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Yevgeny was convicted of "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. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
In December 2024, it became known that a court hearing in absentia was held regarding Yevgeny to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Rodion was arrested and convicted of "participation 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. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
In February 2025, as part of the special proceedings in Rodion’s case, a court hearing in absentia was held on “replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
Zhanna was convicted for participating in a protest held on September 6, 2020 in Grodno against the falsification of the presidential elections and violence in the country. She was sentenced to serve her sentence in an open-type correctional facility, after which she had to leave Belarus.
In 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Zhanna as part of a special proceeding and she had been convicted in absentia under the article on “assistance to extremist activity.”
Vadim was convicted in the criminal “round dance case” initiated after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest.
In December 2024, it became known that a court hearing in absentia was held regarding Vadim to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Ivan, an anarchist activist, was first detained at the height of the August protests against the 2020 election results. During his detention, he was severely beaten, forcing him to use a wheelchair for a long time.
Ivan was detained again in the fall of the same year. He was accused of blocking roads on the night of August 10-11, 2020, near the Riga shopping center in Minsk. He was later convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
In October 2024, it became known that Ivan had a court hearing in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Tikhon was detained in connection with a criminal case related to the events of September 6, 2020, during the "March of Unity" in Minsk, and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
He was released in March 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Andrey was first detained on the evening of August 9, 2020, when he intervened to protect an elderly man who was being beaten by a group of people in balaclavas on the street of Soligorsk. He was beaten and arrested, sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest for participating in a rally that began only two hours after his detention and in a different area.
In December 2020, Andrei joined the strike committee of Belaruskali, where he worked as an electrical fitter. Later, due to the threat of arrest, Andrei left for Russia, but was detained at the request of the Belarusian authorities, who accused him of using violence against the police, with the purpose of extradition.
On June 24, 2021, after the maximum period of detention on this charge expired, he was released.
In 2024, Andrei was tried in absentia and convicted of “violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs agencies.”
Arseniy was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest, where people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order." According to the prosecution, the downtime of the trolleybus and bus depots caused damage in the amount of about 660 Belarusian rubles.
In December 2024, it became known that a court hearing in absentia was held regarding Arseniy to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Leonid, the Chairman of the Gomel branch of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", is a human rights activist with 20 years of experience in restoring violated rights of citizens. He was actively involved in preparing and sending numerous individual appeals to the UN Human Rights Committee against Belarus. In 2020, Leonid provided legal assistance in appealing court decisions in cases of participants in rallies in Gomel that took place after the falsification of the presidential elections. In January 2021, he was detained and convicted for participating in protests.
He was released on July 21, 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
In early March 2024, a criminal case was opened against Leonid in absentia for "assisting extremist activity." In June of the same year, a trial in absentia took place, where he was sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
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Vadim, an architect, was detained and beaten during a memorial event for Roman Bondarenko on Change Square on November 15, 2020, and hospitalized with injuries. He pleaded not guilty, saying that participating in the event was his civic duty, and was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
On March 15, 2024, a “special case” was opened against Vadim, and in the summer he was charged in absentia with “conspiracy to seize power,” “assisting extremist activity,” and “creating an extremist group.”