Alexander was twice brought to administrative responsibility for posting leaflets and was convicted because, according to the state prosecution, they contained information of an offensive nature regarding an employee of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Brest, which became the basis for a criminal case.
Alexander managed to leave Belarus before he began serving his sentence.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 06.04.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Ivan was convicted for a comment about police officers that he posted in September 2020 in the “People’s Patrol” group on the VKontakte social network.
In May 2022, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to a penal colony for "disturbing the order in a correctional facility." It is known that the reason for this was four reports drawn up for him "lying down on the bed."
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 05.04.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2850 rubles of compensation.
An activist of the "Country for Life" and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's team, Oleg has been repeatedly detained under political administrative articles. He was detained along with another activist, Oleksandr Mateyuk, who were known to have been under surveillance since the fall of 2020. Oleg was subsequently convicted on fabricated drug-related criminal charges.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 05.10.2021
2 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 569 rubles of compensation.
Andrei was detained for participating in a protest that took place on September 23, 2020 against Lukashenko's inauguration in Minsk. He was convicted of blocking the roadway near the Pushkinskaya metro station, as well as allegedly damaging two patrol cars and attacking two traffic police officers. Andrei did not admit his guilt.
At the end of December it became known that Andrei's punishment had been toughened and he had been transferred to prison regime.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Sergei was arrested on March 23, 2021, for standing up for his mother when OMON and GUBOPiK were violently detaining her in her own apartment. He was convicted of "threatening to use violence against an internal affairs officer."
In 2024, on the day of his release, he was rearrested, and in July of that year he was re-convicted under the article “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution” - an article under which prisoners are tried for refusing to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations.
Alexander was arrested and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, against the results of the presidential elections.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeniy was detained and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, directed against the results of the presidential elections.
In June 2022, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison.
In July 2023, Yevgeny was convicted again of “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution” - an article under which prisoners are tried for refusing to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vadim was detained and convicted under the article "hooliganism" after an incident in a park where he was hanging white ribbons. Olga Bondareva, a representative of the "Antivandal-Grodno" movement, began filming him on her phone and stalking him, which provoked a conflict.
He was released on January 17, 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ten days after her release, Olga Bondareva went to court to recover compensation for moral damages from Vadim.
Sergei was convicted of unfurling a banner with the inscription: “While there is lawlessness in the country, resistance is our duty,” blocking traffic.
Left Belarus.
In February 2025, as part of a special trial in Sergei's case, a hearing was held in absentia to consider replacing his restriction of freedom with a prison sentence in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Trial outcome 31.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 17.02.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Maria, the director of the public school of the Union of Poles in Vawkavysk, was detained as part of a criminal case on the "rehabilitation of Nazism." According to the prosecutor's office, since 2018, "illegal events" have been held with the participation of minors, at which "anti-Soviet figures were honored," which, according to the investigation, "pursued the goal of justifying the genocide of the Belarusian people."
At the end of May 2021, Maria was released and deported to Poland.
Anzhelika, the chairwoman of the Union of Poles in Belarus, was detained on March 23, 2021 for organizing an “unauthorized mass event” — the unofficial holiday “Kazyuki” — and arrested for 15 days.
It was later revealed that she was accused in a criminal case on the "rehabilitation of Nazism." According to the prosecutor's office, since 2018, "illegal events" have been held with the participation of minors, where "anti-Soviet figures were honored," which, according to the investigation, "was aimed at justifying the genocide of the Belarusian people."
In March 2022, Angelica's preventive measure was changed and she was transferred to house arrest.
In March 2023, it became known that the criminal case against her had been terminated “due to the lack of evidence of a crime.”
Irena, the head of the Lida branch of the Union of Poles, was detained as part of a criminal case on the "rehabilitation of Nazism." According to the prosecutor's office, since 2018, "illegal events" have been held with the participation of minors, at which "anti-Soviet figures were honored," which, according to the investigation, "pursued the goal of justifying the genocide of the Belarusian people."
At the end of May 2021, Irena was released and deported to Poland.
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