Vladimir was convicted for performances with mannequins in the form of police officers with the inscription "OMON". Before his arrest in the courtroom, he had been under house arrest since January 2021.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Alina was convicted for performances with mannequins in the form of police officers with the inscription "OMON". Before her arrest in the courtroom, she had been under house arrest since January 2021.
She was released in February 2022, having fully served her sentence.
Svyatoslav, an anesthesiologist-resuscitator, was arrested in April 2021 for placing a sign at a bus stop that read "Freedom for Belarusians, basement for rats." He was initially sentenced to administrative arrest, but after serving his sentence, he was arrested again in a criminal case. He was accused of setting fire to four Tabakerka kiosks and convicted of hooliganism.
According to human rights activists, he was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 02.08.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 2687 rubles of compensation.
Evgeny was arrested and convicted for, according to the charges, “posting comments on the Internet from October 2019 to July 2020 calling for violence against law enforcement officers and the president, as well as insults against the head of state.”
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2025, having fully served his sentence.
Artem was convicted for a comment left on VKontakte under a video about official Sergei Stashevsky, who was reported to have forced members of the election commission to falsify protocols. Artem was initially given "house arrest", but after a prosecutor's protest, the sentence was changed to "chemistry" with a referral to a correctional facility.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Prosecutor's protest 19.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Vladislav was convicted for, according to the investigation materials, posting in the chat of one of the Telegram channels a message in which he gave a characterization of the judge of the Lida District Court, Maksim Filatov, thereby, according to the prosecution, humiliating his honor and dignity. Earlier, on October 28, 2020, Filatov, referring to Part 3 of Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, sentenced Vladislav to administrative arrest.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 07.04.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry was convicted of the fact that, according to the case materials, at the beginning of February 2021, at night, he painted a drawing on the facade of the transformer substation building - the symbol of the united headquarters, thereby causing property damage to RUE Minskenergo.
During the investigation, Dmitry was fired from his job.
On May 26, 2023, he was released under an amnesty.
Trial outcome 14.05.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 33 rubles of compensation.
Sergei was detained in December 2020 and convicted of writing "OMON are murderers", "3%" and "Kubrakov is a fascist", the damage amounted to 8 rubles 23 kopecks.
He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 02.04.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 8 rubles of compensation.
Vasily was detained and convicted under the article on "hooliganism" for allegedly using violence against aggressive supporters of Lukashenko and activists of the "Anti-Vandal" movement - Alexander Galakhov and Olga Bondareva, when they painted over the image of the white-red-white flag. Vasily did not admit guilt and refused to give the last word.
In April 2022, the court considered the appeal, as well as the prosecutor's appeal against the verdict in this case. The court did not satisfy Vasily's appeal, but partially satisfied the prosecutor's protest, replacing the punishment from imprisonment without referral to imprisonment with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In July of the same year, the court granted Olga Bondareva’s civil claim and ordered Vasily to pay her compensation.
He was released in January 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vladislav, the owner of a barbershop in Petrikov, was detained after being summoned to the police department and a search was conducted, during which his equipment and phones were seized. The reason was Stories published on March 16, 2021 on Instagram, in which he spoke out against riot police officers after the detention and beating of a former MTZ employee. Although the posts were soon deleted, a criminal case was opened against him, and he was later convicted of "inciting social hatred."
According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Evgeny was detained in the courtroom as part of a criminal case brought against members of the "Army with the People" Telegram channel and convicted of "preparing to participate in mass riots."
In September 2025, he was released, having served his full sentence.
He was released in September 2025, having served his full sentence.
Valentina was first convicted in May 2021 for “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. At that time, the participants were singing and dancing in a circle, and a water cannon was used against them.
In April 2024, it became known that Valentina was detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. In August of the same year, she was sentenced to imprisonment, counting the previously imposed punishment in the form of "house arrest" towards her term.
She was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 07.05.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, unknown rubles of compensation.
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