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Local historian, teacher of history of the highest qualification category, researcher of archaeological sites, toponymy, history of settlements, life and work of famous people of the Miory region, head of the museum association "Heritage of the Miory Territory". Vitold was allegedly detained for insulting comments and "leaking" data into the Black Book of Belarus. Together with him, his son Anton Yermalenok was detained.
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Convicted for participating in protests and comments on social media.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Railway employee. The circumstances of the trial/s are unknown.
On 03.03.2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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She was arrested for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno along with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. Natalia was ultimately sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a security forces raid on relatives of political prisoners and supporters. Natalia was never released and was sentenced to imprisonment.
Natalia was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. She received credit for time served in a correctional facility (eight months), as well as time spent in pretrial detention. After four months in prison, Natalia was released, having served her sentence in full.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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Nikolai was accused of participating in a protest march in Minsk in 2020 together with a group of people, moving along Pobediteley Avenue, entering the roadway and interfering with public transport, thereby “grossly violating” public order.
The man stated that he mostly moved along the sidewalk, went out onto the roadway, only to cross the road. It did not interfere with public transport, as the road was blocked by law enforcement officers.
Mykola Butsky worked as a storekeeper, has a higher education and is raising two minor children.
2 years restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional institution.
Oksana worked as a notary for more than 17 years, the last place of work was the Notary Office No. 2 of the Savetsky district of the city of Minsk. According to pro-government telegram channels , detained for participating in protests in 2020.
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Nasta is a well-known Belarusian human rights activist. Since August 2021, she has been a suspect in a criminal case related to the activities of the organization "Viasna."
On September 6, 2022, after attending a court hearing in the "Revolutionary Action" case, Nasta was convicted twice of "petty hooliganism" and spent 30 days in custody. Three weeks later, on October 28, 2022, she was arrested again. At the trial, she testified to torture: GUBOPiK officers shocked her with a stun gun and left her in the cold for eight hours without outerwear, causing Nasta to fall ill. While in custody at Okrestina, she was held without warm clothing or personal hygiene products.
On November 28, 2022, Nastya was again sentenced to 15 days in jail under Article 19.1, "petty hooliganism." In mid-December, she was re-arrested for the sixth time under the same article, and at the end of the month, she was charged with criminal offenses and transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1. According to the prosecution, one of her human rights reports on the persecution of an anarchist community in 2018 contained a negative assessment of police actions, which served as the basis for the criminal case. Human rights activists note that this interpretation of the article is inconsistent with international standards.
Almost the entire trial, which began on June 13, 2023, was held behind closed doors. An appeal was heard on October 3, 2023. In July 2025, Nastya was placed in a special penal colony for six months.
On March 19, 2026, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
She was detained on November 4, 2022 and sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest. After the end of the arrest, Evgenia was not released, but was charged under criminal articles: first for insulting Lukashenka, then for participating in post-election protests.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
unknown years of restriction of liberty without referral
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A former EHU student, he was detained in October 2022. He was initially arrested for 15 days and then charged with a criminal case for participating in post-election protests.
The period of serving house arrest has ended.
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Sergei, an employee of the Värtanne Foundation, was detained at his home on the morning of November 4, 2022, following a search. After nearly five months in custody, he was released (reportedly on bail). Details of his case remain virtually unknown.
In March 2024, Sergei was convicted under the article "Financing the activities of an extremist group" and sentenced to restricted freedom with placement in an open-type institution.
According to human rights activists, he was released in early July 2025, having fully served his sentence.