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In custody: 258 days
folder Categories of cases: The case of the «hay bales»
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 29.03.1977
Was in: Turma №8Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
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The reason for the arrest was the painting of more than 80 bales of haylage in the field. After her arrest, she was taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and the house was searched. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed him in Zhodino prison No. 8. Olga faces up to six years in prison.

She was released in May 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

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In custody: ~251 day
folder Categories of cases: The case of the «hay bales»
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 05.07.1970
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: Turma №8Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
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The reason for the detention was painting more than 80 bales of haylage on the field. After the arrest, she was taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and her house was searched. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed in Zhodzina Prison No. 8. Elena faces up to six years in prison.

On May 10, 2022, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome 31.01.2022
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In custody: 261 day
folder Categories of cases: The case of the «hay bales»
Hometown: Hantsavichy
Date of birth: 11.06.1984
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: Turma №8Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
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The reason for the detention was painting more than 80 bales of haylage on the field. After the arrest, he was taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and a search was conducted at home. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed in Zhodzina Prison No. 8. Alexander faces up to six years in prison.

Released after expiration of sentence.

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In custody: 385 days
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth: 03.12.1989
Was in: IUOT-24IUOT-24, 230025, Grodno, ul. Lidskaya, 29б
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According to the prosecution, he insulted Major of the Bobruisk District Department of Internal Affairs Suchugov I.V.

On March 21, 2021, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

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1 year of restriction of liberty in an open facility

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Luponosov
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In custody: 752 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 02.01.1982
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IUOT-39IUOT-39, Krupki-2, 222002
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Mikhail is the director of a construction company and the brother of Stanislav Luponosov, a former GUBOPiK officer who collaborated with the BYPOL initiative during his service before leaving for Ukraine in December 2020. In August 2021, Mikhail was arrested and remanded in custody in connection with a criminal case opened under articles on the use of an invalid document and the deliberate inclusion of false information in official documents for mercenary or other personal gain. In pretrial detention, he was forced to condemn his brother's actions on camera and convey calls from former colleagues to "rethink his actions."

In June 2022, Mikhail was found guilty of "causing property damage without evidence of theft," with other charges dropped, and was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 08.06.2022
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Mikhail Anatolyevich Khavansky
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In custody: 327 days
folder Categories of cases: Nesvizh protests 2020
Hometown: Nyasvizh
Date of birth: 03.02.1986
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Mikhail was found guilty of hitting a police officer in the back while he was detaining protesters during a protest in Nesvizh on August 11, 2020.

He was released in May 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 07.07.2021
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: 721 day
Hometown: Asipovichy
Date of birth: 29.06.1979
Was in: IUOT-9IUOT-9, 210034, Vitebsk, ul. 3-ya Chepinskaya, 39
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Alexey was first convicted in 2021 for "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.

In March 2022, while already serving his sentence, he was convicted again for comments he left on a Telegram channel addressed to the head of the law enforcement and crime prevention department of the public safety police department of the Bobruisk City Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate.

He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 29.03.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Final verdict by partial addition:
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Bogdan Vladimirovich Shimanovich
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In custody: 364 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 30.06.1973
Was in: IUOT-7IUOT-7, Gomel, ul. Borisenko, 13, 246020
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Bohdan, a former anesthesiologist and resuscitation specialist and craftsman, was convicted of celebrating Maslenitsa (Maslenitsa) at a friend's dacha, where he erected and burned an effigy that, according to the prosecution, resembled Lukashenko. The court deemed this a public insult and a disgrace to Lukashenko's honor and dignity.

He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome date unknown
1 year restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander Aleksandrovich Galkovsky
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In custody: 546 days
Hometown: Sudzily
Date of birth: 24.12.1990
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IUOT-9IUOT-9, 210034, Vitebsk, ul. 3-ya Chepinskaya, 39
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Alexander was convicted of celebrating Maslenitsa at his dacha, where he erected and burned an effigy that, according to the prosecution, resembled Lukashenko. The court deemed this a public insult and a disgrace to Lukashenko's honor and dignity.

