Artem Viktorovich Veselov

Alexander was convicted for a comment left on Telegram addressed to Lukashenko.

According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence.

A resident of Minsk. Father of 6 children: 4 boys and 2 girls, aged from 1 to 16 years.

Detained on December 7, 2021 for participating in protests on August 10, 2020 near a supermarket in «Riga», was identified on video. Convicted on June 16, 2022.

Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 of insulting a government official for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a post about Andrei Komar, a senior police officer at the Bobruisk Main Directorate of Internal Affairs. He was taken into custody in the courtroom immediately after the verdict was announced.

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

He was detained on September 18, 2021. He was initially sentenced to 10 days of arrest on an administrative charge, but was then not released and transferred to a pretrial detention center on a criminal charge.

Sergei has been charged with organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.

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

Alexey, a native of Kazakhstan and an employee of Grodno Azot, was arrested in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "insulting a government official," "insulting Lukashenko," and "inciting hostility or discord," and was remanded in custody.

In June 2022, he was convicted of online comments and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony, as well as to pay moral damages and a fine.

He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Alexey was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Timofey was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." In November of that year, he was accused of throwing a wooden door from a shared balcony of a high-rise building onto police officers in August 2020.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Andrei, a deputy production director, was arrested in May 2021 on charges of participating in a post-election protest that took place on November 1, 2020, in Minsk.

In October 2021, he was convicted of participating in the organization of protests for posting a video of security forces' special equipment moving along Independence Avenue, along with a message listing its name, to the Telegram channels "Nexta" and "Nexta Live." He was also found guilty of "illegal drug trafficking without intent to sell," as approximately two grams of marijuana were found during a search of his person, which he voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement officers.

He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Vladimir was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on a Telegram channel about a police officer.

In the spring of 2021, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of increasing the prison sentence, which resulted in Vladimir being transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a penal colony that summer.

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

Igor was detained while attempting to leave Belarus as part of a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of state symbols." He was accused of placing a white-red-white flag on a flagpole at the Mound of Glory in July 2021, above the red-and-green one.

He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Yevgeny, a former fan of FC Gomel, was arrested in July 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." Following a search of his apartment, he was additionally charged with "illegal trafficking of potent or toxic substances."

In December of that year, he was found guilty of creating a chat room in which, it was alleged, he "called for participation in mass riots, resistance to law enforcement, the use of violence, and the destruction or damage of property in a manner dangerous to the public." After the first court hearing, the Telegram channel was declared an extremist group, and Yevgeny was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

In April 2022, Evgeny was re-tried in a closed trial under the article "creation of an extremist group or participation in one" and again sentenced to imprisonment.

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

Alexander, a former officer who condemned security forces' violence after the 2020 elections, was arrested in Stolin on September 29, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

In September 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Alexander was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In June 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment.

According to human rights activists, he was released in November 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Timur was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In November 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.

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

Maxim was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In October 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.

He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.