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Pavel is an activist of the European Belarus and a member of the Zubr movement. Due to his opposition activities, he has been repeatedly subjected to repression.
On September 25, 2020, Pavel was detained along with other activists and later accused of participating in “mass riots.”
He was released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vladislav is a volunteer at Viktor Babariko's headquarters. In July 2020, he was detained for participating in solidarity protests, after which he served an administrative arrest at Okrestina. He was detained for the second time on August 14, 2020, on charges of "mass riots."
In Novopolotsk colony No. 1, Vladislav was regularly placed in a punishment cell, and from autumn 2022 to March 2023 he was kept in a PKT.
In March 2023, he was transferred to prison regime.
Vladislav's mother is a pensioner and a 3rd group disabled person.
He was released in February 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Young Front activist. He was detained on August 10, 2020 and later accused of participating in the events that took place on August 9 in Minsk. He left Belarus.
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Pavel was detained in November 2020 on suspicion of hacking the Minsk City Executive Committee network. He was later convicted on six counts, including "computer crimes" and "preparing for mass riots." The case was heard behind closed doors.
In April 2022, the Minsk City Court considered the appeal and reduced the sentence by six months.
On 06.02.2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Akihiro, an anarchist activist, was detained in August 2020 in Minsk and charged with participating in “mass riots” and other “crimes.”
In 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. In February 2023, the Supreme Court reduced the sentence by three months.
In July 2024, it became known that his sentence had been tightened and he had been transferred to a prison regime.
On June 21, 2025, Akihiro was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
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Andrei, an anarchist activist and volunteer for the Viasna human rights center, was detained in Minsk in October 2020. He was charged with participating in "mass riots" and other "crimes."
In 2022, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and in February 2023, the Supreme Court reduced the term by 3 months.
On April 18, 2025, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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A manager at a furniture company and volunteer, she was arrested on September 25, 2020 and convicted of cleanup during protests.
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Sergei, an activist of the Narodnaya Hramada party, was detained by police on June 25, 2020, using force. The basis for the detention was a previously issued administrative arrest for 15 days for laying flowers at the Military Cemetery in Minsk on May 8, as well as the events that took place on May 29, 2020 in Grodno. He was accused of preparing to participate in "mass riots" and obstructing the work of the Central Election Commission.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Sergei Sparysh
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Detained in the case of mass riots and convicted of participating in a protest.
He was released in April 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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Nikolai, a volunteer at Viktor Babariko's headquarters, was detained on the night of August 12-13, 2020, along with Vladislav Koretsky, on charges of involvement in mass riots. He was convicted of participating in protests.
He was released on 01.02.2025, having fully served his sentence.
| 09.10.2021 | 10/03/2021 transferred to IK 15 |
| 15.06.2021 | In a letter dated June 3, chamber 23 |
| 10.06.2021 | Camera number 23 |
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A volunteer for Viktor Babariko's headquarters, Igor, according to his parents, was beaten and was in a military hospital until August 18, 2020, where he underwent surgery. He was later convicted of "mass riots." During the debate, the prosecutor demanded not only imprisonment, but also the confiscation of a car belonging to Igor's mother.
| 09.06.2021 | Camera 28 |
Initially, there were 12 defendants in the case. Since the fall of 2020, only David Slashchev has remained at large. Several political prisoners have reported being tortured during their detention or while writing "confessions."
All of them are accused of participating in a "radical" Telegram chat. The testimony mentions several chats, including "OGSB" (Civil Self-Defense Unit), "Rabota Minsk," "100," and "101." They are also accused of intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka stores.
Dmitry Lastovsky stated in court that he was an apolitical person and was happy with what he had: his family and his job. He noted that he had been looking for a work assistant in the "Part-time Job Minsk" chat.
He is expected to be released in early March 2025.
| 23.05.2021 | Dmitry wrote that the first court session was postponed to June 7, Semashko, 33 |
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Journalist for the TUT.BY portal. She was detained on November 19, 2020 in connection with a criminal case on the alleged disclosure of medical secrets of Roman Bondarenko, who was beaten to death.
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Andrey was first detained and wounded on August 9, 2020. After spending three days in the Zhodino temporary detention facility, he was released. However, on September 1, 2020, he was detained again in a criminal case and later convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Ivan was detained on November 5, 2020 and convicted in the case of hacking the computer system of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
He was released in February 2023 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.