He was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Evgeny Aleksandrovich Khoroshkevich
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In custody: 1307 days
Hometown: Farinovo
Date of birth: 08.08.1994
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: Turma №1Turma №1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
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According to Alexander's family, the problems began after he went to observe the polling station at his registered address in the village of Farinovo. He filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office regarding a serious violation of the electoral code, citing an unsealed ballot box. Afterward, on August 12, 2020, police officers arrived at Evgeny's workplace and detained him, but they soon released him.

Evgeny was arrested again in January 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "inciting social discord," "insulting a government official," and "preparing and organizing group actions that grossly violate public order."

Evgeny was convicted in September 2021 and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony, as well as to pay substantial compensation to the "victims." At the sentencing, Evgeny's parents brought printed color photographs of his three-month-old daughter, Milana, who was born while Evgeny was in custody.

He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 16.09.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 2500 rubles of compensation.
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 31.08.2022
2 years of prison regime.
Viktor Alexandrovich Fenchuk
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In custody: 759 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.01.1975
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Viktor, an ornithologist and former head of the "Akhovy ptushak Batskaushchyny" (Birdwatch of Belarus) organization (2006–2014), was arrested at home on August 31, 2021, and initially sentenced to 12 days of administrative arrest for disobeying police. Following his arrest, he was charged with criminal group actions grossly violating public order. According to the case file, he "blocked traffic and shouted slogans, as well as committed five other similar incidents."

In May 2022, Viktor was convicted of participating in the 2020 post-election protests in Minsk and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 12.05.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 05.08.2022
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~636 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 17.06.1984
Was in: IUOT-6IUOT-6, 225886, Brestskaya obl. Kobrinsky rayon, d. Luschiki, ul. Lesnaya, 14
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Oleg was found guilty in July 2021 for participating in a post-election protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Minsk.

He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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In custody: ~1783 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 15.12.1972
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Alexey was arrested after accidentally hitting a traffic police car. This occurred after his wife, who was sitting next to him, screamed—she saw someone being hit by a vehicle near the road. Taken by surprise, the Nissan driver struck the parked traffic police car. After his arrest, he claims he was beaten at the Moscow District Police Department and taken to the Okrestina detention center with a traumatic brain injury. From late December 2020 to May 2021, Alexey was under house arrest, after which he was remanded in custody pending trial.

In September 2021, Alexei was found guilty of "intentional destruction or damage to another's property, committed in a generally dangerous manner or resulting in large-scale damage" and "violence or threat of violence against an internal affairs officer" and sentenced to imprisonment.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2025, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 07.09.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 3813 rubles of compensation.
Appeal date unknown
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In custody: 333 days
folder Categories of cases: Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 27.02.1996
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Oleg was arrested on May 31, 2021, in connection with a criminal case involving group actions grossly violating public order. In October of that year, he was convicted of participating in a protest against the results of the presidential election that took place on August 10, 2020, in Grodno.

He was released in April 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 18.10.2021
1 year 2 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Dmitry Alexandrovich Levkovich
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In custody: 615 days
Hometown: Kopatkevichi
Date of birth: 12.06.1977
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Dmitry was convicted in September 2021 of "insulting a government official" for his reaction to police officers beating him. The incident occurred in November 2020, when police officers came to search his brother's home, and he filmed the incident.

The police officers who beat Dmitry felt insulted and filed a lawsuit claiming insult and demanding compensation for emotional distress. The court sentenced him to restricted freedom without committal to an open facility.

In March 2022, another court hearing was held under the same article, under which Dmitry was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine to the state.

In 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

After his release, pressure continued to be exerted on Dmitry: they threatened to open another criminal case, and also threatened his family.

Trial outcome 07.09.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Trial outcome 15.03.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 50 basic values fine.
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