Pursuit is over

Detained along with other young people in Baranovichi (at the end of December 2023).

And the court's press service reported the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is stated briefly: they were on the roadway in Baranovichi, shouting slogans, demonstrating white-red-white flags, "intentionally obstructing traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations." The exact date of the protests is not even indicated, it is simply called "August 2020."

Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranovichi were sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a penal colony for a term of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was a woman with a child under 3 years old who was sentenced to a penal colony with a deferred sentence).

According to human rights activists , he will be released in June 2025.

A pro-government film (April 2024) reported that six teenagers allegedly united into an "anarchist cell called 'Black Nightingales,'" which was created "under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine" by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misiuk.

ONT staff claim the teenagers united to carry out acts of sabotage, following a tip, in Belarus and then in Russia. Maria is charged under Part 2 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the film, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an "anarchist cell to prepare terrorist attacks." According to the film, Misyuk communicated with her "supervisor" online. According to ONT staff, the "supervisor," "Marichka," sent Misyuk "instructions for making an explosive device, a Molotov cocktail, and literature with anarchist and destructive content."

She was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.

A businessman and co-founder of Industrial Kinetic Lab, a manufacturer of stone processing equipment. He is also the former director of the security department at the Belagro group of companies. Until recently, he was the director of Molpak, a dairy wholesaler. In late January 2024, the businessman was named as one of the organizers of the "extremist group Trielit." This is the courtyard chat group of the partnership that manages new buildings in Minsk, including buildings at 126, 128, and 130 Bogdanovich Street.

On July 23, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

He was released in September 2025, having served his full sentence.

Egor, an entrepreneur and showman, has organized and hosted numerous public events in Gomel. These include "The Best Graduation," the closing of the motorcycle season in Polesie, concerts by Elena Vaenga and Lev Leshchenko, and the Gomel City Day celebration.

He was detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and in the spring of 2024, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Gomel in 2020.

He was released in January 2026, having fully served his sentence.

Vladimir conducted training and educational courses on financial management for companies. His last known position was as a financial controller at Belkanton Group, a large office supply company that also owns the Afiston chain of stores and Office Life magazine. According to his LinkedIn profile, Vladimir resigned no later than July 2023. He was presumably detained upon returning to Belarus after a vacation. His sole proprietorship activities were suspended on November 5, 2023.

Vladimir has a son (12 years old) waiting for him at home.

On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

He is expected to be released in the summer of 2026.

Alexander worked as an engineer at a city enterprise. He was tried in camera in the Gomel Regional Court.

On August 2, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists , he was released after serving his full sentence.

A pro-government channel shows the arrest of a man: three security officers run up to him from behind on the street and put him face down on the asphalt. In the video, Yakovenko says that on August 10, 2020, he was on Masherov Avenue in Brest. He was there with his friend Igor Sorokin (he was arrested in February after returning from Poland).

According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

In a “repentance video” on a pro-government channel , a man says that he was previously arrested for 10 days under the article on distributing “extremist materials” (Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code). This time he was detained for standing on the roadway with his friends in 2020 and “launching fireworks at employees.”

Detained in a criminal case of mass riots 08/10/2020

Denis Nikita was arrested on the evening of January 25, 2024, for petty hooliganism. He was taken to the police station. He objected to the arrest and allegedly began hurling insults and threats at police officers, including mentioning Lukashenko. According to police, the 38-year-old had been doing this for a long time and had repeatedly humiliated them. As a result, a criminal case was opened. He was tried publicly in the Svisloch District Executive Committee building. The district newspaper reported on the trial, stating that "representatives of the public" and the media were present at the hearing. Denis Nikita pleaded guilty.

This is reportedly the defendant's 11th conviction. He has been convicted of theft, torture, threats to kill, and violation of preventive supervision requirements, and has been subject to administrative penalties on multiple occasions. Furthermore, he has been stripped of parental rights to his two children.

On May 23, 2024, Denis had his appeal heard and the verdict came into force.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).

On June 25, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Vladislav was arrested and convicted in the spring of 2024 for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in the fall of 2020, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type facility.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).

Yuri is a boiler room operator. He was found guilty of attempting to knock down a national flag from a store in February 2024. The man allegedly "made at least two blows to the shaft." When he failed to knock down the flag, he brought a wooden ladder from the house, climbed up it, grabbed the flag pole with his hands and pulled it down: because of this, the pole broke. According to the indictment, Tomashev then “carelessly crumpled the flag, wrapping it around a tree” and took it to his barn, where he kept it in a bag until the police took it out.

Tomashev admitted guilt. He said that he saw the flag and decided to take it for himself. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison.

teacher of physics and astronomy at Secondary School No. 27 in Mogilev. On June 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

The reasons for such a harsh punishment, as well as the circumstances of the criminal case, remain unknown.

He is expected to be released at the end of 2025.

On August 2, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

She was released in March 2025, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.