Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik

Presumably detained for assisting political prisoners.

Elena was traveling with her son to visit her parents when she was arrested for assisting political prisoners.

In recent years, she and her family lived in Warsaw. There, in February 2021, Elena became a co-founder and lead business analyst at the startup GlobalTips, which helps government agencies transition to digital. Their service allows users to leave cashless tips to waiters using a QR code.

Maret was detained in late October 2024 in Smorgon. At that time, about 12 people were subjected to the "cleansing" in Smorgon, most of them were released after "24 hours".

Has the 2nd non-working disability group.

Former employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

She was detained along with her husband Andrei Selyaninov on October 31, 2024 and placed into custody for " active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."

28 years old, first graduated from college as a software technician, then studied at BarSU (Baranovichi State University). In some social networks, Brest is listed as the current city, in others, Kobrin. On Yandex.Services, he offers website development and computer repair services in Brest and Kobrin. He streamed PC games on the Youtube channel "Dog Chain".

It is currently unknown what protests Vladislav was tried for. However, judging by the article and the fact that the trial is taking place in Kobrin, it is almost certainly a trial for the Kobrin protests that took place after the elections on August 9, 2020.

Violeta graduated from school in Minsk and entered the Warsaw Academy of Arts. The girl is interested in photography and loves traveling.

Three years ago she got married and changed her last name. The couple became famous because the guy, former football player Fedor Verbitsky, proposed to the girl right at the stadium after the end of the game.

The criminal case was prompted by a video the family made in the summer of 2020 calling for an end to violence. Father Gennady testified in court that one day in the summer of 2020, emotionally affected by the data he saw online about the violence used by the officers against protesters, he decided to record a video addressing the officers calling for a justified use of force. He came up with the text of the speech and then asked his daughter to read it. He also asked his wife to speak out about the elections. On the same day, he expressed his wishes for the future of the country on video, and at the end of his speech, he also showed a heart symbol. After that, he found videos on the Internet and edited the video. On the same day, he sent it to several of his friends and relatives.

Daniil Polyansky is a Brest journalist. In early September, Polyansky went to Russia to visit relatives. On the way, there was an incident with Russian security forces. His car was stopped by FSB officers and he was accused of an administrative violation for disobedience - allegedly he refused to show documents.

"Danil said that at that time his passport was in the hands of a Russian security officer," says one of Polyansky's acquaintances. "Later, when he returned to Brest, he was detained by KGB officers."

Initially it was assumed that he was detained for some administrative violation. But it became known that a criminal case had been opened.

Danil Polyansky is 53 years old. As a videographer, he once collaborated with state and commercial TV channels, as well as with independent regional sites. In recent years, he was known in Brest as a volunteer for the search and rescue squad "Angel".

A retired military man, a reserve lieutenant colonel who served in the strategic missile forces, a former teacher at the Military School, and a member of the People's Hramada party.

During the 2020 presidential election campaign, Yakushkov was tried twice for "participating in unauthorized events" - for participating in pickets to collect signatures for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya; both times the court sentenced the man to "days in prison."

Evgeniy is a former IT manager from Mogilev. After the 2006 elections and several years of political activism, he was expelled from the history department of Mogilev University. He graduated from the history department in Poznan and worked as a manager at an IT company, supplying dairy products. In 2013, Evgeniy returned to Belarus, immediately got married, and then went to work. While he had previously focused primarily on public and academic activities (in the student ethnographic society and the oral history archive), he has now gone into business.

And since the beginning of 2017, he has taken on a new occupation: at the request of clients, he has recorded interviews with their village grandparents and edited documentaries.

He is accused of aiding extremist activity.

Evgeniya has a wife and two small children waiting for her at home.

Sergey Skibinsky is 41 years old. He is a designer. Previously, he was the director of the design agency poligraf.bу, which existed until 2020. Sergey also has an individual entrepreneurship in the field of design, makes his own illustrations and projects.

Sergei will be tried for "assisting extremism" and participating in protests.