All persecuted

A neurologist was detained in Borisov for insulting the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers. In the photos published on state channels, Alexander was beaten.

On November 1, 2022, a new trial will be held for the political prisoner in the Pukhovichi District Court. He will be tried again for old comments under Article 369 (insulting a government official) and Part 1 of Article 366 (threat of violence against an official).

On 03.04.2024, a trial was held to transfer Alexander to prison regime.

resident of Brest, defendant in a criminal case initiated after protests in the city in August. The first time Igor was detained on October 23, 2020 for three days. Then he was at large on his own recognizance, but on April 12 he was again detained. The preventive measure was changed to detention.

Accused of participating in protests in Pinsk. Detained wife Elena Movshuk. There are children in the family.

special communications officer of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. According to pro-government media, on March 14, while on duty, Denis Urad photographed a secret letter from the Minister of Internal Affairs to the Minister of Defense and "sent it to the Polish Telegram channel."

Denis was an active member of law enforcement agencies. We do not have information about his participation / non-participation in the political persecution of other people. His support is a personal choice of each person.

Artyom was detained for the first time on November 16, 2020 after the March of the Elderly. But he was not detained at the place of the march, but when he was already returning to the hostel: Artyom was dragged into a car and beaten, then sentenced to 15 days. On March 24, 2020, before Freedom Day, Artyom was detained again. On March 25, a video appeared on Azarenka’s Telegram channel in which Artem confesses to administering the public. To force him to say this on the video, Artyom was beaten with batons on his back and buttocks. During the interrogation on April 19, Artem told the lawyer.

Artem was supposed to be released on April 18. But on April 16, he was re-arrested as a suspect under Art. 361-1 part 1 of the Criminal Code. He was transferred to Volodarka, and on April 26 he was charged under the same article. On November 29, 2021, a closed trial began in the Minsk City Court, as a result of which Artem was found guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Art. 361-1 and part 1 of Art. 342.

originally from Buda-Koshelev in Belarus, he was engaged in activism and was a volunteer of the "Country for Life". Ivan Sautin was detained while trying to cross the border with Poland. Detained May 27, 2022 again. At the end of June he was extradited to Belarus. Earlier, he was charged under four articles of the Criminal Code, including terrorism, insulting a government official. As a result, three of the four articles were withdrawn following the results of an audit by the Russian side, which is also confirmed by pro-government channels.

UPD. According to the materials of the case, in 2018 he embezzled more than 68 thousand rubles. At the same time, the investigation notes that in 2020 he participated in protests, "made videos, harassed services, local authorities."

Due to the presence of these facts of persecution for the manifestation of civic position and activity, we believe that Ivan's sentence should at least be reviewed.

Charged with conspiracy to seize state power, Yuri fully admitted his guilt and, as it turned out, entered into an agreement with the investigation , pledging to help "expose" the remaining "conspirators."

On December 27, 2022, the Myadel court will hear a new case of a political prisoner for insulting a government official.

Zenkovich was given another six months in the new criminal case. According to some reports, his punishment was also increased and, by decision of the Bobruisk court, he was transferred to prison. On August 7, 2024, Yuri was tried under Article 411 (malicious disobedience to the administration of a correctional institution) in the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev. The decision on the case will be announced by Victoria Polyakova.

Yauhen Yushkevich is a former investigator from the Investigative Committee. In 2017, he resigned from his position as a senior investigator of the Economic Crime Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee Office in Minsk, and in 2020 he became the developer and initiated the bychange.me project, which helped to provide a different education for law enforcement officers, civil servants, and people who were fired or quit their jobs on grounds of conscience.

The man was tried for more than a month in a closed-door trial on six articles of the Criminal Code, including "organisation of mass disorder" in 2020, "inciting social hatred" in interviews and texts on social media, and "threatening violence" to the head of the Temporary Detention Facility (IVS) on Okrestina via a tweet. It is reported that Yushkevich was "an active participant in the Telegram chat "HATA", whose activities are aimed at organising extremist crimes".

A prominent Belarusian political analyst. He was a member of Lukashenko's pre-election team, worked in his administration after the latter's victory (but not for long) before resigning and becoming one of the most vocal critics of the first president of Belarus. He was detained in Moscow. He was charged with conspiracy to seize state power. Alexander Feduta partially admitted guilt.

Vladimir Zhikhar has been in custody since September 13, 2020. He is charged under three articles: roadblocking, violence against police, and even robbery.

He is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case that was brought after the protests in the city in August 2020. Filip was at large on his recognizance not to leave, but on March 11th, 2021 he was summoned to the investigator and detained there.

A defendant in the case of mass riots, initiated over the events in Pinsk on the night after the elections on August 9th, 2020. It is known that on March 24th, 2021, Aliaksandr was detained in Pinsk and placed in custody.

A defendant in the mass riot case, initiated over the events in Pinsk on the night after the elections on August 9th, 2020. It is known that Andrey was detained on March 24th, 2021 in Pinsk and placed in custody.

According to investigators, a 31-year-old resident of Žodzina made a homemade incendiary device consisting of a mixture of gasoline and kerosene and firecrackers in the evening of October 7th, 2020. After that, on the night of October 8th, he came to the building of Žodzina prosecutor's office, where on the porch he set fire to the manufactured device in order to demonstrate his disregard for the activities of law enforcement agencies.

an activist of Country for Life and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's team, was repeatedly detained for political administrative offenses. Alexander, as well as another activist, Oleg Borozna, were detained in April 2021 in his garage. It is known that they had been under surveillance since the fall of 2020. He was convicted under a drug article.