Pavel was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "training or otherwise preparing individuals to participate in mass riots, or financing such activities" and "creating or participating in an extremist group." He was placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In May 2022, he was convicted of creating a closed Telegram chat room and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony.
He was released in the fall of 2025, having fully served his sentence.
Irina was detained on September 20, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "hooliganism committed by a group of persons."
In May 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to prison for a performance at a city cemetery in Vitebsk: a group of young people installed a portrait of Lukashenko on a grave and opened champagne.
She was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Alexander was found guilty in November 2021 of "desecration of state symbols" for tearing down the state flag hanging from the Yuzhanka store in Baranovichi.
Alexander has a minor son who needs to be taken to Minsk for treatment every month.
According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Evgeny was arrested in August 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 December 2021, he was convicted of participating in post-election protests and blocking roads in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 14.12.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Sergei was found guilty of "illegal appropriation of computer information" for posting information about several local police officers on the "Punisher Belarus" platform, and was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles when a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles when a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 15.11.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Ivan was arrested in October 2021 in connection with 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 January 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Mark was arrested in November 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 taken into custody.
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 10, 2020, in Zhlobin and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 17.01.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Artyom was found guilty in the summer of 2021 of "insulting a government official." According to the indictment, in November 2020, he read in the "Punishermen of Belarus" group that Lieutenant Colonel D. D. Vishnevsky, head of the Juvenile Affairs Department of the Orsha District Police Department, had beaten a girl. He couldn't resist leaving a comment.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 18.06.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 700 rubles of compensation.
Alexander was found guilty of "insulting Lukashenko" for posting his photos on Viber with comments and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Since August 2020, Dmitry has been repeatedly subjected to political persecution by security forces: preventive detentions, searches, and fines.
He was first convicted in December 2020 of "stealing a radio" from a riot police officer during a protest and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
In November 2021, Dmitry was again detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "slander," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko."
In January 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
He was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Boris was arrested in November 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."
In April 2022, he was found guilty of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 23, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei 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 December 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released at the end of February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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