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Piotr was convicted of participating in a peaceful protest on September 6, 2020, in Grodno. He was accused of forming a chain, calling on others to join the unauthorized event, and throwing an unidentified object towards the Interior Ministry officers. He did not admit his guilt.
According to human rights activists, Pyotr was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Albert was convicted of insulting OMON officer Alexei Talyarenko "with the aim of damaging the authority of state power." According to the prosecution, on October 25, 2020, he left an offensive comment in the chat "Brest Vostok 97%". At the trial, he did not admit guilt, claiming that he did not publish the message, and his account was deleted.
Sergei 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."
He was released in August 2024 under a pardon.
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Sergei was convicted for a conflict with a school guard in Zamostochye that occurred on the night of November 13-14, 2020. According to investigators, he hung a white-red-white flag on the school grounds, after which a verbal altercation arose between him and the guard, during which threats were made. Sergei was detained for three days, later released on bail and taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to human rights activists, he was released in June 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Evgeny was convicted of publishing, according to the prosecution, offensive comments in one of the Telegram channels addressed to a judge from Brest.
In September 2021, the punishment in the form of restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional institution was replaced by “house arrest” as part of a pardon.
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Vladislav, the lead singer of the band Gods Tower, was convicted in June 2021 for a comment left under a video in which the chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee Gennady Solovey communicates with people. He was sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. It was later reported that Vladislav left Belarus.
In March 2024, a new criminal case was opened against him under the articles "Incitement of hatred or discord" and "Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it" as part of a special proceeding. In June of the same year, he was convicted in absentia for participating in an "extremist formation" - "Rudobelskaya show-off". Vladislav was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment and a fine of 500 basic units.
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Vadim was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave the country, but at the trial on July 19, 2021, the measure of restraint was changed and he was taken into custody.
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2025, having fully served his sentence.
In 2021, Sergei was convicted twice for insulting government officials.
He received his first sentence in April for a comment on a Telegram channel about a policeman from Nesvizh. He was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to an institution and ordered to pay compensation.
The second sentence was handed down in July - for a new comment on social networks, sentencing to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In September, the Gomel Regional Court rejected the appeal. A more severe punishment replaced the previous one — "household chemistry" became common. Despite remorse, compensation, health condition, care for elderly parents and a positive character reference, the court did not mitigate the sentence.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
On March 27, 2021, Ivan and his brother Sergei were returning home along Independence Avenue in Minsk and took a photo of passing military equipment along the way, after which they were detained. At the Pervomaisky District Department of Internal Affairs, two reports were drawn up against them - under Articles 24.23 and 24.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ("participation in an unauthorized rally" and "disobedience to a lawful demand of an official").
At the trial, the brothers asked not to order arrest, since their mother had recently suffered a stroke and needed care. Despite this, each was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest.
After serving his administrative sentence, Ivan was transferred to a pretrial detention facility. The grounds and nature of the charges remain unknown.
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Elena, a teacher, was convicted in April 2021 under the article on slander and sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction and large financial compensation. The reason for the proceedings was a repost of information about police officers on a Telegram channel. After being detained in July 2022 in Ivanovo, where a wave of repression took place, her illness worsened and she was hospitalized. She later left Belarus.
In December 2024, as part of a special proceeding against Elena, a court hearing was held in absentia “On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending her to an open-type correctional facility.”
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Leonid, an activist of the "Tell the Truth" campaign and a member of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) from Mikashevichi, has been repeatedly persecuted for his active civic position. In March 2021, it became known that a case had been opened against Leonid "for inciting social hatred or discord."
Recently, Leonid Dubonosov was working in Poland. He knew that a criminal case had been opened against him; officers had come to his home to conduct a search. Leonid Dubonosov's relatives clarified that he was currently at large.
A resident of Svetlogorsk was convicted for a comment in the group "Punishermen of Belarus", which the Zhlobin District Court considered as an insult to a police officer. He was sentenced to a restriction of freedom in a correctional institution, ordered to pay compensation for moral damage, his phone was confiscated and his car was seized.
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Tamara was convicted for a comment posted on the social network Odnoklassniki in February 2021. During a dispute with another user, she wrote:
"And you are a louse on a comb if you like the schizoid speeches of a paranoid. Only a d... (a person with mental retardation - PV) like you can listen to this ravings of a gray mare."
The investigation found that the statement referred to Lukashenko, despite the fact that his name or position were not directly mentioned. The court hearing was held behind closed doors.