All persecuted

According to the prosecution , Elena Dubrovskaya, using a mobile phone, under a post with a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko, published in a chat included in the Republican list of extremist materials, posted a comment with a negative assessment of Lukashenko’s personality, containing an obscene form of speech expression. At the court hearing, the woman fully admitted her guilt.

Elena Dubrovskaya filed an appeal. The Judicial Collegium of the Mogilev Regional Court considered it on June 20, but left the complaint unsatisfied and the verdict unchanged.

It is unknown when Daria was detained , but probably in the fall of 2023. She is accused of two articles - Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Art. 361-3.

The first article is organizing or participating in actions that grossly violate public order. The second is recruitment, training, other preparation or use of Belarusians to participate in a war on the territory of another state, as well as financing or other material support for such activities. It is usually given to those who helped Ukraine in some way.

It is known that after graduating from the philological department of BSU, Daria went to work at gymnasium No. 23 in Minsk, where she herself studied. She also entered the master's program at the Faculty of Philology of BSU.

On July 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

A pro-government telegram channel published a video about the detention of a Belarusian woman who took part in protests in 2020 and “obstructed the passage” of a traffic police car. As the authors of the channel write, a criminal case was opened against the girl. It is not specified under which article.

It is known that Natalya graduated from BSTU in 2022.

On March 19, 2026, she 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).

Roman was detained for comments on social networks and sending information to chatbots “Belarus Brain” and Nexta . A video of him was published by a pro-government telegram channel. It is unknown under what article the man was detained and where he is now.

Roman works as director of the Grodno Real Estate Agency.

Pavel was arrested for comments he made on the Real Belarus channel in 2022 on Telegram and found guilty in January 2025 of several criminal charges, including "inciting hatred or discord."

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.

On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

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).

As stated in the resolution, she was a language consultant for the Belsat television channel, which is recognized as an “extremist formation” in Belarus. According to the verdict, from June 19, 2021 to November 15, 2023, Anastasia Matyash was a language consultant for the Polish television "TVP", which includes the Polish television channel "BELSAT tv BELSAT". During her work, she allegedly conducted language consultations, translated, corrected and edited texts, which were then used on BELSAT. The resolution also states that for participation in “extremist activities” Anastasia Matyash allegedly received “criminal” income, 40,000 Polish zlotys, 12,258 dollars and 8,575 euros.

Anastasia Matyash did not admit her guilt.

She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024, targeting relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.

On March 19, 2026, she 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).

He was detained by police on October 19, 2023. Following his arrest, he served two administrative arrests of 15 days each. Human rights activists are aware that the second sentence was imposed on November 3 by the Central District Court of Minsk. At that time, Judge Yuliana Shcherba found 63-year-old Marchenko guilty of "disseminating extremist materials" (under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Alexander's trial began on March 25, 2024, in the Minsk City Court.

On June 4, 2024, Alexander's appeal was heard. The appeal was dismissed.

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).

Vitaly was detained at his workplace by GUBOPiK officers as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions." During his detention and interrogation, physical force and psychological pressure were used against him.

In April 2024, Vitaly was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Brest from August 10 to 11, 2020.

Released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.

Artyom was convicted in April 2024 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Brest from August 10 to 11, 2020.

In November 2024, Artem was pardoned.

The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Elena was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.

According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."

Elena worked as a Belarusian language teacher until retirement.

Natalia Davydulina is 47 years old and lives in Zhlobin. It's known from her social media that she and her husband have a large family—five children, one of whom is still in elementary school.

One of Natalia's sons, Denis Davydulin, is a former political prisoner. He was arrested in March 2021 and sentenced to eighteen months in prison for "walking onto the roadway and actively disobeying police officers" on the night of August 10th.
She has never given media interviews. Court records indicate she was tried on January 24, 2024, for "disseminating extremist materials." She was likely detained during a roundup of supporters of political prisoners.

The trial will begin on August 23 in the Gomel Regional Court. Therefore, Natalia is most likely accused of assisting other prisoners in some way. It is known that during the January raid, those who remained behind bars were primarily those who helped others—sending money transfers and parcels to pretrial detention centers and penal colonies, even for very small amounts.

On March 19, 2026, she 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).

Pro-government channels claim he was detained accidentally—for wearing a phone case with the words "Pray for Belarus" in English and images of national symbols. After his arrest, videos from the protests were allegedly found on Dmitry's phone, as well as photos from a street chat where he offers people designs for protest stickers.
It is known that the guy has been involved in swimming for a long time and has the rank of candidate for master of sports.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned following another visit to Minsk by John Cole, US President Donald Trump's special representative (among a group of 235 prisoners retained in Belarus). He served his sentence under home confinement.

She was detained on January 23, 2024, during a massive raid by security forces on the relatives of political prisoners and people who helped them.

On March 19, 2026, she 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).