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Daniil, a football fan, was detained on May 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers as part of a criminal case opened for participating in protests that took place in Mozyr in August 2020 after the presidential elections. He was convicted under the articles "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Pavel, a football fan, was detained on May 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers as part of a criminal case opened for participating in protests that took place in Mozyr in August 2020 after the presidential elections. He was convicted under the articles "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vladimir, a football fan, was detained on May 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers as part of a criminal case opened for protests that took place in Mozyr in August 2020 after the presidential elections.
At the end of May 2021, he was released on bail.
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Alexander, a football fan, was detained on May 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers as part of a criminal case opened for participating in protests that took place in Mozyr in August 2020 after the presidential elections. He was convicted under the articles "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Sergei, a football fan, was detained on May 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers as part of a criminal case opened for protests that took place in Mozyr in August 2020 after the presidential elections.
At the end of May 2021, he was released on bail.
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Vadim, a football fan, was detained on May 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers as part of a criminal case opened for protests that took place in Mozyr in August 2020 after the presidential elections.
At the end of May 2021, he was released on bail.
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Valery was detained on April 29, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened after a protest action, the March of Heroes, which took place in Minsk on September 13, 2020. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
In July 2022, his sentence was changed and he was transferred to “house arrest” due to health reasons.
Yuri was detained on April 9, 2021, by GUBOPiK officers at his workplace, after which his home was searched. He was taken to an unknown building, where, under threats to his life and that of his family, he was beaten and forced to record a video confessing to participating in a protest on September 23, 2020, in the Serebryanka microdistrict of Minsk. Yuri was then taken to the Investigative Committee, where, under the supervision of officers, he wrote a confession.
He was later convicted under the article “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order” and sentenced to restricted freedom.
Before he began serving his sentence, he managed to leave Belarus.
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Sergei, an actor and volunteer, is known in Pinsk as an organizer of cultural events and a volunteer at the city hospital. He was detained in May 2021 as part of 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."
According to human rights activists, he was released in March 2025, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Roman was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Artur was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Anton was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots" and under the article on "hooliganism" for allegedly throwing green paint at a police car.
He was released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vadim was arrested in April 2021 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk against the falsification of the presidential election results.
In November and December 2024, as well as in February 2025, in absentia court hearings were held regarding Vadim “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
Andrei was detained in April 2021 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk against the falsification of the presidential election results.
In November and December 2024, as well as in February 2025, Andrei was tried in absentia “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
Marina was convicted in a criminal case brought for blocking railway tracks and hanging scarecrows in Brest.
She was released in December 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.