Pursuit is over

He was detained for a chat-roulette conversation with Yuri Komar.

During the conversation, he asked Ukrainians for weapons, and to Komar's question: «Are you going to kill supporters of the current government?»; he answered: «Yes».

Dmitry was detained together with a friend — white-red-white flags were put on their heads, and then they were forced to wash the floor with these flags.

An appeal hearing was held on September 19, 2023. The verdict came into force.

Evgeny Vasilevsky was detained almost a year ago in Moscow, from March 25 to April 7, 2022, he was sentenced to administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).

The essence of the accusation is still unknown. Probably, we are talking about the transfer of personal data of security forces to protest chats.

In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Former police officer Alexander Sazonov and Yevgeny Vasilevsky were detained almost a year ago, on February 27, 2022, in Minsk, and on March 1, both were punished with administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).

The Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk sentenced Sazonov to 13 days of arrest for participating in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Vasilevsky to 15 days.

The essence of the accusation is still unknown. It is likely that it concerns the transfer of personal data of security officials to protest chats.

According to human rights activists , he was released on September 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Dmitry was detained on September 21, 2022 by GUBOPiK officers. The teacher was forced to read his own poems on camera and make excuses - he allegedly went to protests in August 2020, wrote messages on Facebook and VKontakte. Screenshots from his social networks criticizing the actions of the authorities also appeared on pro-government channels.

Children's poet and prose writer, winner of the Writers for Children competition (2017). He is a member of the International Union of Writers "New Contemporary", the Belarusian Literary Union of Writers "Polotsk Branch". Teacher at the Smart School private school.

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

On March 3, 2023, the regional court considered the appeal against the verdict. At the moment, the details of the case, as well as the results of the trials, are unknown.

In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

According to the investigation materials , from November 2020 to March 2022, the accused, using a mobile phone in Telegram channel chats recognized by the court as extremist materials, published 17 offensive comments with obscene language addressed to the judge, employees of the internal affairs bodies and other government officials, as well as Lukashenko.

On 11.04.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists , he was released on January 21, 2025.

She was sentenced to house chemistry for insulting A. Lukashenko. After that, she insulted Lukashenko again by phone, dialing 102. She has a leg disease, cannot move independently, and is disabled.

According to human rights activists, she will be released in January 2025.

It is known that Yakov was sentenced to imprisonment. He has already served his sentence and currently lives in Poland.

Taxi driver. According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was detained for comments on social networks. In the "repentant video," the Belarusian says that he participated in protests in 2020, and from 2020 to mid-2023, he left more than 2,000 "offensive comments" in chats about Lukashenko, prosecutors, and police officers. Sergei's arm was broken during his arrest. He was kept in a punishment cell on Okrestina for 35 days with a broken arm. The head of the temporary detention facility expressed a biased attitude specifically towards him, through a "commentary" article.

An appeal against the verdict will be heard on August 2, 2024.

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).

According to pro-government telegram channels, he was detained "for promoting extremist activities."

According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was detained for numerous comments on social media.

On October 31, 2023, the appeal was 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).

Alexey was detained in September 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated under the article “act of terrorism.”

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, "an organized criminal group operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with the goal of committing extremist crimes. The group included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally." The case involves charges of attempted arson of the home of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."

Alexei was convicted under the article on “failure to report a crime” and released from custody in the courtroom due to having fully served his sentence.

41-year-old former individual entrepreneur, employee of the Peugeot car dealership in Minsk. He was involved in the case of an attack on the house of deputy O. Gaidukevich. Little is known about his fate. At some point, the man disappeared from the list of accused. KGB officers wiretapped him before his arrest. I was forced to leave the Republic of Belarus.

Eduard, a riot police officer of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs, had been in service since 2006. Like many of his colleagues, he was subject to surveillance. It is known that at the base of military unit 3214, Eduard participated in special forces training and exercises to disperse mass events using special equipment. He was detained in August 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated under the article "act of terrorism."

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, "an organized criminal group operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with the goal of committing extremist crimes. The group included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally." The case involves charges of attempted arson of the home of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."

Eduard was convicted under the article on "inaction of an official" with imprisonment, as well as a ban on holding government positions and positions related to the performance of the functions of a representative of the authorities for a period of five years. In addition, he was stripped of his military rank.

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

Vladimir is accused of posting photos from the August 2020 protest actions in Vitebsk on his social networks.

Vladimir was detained on December 14, 2022 after three more people connected with the ROK'I PUB gastropub were detained (the founders of the institution Ilya Kulman and Pavel Petrunin, the name and post of the third detainee are unknown).

As reported by «‎Vitebsk Viasna»‎, according to pub visitors, one of the reasons for the detention could be a recent concert by a Belarusian singer performing under the pseudonym Iva Sativa (real name Yana Smolyaga, she is the wife of former political prisoner Levon Khalatryan). But, probably, the concert was an occasion to check the activities of the institution. As it turned out later, the Department of Financial Investigations opened a case for non-payment of taxes. Most likely, Bulavsky, as an organizer of concert activities in Vitebsk, was also detained as part of this case.