Pursuit is over

Konstantin was convicted in June 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.

In April 2022, a court hearing was held to discuss the change of regime, resulting in the prison sentence being replaced with a prison term in a penal colony.

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

Vera was convicted in September 2021 for a comment she left in October 2020 about police officer Vitaly Shnyavin. The comment was published on Instagram (in the "Typical Vitebsk" public group) under a post featuring photographs of Shnyavin, one of which was taken on September 13, 2020, during a mass protest in Vitebsk, during which a police officer used tear gas.

According to human rights activists, Vera was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence.

Alexander was arrested in May 2021 and convicted in September of that year of "violence or threat of violence against law enforcement officers." According to investigators, on October 12, 2020, on Dzerzhinsky Avenue in Minsk, he and others, while intoxicated, resisted police officers, threatened them with violence, and threw a beer glass toward a police bus. He pleaded not guilty to the crime.

In October 2022, a court hearing was held on the charge of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility," as a result of which Alexander was sentenced to another year of imprisonment.

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

Alexander was convicted in September 2021 for a comment he left in a Telegram channel under a photograph of a public safety police officer from the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Brest.

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

Andrei was convicted in August 2021 for a comment he left on the "Borovki Svobodnye" Telegram channel under a photograph of former Interior Minister Yuri Karaev.

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

Ilya was arrested in May 2021 and found guilty in September of that year of "inciting hatred or discord" for posting a message in the "Elektorat" Telegram chat describing methods for combating law enforcement officials in connection with the 2020 protests following the presidential elections.

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

Sergei was arrested and convicted of insulting officials. According to investigators, on April 2, 2021, he sent emails to the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office and the district executive committee containing offensive statements directed at the deputy prosecutor and the first deputy chairman of the district executive committee. An expert examination found the wording of the emails to be abusive and aimed at creating a negative image of government officials.

In addition, he was charged with violating weapons storage regulations and illegal possession of an explosive substance – black powder suitable for detonation.

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

Dmitry, a deaf-mute, was convicted in September 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko," "insulting government officials," and "threatening violence against a judge." According to the prosecution, he used a computer to post a photo of Lukashenko with a negative assessment of him on a Telegram channel, published insulting messages about a government official in October 2020, and called for violence against a deputy court chairperson in February 2021.

In the courtroom, Dmitry was taken into custody and his hearing aid was confiscated.

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

Vadim was arrested on August 7, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "inciting hatred or discord." In March 2022, he was convicted for messages left in the Telegram chat "Pinsk 97%," in which, according to the charges, he "called for violence against police officers, prosecutors, and judges."

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

Larisa was first arrested on September 27, 2020, and convicted of an administrative offense. After the trial, she suffered a seizure and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Larisa suffers from depressive anxiety disorder and claustrophobia.

On August 6, 2021, security forces came to her workplace, conducted a search, and after interrogation, placed her in a temporary detention facility for three days. After this period, she was charged with violence or threat of violence against police officers for participating in a Sunday march on September 27, 2020, in Gomel, during which security forces used tear gas and stun grenades. According to the prosecution, Larisa "used brute force to grab a security officer by the arm, move him, and thereby obstruct his work."

In December 2021, Larisa was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

She was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.

Daria, a first-year student in the Faculty of Geography at BSU, was convicted for allegedly making an offensive comment in a chat room about a representative of the Lida Investigative Committee and for participating in post-election protests that took place in Lida in 2020.

In February 2023, another court hearing was held under the supervisory procedure under the same articles.

Daria was released in February 2024, having fully served her sentence.

Andrei was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "participation in mass riots" and convicted in November of that year for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.

He was released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.

Dmitry, an entrepreneur and former police officer, was arrested in July 2021 and sentenced to 12 days of administrative arrest. He was not released after serving his sentence and was transferred to a pretrial detention center on August 4 of that year as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions."

On November 16, 2021, Dmitry was found guilty of "calling for protests and leaking security forces' data" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Valery was found guilty in August 2021 of desecrating state symbols for tearing a national flag and its bracket off the wall of a housing maintenance facility. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment in an open-type facility.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Mikhail, a livestock guard from the Miory district, was convicted in August 2021 of insulting Lukashenko for a video he posted on the social media site Odnoklassniki. According to the prosecution, in the video, he used a negative word and obscene language toward Lukashenko, damaging his honor and dignity, aimed at undermining his authority, and creating a negative image.

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