Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Vladimir was arrested in July 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest on September 13, 2020, in Brest, where people were singing and dancing in circles and were attacked with a water cannon. He was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

While in prison, Vladimir faced another trial—this time for a comment he left about Gorki traffic police officer Yuri Demyanovich on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. The political prisoner was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral order, and through partial addition, his prison term was increased by six months.

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

Viktor was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Denis was convicted on June 23, 2021, for commenting on riot police actions against civilians.

In the spring of 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Oleg is a journalist for Radio Svaboda, previously worked for the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency. In the summer of 2020, he actively covered the protests in Belarus and conducted live streams. In August, he lost his Foreign Ministry accreditation along with other journalists from foreign media outlets.

On July 16, 2021, he was detained during a large-scale search of independent journalists' homes. He was released ten days later, remaining a suspect. On December 23 of that year, security forces again raided his home and took him into custody on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them."

In March 2022, the court found Oleg guilty, declaring that he participated in unauthorized protests during which Minsktrans calculated damages of 56,000 rubles.

In September 2022, the journalist was released as part of a pardon.

Vyacheslav, an English teacher at Svisloch Secondary School No. 2, was accused of slandering Lukashenko. On August 20, 2020, the leadership of the Svisloch Executive Committee organized a meeting with residents, which Vyacheslav attended. It was the executive committee leadership that accused him of slandering Lukashenko at this meeting.

On June 30, 2021, the court sentenced Vyacheslav to imprisonment, and he was taken into custody in the courtroom.

In December 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Andrey is the head of the advertising and marketing department of Nasha Niva, the author of the Nasha Gistoriya magazine. From 2006 to 2017, he was the editor-in-chief of the publication. On July 8, 2021, he was detained in a case of "group actions grossly violating public order." He was later charged under the article on "causing property damage without signs of theft" - for paying for utilities at rates for individuals instead of legal entities. The investigation calculated the damage at more than 10 thousand rubles.

In March 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment, despite the fact that the damages were fully compensated.

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

Andrei was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against fraud in the presidential election that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was taken into custody in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Andrei was convicted under the articles “Hooliganism” and “Desecration of historical and cultural values.”

On August 14, 2020, he drew a circle with a horizontal line on the statue of a woman in the Minsk Hero City obelisk complex, thereby, according to investigators, desecrating cultural values and the memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War.

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

Vladimir, a father of many children, was convicted in June 2021 and sentenced to imprisonment. According to the charges, in August 2020, he posted offensive messages in a Telegram chat to an internal affairs officer with threats of violence.

He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Sergei was arrested in July 2020 in a criminal case opened for insulting Lukashenko. Before the verdict, he was under a written undertaking not to leave. Since January 2021, four closed court hearings have been held - without the participation of lawyers and witnesses. Of the 96 charges, 13 were proven. In March 2021, Sergei was sentenced to imprisonment.

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

In August 2020, during a protest, Andrei tried to take a woman away from the riot police, for which he was brutally beaten by seven security officers. An ambulance was called for him at the police station - he was taken to the hospital with a head injury, hematomas and wounds, where he received stitches. A complaint was filed with the Investigative Committee regarding the beating, but the case was never opened. However, at the end of 2020, a criminal case was opened against Andrei, and in April 2021, he was detained as part of a case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against the falsification of the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots".

According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2025, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Nikolai 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.

In early April 2022, it became known that Nikolai's type of punishment had been toughened, and in June of that year he was transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a penal colony.

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

Petr, an entrepreneur and TV repairman, was first arrested in April 2021 in a criminal case brought under the article on slander. The reason was a repost he made on August 23, 2020 on his page on the social network VKontakte - the publication contained an image and a comment from another author regarding an employee of the Baranovichi District Department of Internal Affairs. Petr was subsequently convicted and sentenced to restriction of freedom in an open-type correctional facility, as well as to pay a fine.

In January 2023, he was released on the basis of the amnesty law of December 7, 2021. Later that year, he was again brought to administrative responsibility under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - for "dissemination, production, storage or transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity."

At the end of April 2024, it became known that Pyotr had been arrested again - on suspicion of participating in mass protests that took place in August 2020. A few months later, he was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to imprisonment by a court decision.

Alexander is an activist and former coordinator of the organizing committee for the creation of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party. In 2019, he was detained on the eve of the parliamentary elections and convicted of renting an apartment for a Russian citizen at the request of his girlfriend, who later illegally crossed the border into Poland. Alexander believes the case was fabricated, as he did not know about his intentions. He spent just over a year in prison and was released under an amnesty in late August 2020.

However, already in March 2021, Alexander was detained again and convicted for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" as part of a criminal case opened after a protest on September 13, 2020 in Brest. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.

He was released in March 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Andrei, the son of a priest from Grodno, was detained on May 4, 2021. He was accused of insulting district police officer Maxim Chertkov in a comment on the Telegram channel "Grodno 97%" and threatening to use violence against a police officer. Experts noted that Andrei's statements contained negative assessments, but there were no signs of threats. Despite this, the case was first reclassified as a "terrorist article", and then as "incitement of hatred". Even after a second examination, which confirmed the absence of threats, Andrei was still convicted.

He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.