All persecuted

Alexey, a radio host at Radio Gomel and known by the pseudonym Alexey Kaverin, was arrested in December 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody.

In March 2022, he was convicted of inciting public disorder, according to the charges, by calling for people to take to the streets of Gomel, organize marches, form chains, and also declaring his readiness to participate in any active actions, including wearing white clothes and joining women with flowers.

He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Alexey was arrested in December 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.

In March 2022, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Valery was found guilty in a criminal case brought for insulting Lukashenko.

In May 2022, he was released due to health reasons.

Stanislav was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following spontaneous protests that took place in Brest from August 10 to 11, 2020, against the falsification of the presidential elections.

In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in "mass riots" and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony. He was accused of intentionally breaking paving slabs while preparing "instruments of crime." He was also charged with causing physical harm, in the form of two wounds to the thumb of Igor Kalyagin's right hand, and "beating" other victims.

He was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

He was convicted under the article on insulting the president (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

In April 2025, he was added to the list of extremists, as convicted under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which means that Sergei was tried for the second time in 2025, but this time for participating in the 2020 protests. The sentence is unknown.

Nikolai was found guilty in November 2021 in a criminal case brought for a comment he made in June 2020 about Lukashenko.

According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Alexander, a former employee of the Prosecutor General's Office, was found guilty in a criminal case brought under three articles—for insulting Lukashenko, a government official, and a judge—and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Sergei was arrested in August 2021 for displaying a sign reading "Usurper" in a public place and was remanded in custody pending trial.

In November 2021, he was found guilty of slandering Lukashenko and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.

In the spring of 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss increasing his sentence.

He was released in early 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

In April 2024, it was announced that Sergei had been tried again. According to the charges, on April 7, 2024, he stood with a poster at the entrance to the Miory District Administration building. The exact words on the poster are unknown. At the court hearing on April 10, Sergei confirmed that he had indeed been holding the poster. As a result, he was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest.

Evgeniy was convicted of calling the police on 102, during which, according to the prosecution, he insulted Lukashenko.

Evgeniy has a severe chronic brain disease that requires mandatory surgical intervention.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Anton, a conscript, was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and sentenced to three months in the guardhouse.

According to the prosecution, Anton participated in unauthorized public events on Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk from August 10 to 11, 2020, and walked onto the roadway. Photographs he posted on his social media page served as evidence of his guilt.

Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Minsk, where he and his friends stood in a chain of vehicles.

According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Anton was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Minsk, where he and his friends stood in a chain of vehicles.

In August 2022, Anton was convicted of a traffic violation, resulting in his prison sentence being increased to four years.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2025, having fully served his sentence.

Svetlana, deputy director of Minsk Gymnasium No. 42, was detained in December 2021 along with her daughter, Yana, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." They were first detained in a temporary detention facility and later in a pretrial detention center.

In April 2022, she was found guilty of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

She was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Yana was detained in December 2021 along with her mother, Svetlana, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." She was first held in a temporary detention facility and later in a pretrial detention center.

In April 2022, she was found guilty of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

She was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Sergei was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Act of Terrorism"—according to investigators, for disabling railway tracks. He was later finally charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: "Participation in actions grossly violating public order" and "Preparation for participation in mass riots."

In July 2022, Sergei was found guilty of calling for active participation in and participating in the 2020 post-election protests in Minsk, including incidents of "road blocking." Investigators also alleged that he received telescopic batons, stun guns, and instructions on sabotaging the railway from the administrators of the "OGSB" Telegram chat.

According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2026, having fully served his sentence.