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Anatoly was found guilty in May 2021 of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk. According to the indictment, he joined a group of citizens shouting provocative slogans. Anatoly was also accused of taking sand from a flowerbed and throwing it at Interior Ministry officers.
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Valentina was found guilty in January 2022 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a post concerning the senior district police inspector of the Pervomaisky District Department of Internal Affairs in Bobruisk, Mogilev Region, Police Captain Andrei Komar.
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Nikolai, a former village council member, was detained on January 14, 2021. His home had been searched earlier, on January 6. Investigators were looking for "extremism and symbols," but found nothing. The search warrant stated that Nikolai had made "unflattering" remarks about the All-Belarusian People's Assembly.
The basis for his arrest was his letter to the regional newspaper "Mayak" regarding a discussion of constitutional amendments. His actions were initially classified as inciting social discord, and the regional newspaper published a critical article. The charges were later reclassified.
In June 2022, Nikolai was found guilty of "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released on June 28, 2022, having fully served his sentence.
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Alla was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a young man to the ground with his knee.
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Gayane, the mother of anarchist activist Roman Khalilov, was detained on November 26, 2021, after security forces broke down the door of her apartment and conducted a search. She was initially taken to the Polotsk District Police Department, where she was charged with "disobeying police officers" and sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest.
It was later revealed that Gayane had become a suspect in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." She was transported to the temporary detention center on Okrestina Street in Minsk and then placed in a pretrial detention center.
In April 2022, Gayane was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
She left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony.
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Alexey, a pensioner and former Boeing instructor pilot, was found guilty of three criminal charges: "insulting a government official," "insulting a judge," and "slander," and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility, as well as to pay substantial moral damages to the "victims."
According to the indictment, from October 2020 to March 2021, he posted comments on various Telegram channels aimed at publicly insulting and humiliating government officials. He used obscene language in his comments to negatively evaluate employees. He fully admitted his guilt.
Alexey quit his job because his health deteriorated after the first interrogation and he failed the medical examination.
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Yanina was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in the post-election protest, the Unity March, which took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno.
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Georgy was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on Facebook under Vladimir Lazarev's post featuring a photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Rudko, an officer with the Bobruisk Main Directorate of Internal Affairs.
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Retired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Graduated from Masherov Voronezh State University.
He was charged under Articles 342, 368, and 369 of the Criminal Code. He remains in custody during the trial.
Yakov is interested in journalism, physics, religion, philosophy, and cars.
According to human rights activists, he was released on June 12, 2023.
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Sergei, a pensioner suffering from cancer, was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on social media under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs.
Despite Sergei claiming he wasn't politically active and spent most of his time at his dacha, and that he'd left the comment accidentally because the button under the post had jammed, he was sentenced to restricted freedom and ordered to pay moral damages and cover government costs.
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Emma 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 September 2022, Emma's pretrial detention was changed and she was transferred from the pretrial detention facility to house arrest.
In November 2022, she was found guilty of "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" and taken into custody in the courtroom.
She was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence.
In October 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Emma for "insulting a government official." This was revealed in a news report published in the local district newspaper.
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Lyudmila, a pensioner with cancer, endured a house search, nearly a dozen interrogations, an investigation into one criminal case, and charges in another in the six months leading up to her trial. In September 2021, she was found guilty of insulting a police officer from Vileika, Zharikov. The charge stemmed from a comment under a social media post that contained the single word "creature."
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Sergei was arrested and convicted of insulting officials. According to investigators, on April 2, 2021, he sent emails to the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office and the district executive committee containing offensive statements directed at the deputy prosecutor and the first deputy chairman of the district executive committee. An expert examination found the wording of the emails to be abusive and aimed at creating a negative image of government officials.
In addition, he was charged with violating weapons storage regulations and illegal possession of an explosive substance – black powder suitable for detonation.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Viktor was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
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Vladimir, a pensioner and former driver for the Zhlobin District Police Department, was arrested on May 26, 2021, for participating in a protest and remanded in custody three days later. He was accused of allegedly organizing and participating in mass riots in Zhlobin on the night of August 9-10, 2020. He was involved in a group of vehicles, blocking traffic, and resisting police officers. According to the prosecution, he also used violence against police officers while intoxicated, although Vladimir claimed he was sober.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.