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Pavel was arrested in October 2020 on charges of "hooliganism" and "violence or threat of violence against a police officer" and placed in pretrial detention. During the investigation, the charge of violence against a police officer was dropped because the charges were not substantiated.
In December 2020, Pavel was convicted of kicking the bumper of a traffic police car during the "People's Inauguration" march, which took place in Minsk on September 27, 2020. It is also known that while in custody, Pavel was convicted of an administrative offense for participating in the protest and fined 30 basic units. The ruling stated: "Failed to appear in court."
Released in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.
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Svyatoslav was found guilty in December 2020 of resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order. He was accused of resisting arrest on September 17, 2020, during a solidarity chain in Minsk when he attempted to join the protesters carrying the Russian flag. He was subsequently beaten by riot police. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and was taken from the Pervomaisky District Police Department to intensive care, then to the surgical ward, where police officers placed him in custody and handcuffed him to a hospital bed for 72 hours.
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Vladimir was convicted in December 2020 of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." He was accused of "calling for violent actions against police and riot police officers using a sound-amplifying device" on August 21, 2020, at Independence Square near the Lenin monument in Minsk. During his arrest, Vladimir suffered a heart attack, after which he was placed on a third-degree disability.
In the summer of 2023, Vladimir's sentence, imposed by the court, ended.
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Sergei was found guilty in October 2020 of "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order." The pensioner was accused of threatening riot police with a knife when they broke down his apartment door after he called the police and asked them to prosecute Lukashenko for insulting Viktor Babaryka. Sergei was shot in the chest with a pump-action shotgun for this.
Ivan was found guilty in June 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article on desecration of buildings and damage to property for the application of protest-related graffiti and images.
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Valery was found guilty in November 2020 of a criminal case opened under the article on violence or the threat of violence against a law enforcement officer for participating in a post-election protest on September 8, 2020, in Minsk. According to the charges, during the protest, he "used violence against a riot police officer, striking him in the face at least twice and kicking him in the face again while being escorted to a police car."
Svetlana was detained and convicted for, according to investigators, scattering about 45 metal screws near the Minsk prosecutor's office on December 13, 2020. As a result, the car driven by the victim Klintsevich ran over them, and two tires were punctured.
Anatoly was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "violence or threat of violence against an internal affairs officer" for, according to the charges, during a protest that took place on Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk on October 4, 2020, "experiencing a sense of revenge, he committed violent acts against OMON officer Zyukin, namely, grabbing his rubber baton and jerking it, thereby causing him physical pain."
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Anatoly was found guilty in May 2021 of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk. According to the indictment, he joined a group of citizens shouting provocative slogans. Anatoly was also accused of taking sand from a flowerbed and throwing it at Interior Ministry officers.
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Chairman of the primary trade union organization of the free union of metalworkers of the MAZ plant.
He was taken into custody on charges of preparing participants in mass riots and calling for restrictive measures (sanctions). The trial was held behind closed doors.
He is expected to be released on May 5, 2025.
Vitaly was found guilty in November 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
Sergei was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In January 2022, he was convicted of participating in a gang fight during a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020, and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Evgeny was arrested on December 8, 2021, and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. The arrest was precipitated by the discovery of a wallet with a Pogonya logo during a search. Evgeny was not released after serving his administrative arrest, as a criminal case had been opened against him for "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation therein."
In March 2022, Yevhen was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk on October 25, 2020. Photos from the protest were found on his mobile phone, showing him with a white-red-white flag draped over his shoulders.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing a restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type correctional facility with imprisonment.
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Programmer. Arrested on January 12, 2022.
The case on replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony was heard on February 26, 2025, in the Pukhovichi District Court.
Most likely, Ilya is outside the Republic of Belarus.