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Anton, a master of sports in gorodki and multiple winner and prize winner of national and international competitions, 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 pending trial.
In April 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Molodechno and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Matvey 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 pending trial.
In March 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In January 2022, he was found guilty of insulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Vladimir, a Russian citizen, worked as a graphic designer at Euroflagby LLC and secretly printed protest symbols. He was found guilty of misappropriation or embezzlement of property and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei worked as a graphic designer at Euroflagby LLC, secretly printing protest symbols. He was found guilty of misappropriation or embezzlement of property and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Yaroslav was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols." According to the prosecution, demonstrating an offensive and disdainful attitude toward the Belarusian national flag, he climbed onto the roof of a building and tore the flag from its pole, damaging the staff. He and Nikita Murin then took photographs with the flag and filmed a video of it being used. The prosecution claims the flag was repeatedly thrown to the ground and into the bushes.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Andrei was convicted for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki regarding the head of the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, V.V. Kuleshov.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
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Rita, a third-year psychology student at the F. Skorina State University, was arrested on December 28, 2021, on charges of "inciting hatred" for distributing leaflets whose content, according to investigators, degraded riot police. A criminal case was later opened against Rita for "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order."
In March 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released in October 2023, having fully served her sentence.
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Convicted for participating in a hitch on August 9, 2020. Registered as an extremist in the pretrial detention center on September 17, 2021.
I have a wife and a child who is 3.5 years old.
According to human rights activists , he was released at the end of August 2024.
| 06.05.2022 | On May 6, 2022, IUOT was registered as an extremist in the IUOT |
Convicted on January 12, 2022 for protests after the presidential elections in 2020.
| 05.07.2022 | Approximately 04/10/2022, a professional accounting was set prone to extremist and other destructive activities |
Convicted on January 12, 2022 for protests in Zhlobin after the presidential elections in 2020.
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A resident of Baranovichi. He was engaged in entrepreneurship, then worked as a truck driver.
In the 2020 elections, he tried to register as a presidential candidate, but the Central Election Commission refused him.
Before the 2020 elections, he began actively running the YouTube channel "Tochka nevozvrata" (currently has 43.3 thousand subscribers). In particular, statements from this channel formed the basis of the criminal case against Chudinovich. In July 2021, the man was placed in custody. On May 1, 2022, he was transferred to a closed prison.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in March 2025.
| 26.01.2024 | Перед тюрьмой у него была проблема с ногами, возможно суставы - он ходил с подлокотным костылем. Жаловался, что состояние ухудшилось после ШИЗО, куда его помешали накануне. Когда его вели на ПКТ у него костыль забрали. Видели как он выходил, держась рукой за стену общежития. Из разговоров с ним он сказал, что его жену убили, а дочь похитили (намекая, видимо, что его жена умерла в больнице из-за низкого уровня медицины, а дочь, оставленную без попечителей, отправили в интернат). |
Egor was arrested on August 30, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under four articles for online comments addressed to Vadim Denisenko (probably the commander of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, a major general) and the chairperson of the Smorgon District Court, Lyudmila Petrova.
In March 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and ordered to pay moral compensation.
Released on April 15, 2022, pending appeal, having fully served his sentence.
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Detained under Articles 130, 368 and 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 10, 2022, Judge Elena Shilk found Ivan guilty and sentenced him to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was soon transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the end of September, Ivan was transferred to Correctional Colony No. 2 in Bobruisk, and soon to Brest Pretrial Detention Center No. 7. In December, the political prisoner was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
On December 29, 2022, the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk considered Ivan's case under Article 391 of the Criminal Code (insulting a judge). It is known that the trial was conducted by Judge Anna Skuratovich and the final sentence of the political prisoner has not changed.
In January 2023, Ivan was transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 to Mogilev Prison No. 4.
At the beginning of 2024 he was transferred to Penal Colony No. 1.
On January 30, 2025, he served his full sentence and was released.
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Anatoly, an engineer and mountain climber, was arrested on November 11, 2021, and has been repeatedly subjected to administrative arrest. Anatoly became famous after he made a statement in a video released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in which he expressed his love for the colors white and red.
He was released in the winter of 2022, having fully served his sentence.