Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Nikita was arrested for spraying gas in the face of a riot police officer while he was trying to protect a person at a protest. He was beaten, had his hair cut with a knife, and had gas sprayed in his face. In December 2020, he was sentenced to four years of restricted freedom, but the prosecutor later succeeded in increasing the sentence to two and a half years in prison. Nikita did not appear in court, relaying through a friend that arbitrary detentions were planned in the courtroom, threatening him and others.

Was in forced exile.

At the end of March 2025, it became known that Nikita, who had been hiding from the verdict for four years at that time, was detained in Grodno. As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the man was stopped, he did not have documents with him, so he was asked to go to the station. Nikita resisted the police officers and, allegedly, broke the arm of one of them. It is reported that the man was wanted for allegedly "spraying a gas canister in the face of law enforcement officers" in August 2020. A criminal case was opened against him for this. He left the country, but then illegally returned to Belarus.

Since May 13, 2025, there has been no information about the political prisoner. Correspondence and parcels to him are prohibited. There is also no information about Nikita's case and the court date. In addition, it is reported that the investigator in the political prisoner's case is prohibited from informing Nikita's relatives and friends about the status and progress of the case.

Pavel, the son of an Orthodox priest and an employee of the Leninsky District Enforcement Department of Brest, was detained on December 1, 2020, along with his parents, as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case." The authorities called Nikolai Avtukhovich "the organizer and leader of a terrorist group." Pavel was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "an act of terrorism," "an attempt to seize power," and "illegal actions in relation to firearms."

In October 2023, he was transferred to prison regime.

One of the leaders of the Honest People initiative, Ilya, actively participated in Viktor Babariko's election campaign, heading the signature verification department. He was detained on August 4, 2020, on charges of economic crimes, but was later convicted of "posting media aimed at discrediting the government and dividing society by political views."

Sergey, a system administrator in the field of local networks and video surveillance, was arrested on October 2, 2020, in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a “radical direction”, as well as of intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka kiosks.

On August 12, 2020, Alexander was detained when his car was stopped by armed men. He refused to get out, and after being threatened with gunfire, he tried to drive away. During his detention, he was beaten and taken to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury, then transferred to a pretrial detention center. According to investigators, he ran over a police officer's foot. The court found him guilty of attempted murder.

Artyom, a former Beltelecom employee, was arrested in October 2020 as part of a criminal case opened under eight articles, including "illegal actions against private information and personal data" and "interference with the activities of a law enforcement officer." Artyom was also reportedly severely beaten during his arrest.

In February 2022, he was convicted of "transferring personal and other personal data of more than 150 individuals to Telegram channels deemed extremist" and sentenced to a long prison term, as well as to pay a large amount of compensation to the "victims."

Pavel was detained in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest that took place on September 23, 2020, in Minsk. He was convicted on three criminal charges, including "resisting a police officer." According to the charges, he called for participation in mass riots, which were allegedly pre-planned under the guise of mass events, blocked communications, and resisted by disobeying orders to open the door, refusing to exit the car, and holding onto the seat with his hands.

In July 2022, Pavel was convicted again of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility"—an offense under which prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration are tried for fictitious violations.

Pavel was supposed to be released in August 2026, but was sentenced to another year of imprisonment under Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration).

A member of the expanded Coordination Council was detained on September 29, 2020, in connection with a case of mass riots, beaten by riot police officers and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation".

Artem is a former border guard, a member of the initiative group to nominate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for president, and one of the videographers of the YouTube channel "Country for Life". He took part in a picket to collect signatures in Grodno on May 29, 2020. He was later detained and convicted of "organizing mass riots".

In November 2022, he was transferred to prison regime.

According to human rights activists, the defendants in the "case" are required to pay compensation in the amount of 29 million rubles.

An individual entrepreneur was detained and convicted under three criminal articles for participating in an event that occurred during the dispersal of people on October 11, 2020, near the Pushkinskaya metro station.

In April 2022, Ivan was convicted again for participating in a protest, but this did not affect his final sentence. However, in November of the same year, he was given another year of imprisonment, convicted of "disobeying the demands of the administration of the correctional facility."

In September 2023, he was sentenced to an additional 3 years in prison for "violence against an official."

In March 2024, he was transferred to prison for 3 years.