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Convicted for the inscription "3%" and the image of a white-red-white flag on the road and public transport stop.
Penalty 80 base units
Sergei was arrested in December 2021 for distributing "protest" newspapers, but during the investigation, the number of criminal code articles under which he was charged increased to five. At trial, the case was sent for further investigation, during which Sergei was added to the list of "terrorists."
In December 2022, he was convicted of a number of criminal charges, including "inciting other social hatred and discord" and "assisting extremist activity," and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
According to the telegram channels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was detained for comments on the network and participation in protest actions 2020.
2 years of freedom restriction without referral to a correctional facility.
Ekaterina was arrested in early September 2022 along with her husband for hanging a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on the facade of a multi-story building in Minsk on charges of hooliganism.
Two weeks after their arrest, the Ministry of Internal Affairs designated the Zello channel through which the Minsk residents coordinated the protest as an extremist group.
In April 2023, Ekaterina was found guilty of "creating or participating in an extremist group" and "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. Until the trial he was in custody.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. Until the trial he was in custody.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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- Factory workers
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- Factory workers
MTZ employee. He was convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for the MTZ march.
Convicted for commenting on the telegram channel “Punishers of Belarus”. Before the trial, she was free on bail.
| 18.03.2024 | Адвокат Пархимчик Галина Сергеевна https://dissidentby.com/prisoners/galina-sergeevna-parhimchik |
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Detained together with his wife, political prisonerVictoria Zhdanovich on August 3, 2022. First, he was sentenced to 12 days of arrest, then he was detained as part of a criminal case on group acts that grossly violated public order.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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- Parents of minors
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- Parents of minors
Has three minor children. A criminal case has been initiated against her and her husband Anton Maslyko for group actions grossly violating public order.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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- Journalists
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- Journalists
A journalist who covered protests after the 2020 presidential elections. He was repeatedly detained by the police, fined by the courts, and sent to prison for a day. After a number of independent media outlets were recognized as extremist groups, Yevgeny was engaged in local history activities.
On September 13, 2022, in Gomel, in the afternoon, a search was conducted in the journalist’s apartment, after which Evgeny’s information carriers were confiscated and he himself was detained.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Evgeny Merkis.
The Minsk resident was accused of "being on the carriageway, publicly shouting slogans, deliberately blocking traffic by a vehicle by blocking the carriageway by exiting together with other unidentified citizens." At the trial, he fully admitted his guilt. We found Pavel from a photo on the roadway with symbols from the March on his own phone. This one photograph was the main evidence of the man's guilt.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Through pro-government channels, the man participated in rallies in August 2020, distributed “Nazi symbols” on the Internet, and allegedly insulted officials. Judging by the information from the same channels, Andrei Strunets will be tried for insulting an official (art. 369 of the Criminal Code). In addition, he has already been given 15 days for "administrative".
In addition to the restriction of freedom, Sergei was fined 100 b.v.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution.