Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Detained for participating in protests. In August 2020, Vera's photo was on the front page of the Belarusian Komsomolskaya Pravda. Citizen of the Russian Federation.

On October 26, 2022, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

After her release, she was immediately taken to the Russian border, as she was banned from entering Belarus for a period of 5 years. Before the deportation, Vera was not even allowed to pack her things.

According to the prosecution's version, Vitaliy Zhilinsky repeatedly in August-September 2020, as part of a group of people, moved along the carriageways of Nezavisimost Avenue, Pobediteley, Pushkin, Maxim Bogdanovich and Yakub Kolos Streets in Minsk, publicly shouting slogans. As a result of illegal actions, transport links in the capital were blocked, which led to a malfunction of public transport.

In addition, the political prisoner was charged with posting on January 6 and 9, 2022, in one of the Telegram chats, publications available to an unlimited number of persons aimed at inciting social hostility and discord against military personnel who carried out peacekeeping activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Detained for participating in protest actions.

According to the materials of the prosecution, Maxim Ankuda , using social networks and a mobile phone, publicly insulted several state officials: the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Prosecutor General, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and other officials in connection with the performance of their official duties.

Released upon expiration of sentence in May 2023

4th year student of the Faculty of History of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank.

He was detained on November 10 right in the dean's office.

It is known that he was identified by a photo from the protest.

In August 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Detained for participating in protests. He studies English, worked as a tester before his arrest, worked hard for it (before that he was a storekeeper) - he worked for 3 months in a new place and was detained.

According to the prosecution materials , Yuri Usnich took an active part in protests in August 2020 in Minsk.

Loves children. An optimist who endures difficulties.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Yuri was first found guilty in July 2021 of a criminal offense under the article "insulting a government official." According to the charges, on January 12, 2021, he left an offensive comment under a photograph of police officer Anton Yanushkevich on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus." Furthermore, on March 5, 2021, Yuri left another offensive comment under a photograph of OMON commander Dmitry Balaba on the Telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain."

In November 2021, Yuri was convicted again of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility. He began serving his sentence in March 2022.

In December 2022, Yuri was placed in pretrial detention on a new criminal case opened under three articles, including "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." On December 23 of that year, he was found guilty for the third time and finally sentenced to five years of restricted freedom.

He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, on March 19 (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).

Andrei, the head of the Kromverk board game club and one of the organizers of the Unicon board game festival, was arrested in September 2021 as the administrator of a Telegram channel and convicted of an administrative offense. He was not released after this, but was transferred to a pretrial detention center on criminal charges of "insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official."

In December 2021, Andrei was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. After the verdict was announced, he was released from custody in the courtroom, but later that evening he was arrested again on a new charge of "insulting a government official" for online comments about Karpenkov, Kachanova, and others.

In March 2022, Andrei was again found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Chairman of the primary trade union organization of the free union of metalworkers of the MAZ plant.

He was taken into custody on charges of preparing participants in mass riots and calling for restrictive measures (sanctions). The trial was held behind closed doors.

He is expected to be released on May 5, 2025.

Sergei was arrested in September 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."

In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a gang fight during a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020, and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served his sentence.