Eugene Sergeevich Drozdov

Activist and volunteer Olga was detained in March 2021. Physical violence was used against her at the time of her detention. She was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 against violence and the results of the presidential elections, as well as under the article on "creation of an extremist group or participation in it."

Olga was an election observer, volunteered near the Minsk detention center in Okrestina Lane, and later in the courts. She was detained several times during street protests and fined significant amounts.

In September 2024, Olga was released, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.

Vitalia was detained upon her return to Belarus as part of a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. She was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.

She was released in December 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Natalia was first detained and sentenced to administrative arrest on August 29, 2020, after the Women's Solidarity March. She was detained along with her brother Alexander on a trolleybus, and a video of their detention was distributed in the media and social networks.

In October 2020, she was arrested again and convicted under the article on “violence against a police officer” for biting OMON officer Andrei Khomich on the thigh during his arrest in August.

She was released in May 2021, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.

Yulia was arrested and convicted for attempting to help a victim during a protest held in Vitebsk on October 4, 2020 against the results of the presidential elections. The victim was lying face down on the ground, but the police did not allow her to approach him, and then used gas. In a sign of despair and resentment that she was unable to provide assistance, the girl hit the back of a riot police minibus.

Released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.

Darya, a journalist for the Belsat TV channel, was reporting live from the courtyard of the Square of Change, where peaceful protesters gathered for a protest rally held in Minsk on November 15, 2020, under the slogan "I'm coming out." These were the last words of Raman Bondarenko, who was killed by security forces, and those gathered came to honor his memory. Darya was detained along with her colleague Ekaterina Bakhvalova during the violent dispersal of the rally and was later convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."

She was released in September 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Sofia was detained in a criminal case related to the events of September 6, 2020, during the "March of Unity" in Minsk, and convicted of painting shields and barriers with special equipment.

She was released in September 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

The former Narodnaya Volya correspondent was detained and convicted for blocking a road in the Serebryanka microdistrict of Minsk on October 13, 2020. In January 2022, Olga was convicted again for a comment addressed to a Brest police officer and sentenced to one and a half years of "house arrest". As a result of the addition of terms, her total sentence increased by six months.

She was released in December 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Natalia, a citizen of Belarus and Switzerland, was detained on September 19, 2020, during the Women's March, a protest in Minsk. During her arrest, she tried to free herself and tore off the balaclava of a riot police officer. As a result, she was charged and convicted of "resisting a police officer."

In September 2021, the court changed Natalia's detention regime to prison.

She was released on February 18, 2022, thanks to diplomatic efforts by the Swiss authorities.

The social activist was detained on January 3, 2021, at her home after security forces broke down the door, conducted a search, and seized some of her belongings. Polina was convicted of "threatening to use violence against an internal affairs officer" and "insulting a government official." She refused to testify either during the investigation or in court.

In April 2022, Polina's sentence was extended on charges of "disobeying the demands of the prison administration," and in October 2023, she was convicted again under the same article. Polina is the first female political prisoner in Belarus to be convicted under this article. The article is used against prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, often for alleged violations.

The political prisoner is systematically subjected to psychological pressure and physical violence; she has been repeatedly placed in solitary confinement, punishment cells and punishment cells.

The BNR Rada awarded Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk the Order of the Pursuit.

In March 2024, a propaganda story about Polina accidentally showed a yellow tag indicating the end date of her imprisonment: May 21. However, she was not released on that day, and she was charged for the third time with “disobeying the prison administration,” for which she was convicted again in October 2024.

She was released on February 1, 2025, having fully served her sentence (4 consecutive terms).

Olga was arrested in November 2020 and convicted in a criminal case brought for blocking railway tracks and hanging scarecrows in Brest.

She was released in July 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Olga was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of making six life-size dolls “with cynical inscriptions and images of senior officials,” which were placed on overpasses near the villages of Vilczyce and Lubuż, and then photographed and distributed online.

She was released on February 4, 2024, having fully served her sentence.

The activist, human rights defender and volunteer of the Gomel branch of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" was detained at the airport on January 21, 2021. She was later convicted of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."

On September 24, 2022, Tatyana was released on pardon, having spent 1 year and 8 months in prison.

Irina was arrested on December 1, 2020, as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case", which the authorities declared "the organizer of a terrorist group". She was accused of participating in a "terrorist organization" involved in arson of police officers' property. Irina was convicted of "illegal actions with firearms" and "concealing a serious crime". In March 2023, the Supreme Court considered an appeal of the case, overturning the charge under Article 405 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and reducing her prison term by one month.

She was released on parole in September 2024.