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Sergei was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the articles "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and "insulting a government official." The case stemmed from a comment left on the social media site Odnoklassniki about a police officer.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Dmitry was found guilty on September 3, 2021, of "desecration of state symbols" for tearing down two state flags in June 2021: one from a Euroopt store building and one from a kindergarten in the Zavodskoy District of Minsk. He was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility, and he began serving his sentence in late September.
In January 2022, Dmitry was convicted again of "insulting a government official" for a comment left under a photograph of Interior Ministry spokesperson Olga Chemodanova. The final sentence was determined by combining the lesser sentence with the more severe one.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Ruslan was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." In November of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in September 2020.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Artem was arrested in September 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 November 2021, he was found guilty of standing in a group of vehicles on Lenin Street, stepping onto the roadway on Nezavisimosti Avenue, and several other streets during a protest in Minsk on September 6, 2020.
For some time, Artem was undergoing compulsory treatment due to his mental state.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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A resident of Minsk, works as a car parts sales manager, detained on 21.10.2021. Andrey has two children. Convicted for messages in the chats "Lebyazhy 97" and "Central 97".
He was released in early May 2025, having served his entire sentence.
Fedor was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for being part of a group of people during a post-election protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was found guilty in November 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," for participating in the "Unity March" protest held on September 6, 2020, in Grodno.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Vitaly was found guilty in October 2021 of "defamation of the President of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence.
According to the indictment, Nikolai posted a video on his Instagram account in July 2021 in which he made comments about two police officers from the Berezovsky Department of the Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. The video included their photographs. His actions were classified as a crime under the article "insulting a government official," as his verbal comments contained "indecent, derogatory, and negative assessments of the victims."
In November 2021, the court sentenced Nikolai to arrest and granted the claims for moral damages to each police officer.
He was released at the end of March 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Daniil was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Kirill was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
He was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Ignat was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Pavel was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and was remanded in custody in a pretrial detention facility.
In December 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in 2020 in Soligorsk and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation for the "victims" of the police officers.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Evgeny was found guilty in August 2021 of "desecration of state symbols" for demonstratively tearing up and burning the Belarusian national flag in the presence of an acquaintance. The trial was filmed and posted online. The file was freely accessible, allowing internet users to watch and share the performance. Evgeny was sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral.
After the prosecutor's office appealed the verdict, Evgeny's sentence was changed to one year of restricted freedom with placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence.
A resident of Baranovichi. He hit a riot police officer while driving a car. He began serving his sentence on 04/05/2021.
He was released in March 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.