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Natalia was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki regarding the leadership of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs.
Boris was found guilty in June 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting Lukashenko. According to the prosecution, on January 14, 2021, he called the police on 102 from his phone and said, "Lukashenko is an idiot. That's all."
Vitaly was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki regarding Svetlogorsk District Police Department traffic police inspector, Major A.V. Bagraenko. According to the prosecution, the comment contained a negative assessment of the "victim."
Pyotr was found guilty of desecration of state symbols on May 4, 2021, for allegedly damaging a flag on the façade of a grocery store while intoxicated in the village of Bystritsa, Kobrin District. He did so "with the intent to damage the authority of the Republic of Belarus."
According to human rights activists, Pyotr was released in 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Nikolai was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on desecration of state symbols for tearing down a red-and-green flag attached to the facade of the Euroopt store in Brest.
He was released in September 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Nikolai was found guilty in December 2020 of a criminal defamation charge. According to the ruling of Major Petrovich, investigator of the Pinsk Interdistrict Department of the Investigative Committee, Nikolai intentionally posted images of Major Sakovich on the "Pinsk for Life" Telegram channel on two occasions—on August 18 and 20, 2020.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment he left on Facebook about T. O. Pakhomenko, head of the prevention department of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Mogilev. According to the prosecution, the comment contained a negative assessment of the "victim." Alexander was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of increasing the severity of the punishment.
Alexander was found guilty in May 2021 of inciting hatred or discord. According to the case file, on December 20, 2019, and between January 28 and May 28, 2020, Alexander posted public comments in various VKontakte communities that, according to the prosecution, were aimed at inciting social hatred against law enforcement officers, as well as ethnic hatred based on his ethnicity.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Vitaly was found guilty in November 2020 of a criminal offense related to insult. According to the local publication Zarya nad Nemanom, one day in September 2020, he posted a publicly accessible obscene comment, degrading her honor and dignity, under a photograph of a woman named P. in the Telegram channel "Bridges for Life" due to her participation in the electoral commission for the presidential election of the Republic of Belarus.
He was released in 2022, having fully served his sentence.
According to the indictment, on the night of February 9-10, 2021, Tatyana obstructed the lawful activities of police officers, namely, a search of her home. According to the officers, during her arrest, Tatyana bit the finger of one of the officers, bit through the glove of another, and kicked a third officer in the head. They also claimed that the woman called them "bandits," "fascists," and "punishers."
In May 2021, Tatyana was found guilty of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and sentenced to a restricted sentence in an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony.
In November 2020, a criminal case was opened against Eduard for "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." Details of the case are unknown. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released on September 16, 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Vladislav was found guilty in June 2021 of desecrating state symbols and sentenced to three months in prison for tearing down the official flag of the Republic of Belarus from the building of the Mogilev City Museum in February.
He was released in July 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was found guilty in March 2021 of desecrating buildings and damaging property for spray-painting the numbers "3%" and "80%" onto asphalt pavement and a staircase during the 2020 protests in one of the city's residential areas.
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Mikhail was found guilty in May 2021 of assaulting an official, Minsktrans controller Pavel Maksimovich, and insulting Lukashenko.
According to the indictment, on September 23, 2020, at approximately 7:20 a.m., Mikhail was charged with fare evasion on trolleybus #27 at the "Mechanical and Technological College" stop in Minsk. Since he had no identification documents, he was asked to exit the trolleybus and await the arrival of the police. A conflict ensued between Mikhail and the inspector, during which, according to the prosecution, Mikhail used obscene language and expressed negative views toward the current government.
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Alexey was found guilty in January 2021 of desecrating state symbols for tearing down a red-and-green flag in central Gomel in October 2020.