, the organization filed a lawsuit for 117 rubles.

Ilya was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Dmitry, a Belorusneft employee from Gomel, along with other employees of the company, took part in recording an appeal against violence and for dialogue. At the end of October 2020, he also recorded a video message for TUT.BY to his colleagues and the management of Belorusneft, in which he condemned the repressions, called for not hushing up what was happening and openly expressing their civic position.

He was arrested on May 14, 2021, and later convicted of “organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”

He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Ilya 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.

He was brutally detained while trying to leave Belarus. After 15 days of arrest, he was placed in a pretrial detention center for further transfer to "chemistry".

He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Andrey 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 brutally detained while trying to leave Belarus. After 15 days of arrest, he was placed in a pretrial detention center for further transfer to "chemistry".

He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Vladislav was arrested in February 2021 and convicted under the article on "inciting hatred and discord". According to the charges, from September 20 to 27, 2020, in the Telegram chat of the Punishers group, he posted 13 messages in which he "spoken negatively" and "called for illegal actions" against police officers, military personnel, civil servants and their family members.

According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Eduard was arrested in March 2021 and convicted of resisting a police officer during a protest that took place in Baranovichi on August 9, 2020, against the falsification of the presidential elections. According to the charges, during the protest he "interfered with the lawful activities of the Internal Troops. He took a piece of paving slab and threw it towards the soldiers who were dispersing the protest, hitting one of them in the shoulder. The resulting bodily injury did not result in a short-term health disorder."

He was released in 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Vladimir, a student at the Aviation Academy, was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates. He was sentenced to restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility and ordered to pay large compensation to the "victims."

In 2023, it became known that his punishment had been toughened, replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Yuzef, a pensioner, was detained after participating in the "March of Unity" action, which took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno. He was charged under articles on participation in group actions that violate public order and on the use of violence or the threat of its use against a police officer - because he defended a woman from the brutal actions of riot police.

Initially, Yusef was sentenced to restricted freedom in an open-type institution, but after an appeal by the prosecutor's office, the sentence was reviewed, and ultimately he was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

He was released in July 2022, having served his full sentence.

Alexander was accused of allegedly attempting to run over two Volkovysk police officers with a car after 11:00 p.m. on August 9, 2020, in order to interfere with their work during an unauthorized event. At the end of March 2021, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. However, the state prosecutor appealed the sentence, and on June 1 of the same year, the Grodno Regional Court changed the punishment to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Dmitry was detained in the fall of 2020 and subsequently convicted on charges of "organizing group actions that grossly violate public order." According to the prosecution, from August 31 to October 30, 2020, he, as the administrator of the Telegram chat "Minsk. Road Blocking. Chat", published instructions on blocking traffic, searched for participants and coordinated their actions.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.