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Andrei was found guilty in September 2021 of "desecration of state symbols" for helping someone reach for a red-and-green flag to tear it down from the Urech House of Culture and Creativity.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
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Oleg was found guilty in October 2021 for comments posted on Telegram channels about Lukashenko, which, according to the prosecution, contained negative assessments. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and remanded in custody in the courtroom.
In December 2022, Oleg was again convicted of "insulting a government official," also sentencing him to imprisonment in a penal colony and ordered to pay compensation to the "victim" police officer.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Andrey, editor of the website "Virtual Brest," was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left in the Telegram chat "Discussing Dangerous Brest" under a photo of House of Representatives member Igor Marzalyuk.
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Tatyana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a judge" for, according to investigators, writing an "offensive inscription" on the mailbox door of Brest Regional Court Judge Ruslana Albertovna Senko on December 18, 2020, "intending it would be read and perceived repeatedly." Tatyana pleaded not guilty.
Renata was detained on November 1, 2020, at a protest in Minsk. A criminal case was subsequently opened against her for "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." She was detained again while attempting to cross the border and placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In January 2021, Renata was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom.
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Maria, a volunteer with the Gomel branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center, was detained late in the evening of January 18, 2021, and placed in a temporary detention facility as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." Her home was also searched. Maria had previously actively advocated for the repeal of the so-called "parasite" decree and sued district officials in the Gomel region who had banned protests against the decree.
She was released three days later on her own recognizance. Maria's trial began on September 3, 2021, and on October 13, prosecutors requested a prison sentence of two and a half years. Maria was subsequently forced to leave Belarus, and her case was separated into separate proceedings.
Yulia, the chief accountant of the IT company PandaDoc, was detained on September 2, 2020, at the company's office on charges of fraud by employees of the Financial Investigation Department.
Following the events of August 2020, PandaDoc founder Nikita Mikado launched the Protect Belarus initiative to support dismissed law enforcement officers who refused to follow illegal orders. The initiative received over 500 applications and attracted public attention.
Yulia was released in October 2020 on bail.
Yulia was detained and convicted for installing a scarecrow, which, according to investigators, resembled Lukashenko, in the regional center on Varshavskoe Shosse.
In November 2024, a court hearing was held regarding Yulia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.
On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.
In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Stanislav, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following the spontaneous protests that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020, against election fraud. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in June 2025, having fully served his sentence, and was forcibly deported to Latvia with a ban on entry to Belarus for a period of five years.
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Retired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Graduated from Masherov Voronezh State University.
He was charged under Articles 342, 368, and 369 of the Criminal Code. He remains in custody during the trial.
Yakov is interested in journalism, physics, religion, philosophy, and cars.
According to human rights activists, he was released on June 12, 2023.
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Sergei was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photograph of Senior Lieutenant Igor Volnich, a traffic police inspector from the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs. According to the indictment, he publicly insulted a government official under special state protection due to the performance of his official duties.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Valery was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
He was released in October 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Diana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" for a comment she left in the Telegram group "Klichev-chat." The court sentenced her to a two-year suspended prison sentence.
Andrei was found guilty of several criminal charges, including "insulting a government official," for tagging several posts containing "offensive" statements on the social network Odnoklassniki with a "like."
He was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.