It's unclear exactly when Marina was detained, but she last appeared on social media in mid-October 2024. Her extremist listing indicates she is currently serving a sentence, meaning she either received a probationary sentence or a prison colony. However, judging by the fact that she hasn't appeared online since her trial, it's likely Marina Luts was sentenced to a prison colony.
From 2014 until the end of 2022, she ran her own business organizing weddings and other events. In 2023, she retrained as a UX/UI designer, working primarily as a freelancer. Marina has a young son.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the summer of 2025.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
He was initially convicted on 02/07/2025 under administrative article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus, after which a criminal case was opened.
Timofey was first convicted in 2020 under the articles "insulting a government official," "insulting Lukashenko," "creating or participating in an extremist group," and "slandering Lukashenko." The exact sentence is unknown.
In the spring of 2025, Timofey disappeared from social media. He was later convicted, likely on defamation charges.
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.
Before his arrest, Anatoly was a sole proprietor and an active participant in the entrepreneurial movement. He is also known as an environmental activist during the construction and launch of the Svetlogorsk bleached pulp plant, which emitted numerous harmful emissions into the atmosphere. He recently worked for an auto repair company.
He wasarrested in April 2025 under Part 2 of Article 367 (slander against Lukashenko) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. On April 25, 2025, he was transferred to Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3.
He was previously detained on February 14, 2023. He was also detained in 2020. Then, in November, he was detained after a memorial service in memory of Raman Bondarenko, who was killed in Minsk. Anatoly was fined 40 base units. Even earlier, Zmitrovich was held administratively liable under Article 23.34 (violation of the procedure for holding mass events). Then, he received a fine of 25 base units.
He was released in December 2025, having served his full sentence.
Trial outcome date unknown
10 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexey was initiallysentenced toadministrativearrestunder Article19.11of the Code of Administrative Offenses . A criminal case was then opened under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (assistance to extremist activity).
Alexey Kaidash worked in Mozyr as a professional photographer, taking wedding, children's, portrait, portfolio, and menu and catalog photos.
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 date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
The man was charged with "discrediting Belarus" (Article 369-1 of the Criminal Code). The nature of the case is unknown. Semyon was threatened with arrest, a penal colony, or a prison colony for up to four years. The list of "extremists" indicates that he is "serving a sentence," meaning he was sentenced to a penal colony or a penal colony with a referral.
In 2016, he founded his own consulting company, Strategy and Capital, and a few years later, he became head of the Belarusian branch of Civitta, where he is also an associate partner. Civitta is a large consulting firm with Lithuanian roots. It was founded by a former partner at McKinsey, one of the so-called Big Three consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, and Bain). It currently has a presence in 15 countries and employs hundreds of consultants and developers.
Released.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
One of the oldest active editors of the Belarusian Wikipedia section and the most experienced administrator. He focused mainly on the ancient history of Belarus, but spent most of his time maintaining order in the section and moderating disputes.
The detention of Maxim Lepushenko is not the first case of recent repressions directed against authors and editors of the Belarusian Wikipedia. The detentions of several Belarusian Wikipedia administrators over several months appear to be part of a coordinated campaign, as indicated by the unfounded attacks from propagandists: - In April, administrator Olga Sitnik (Khomelka) disappeared; she was detained twice. - In December 2024, the editor of Stary Jolup was detained. - In March 2025, Kazimier Lachnovič (real name unknown) disappeared - one of the four administrators of the section on Tarashkevitsa. A week after the disappearance of the administrator Kazimier Lachnovič, propaganda material by Lyudmila Gladkaya was released, in which it was said that Wikipedia is a weapon of mass destruction against the countries of the post-Soviet space, and the Belarusian section is edited from Poland.
Trial outcome 08.08.2025
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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