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Elena was detained in a criminal case initiated due to protests and clashes between Pinsk residents and security forces on the night of August 9-10, 2020. She was convicted of participating in "mass riots." The victims in the case were 109 police officers and officials, who, in addition to imprisonment, demanded about 530 thousand rubles in compensation from the accused.
It is known that Elena is subjected to physical and psychological violence, she has been deprived of all parcels and meetings with loved ones. She regularly receives disciplinary punishments and is in a depressed psychological state. She has also been deprived of parental rights.
On February 12, 2025, with the help of the US State Department, Elena Movshuk , journalist Andrei Kuznechik and a US citizen whose name has not yet been disclosed were released. They were pardoned by Lukashenko. The condition for Elena's release was leaving Belarus. On the eve of her release, she was transferred from Colony No. 24 to the KGB pretrial detention center, from where the next day she was taken with a mask over her eyes to the border with Lithuania.
Details of the release were revealed to CNN by Chris Smith, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs.
"It was a special operation: we crossed the Belarusian border, met with government officials in Minsk, who handed over three detainees to us. We picked them up and took them through Lithuania."
Smith said it was a "unilateral gesture" by Belarusian authorities seeking to improve relations with the United States.
"Lukashenko received nothing in return," he noted.
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David was detained in a criminal case initiated due to protests and clashes between Pinsk residents and security forces on the night of August 9-10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." The victims in the case were 109 police officers and officials, who, in addition to imprisonment, demanded about 530 thousand rubles in compensation from the accused.
In the fall of 2024 he was released on pardon.
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Olga was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of making six life-size dolls “with cynical inscriptions and images of senior officials,” which were placed on overpasses near the villages of Vilczyce and Lubuż, and then photographed and distributed online.
She was released on February 4, 2024, having fully served her sentence.
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The author of the video blogs "People's Reporter" and "Youtube Deputies", as well as the press secretary of the initiative group of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was detained and convicted for participating in the events of May 29, 2020 in Grodno, as well as for allegedly insulting Mogilev OMON officer Vitaly Avtushenko.
In December 2021, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
In December 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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The author of the video blogs "People's Reporter" and "Youtube Deputies" was detained and convicted for participating in the events of May 29, 2020 in Grodno, as well as for allegedly insulting Brest Regional Court judge Andrei Leshchenko and Mogilev OMON officer Vitaly Avtushenko.
On December 17, 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Sergei was arrested in November 2020 and convicted of making six life-size puppets “with cynical inscriptions and images of senior officials,” which were placed on overpasses near the villages of Vilchytsy and Lyubuzh, and then photographed and distributed online.
In July 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Sergei, an electrician, was detained and convicted for participating in a protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020.
In August 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Ruslan, a member of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's initiative group from Mozyr, was arrested on August 19, 2020, a day after the end of a 10-day administrative arrest for participating in an unauthorized mass event. During the first arrest, BT and ONT TV channels aired stories claiming that he was allegedly making "hedgehogs" to block police equipment, but the video showed another person.
Ruslan was later convicted in the case of “mass riots.”
According to human rights activists, he will be released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vadim was arrested in November 2020 on charges of making Molotov cocktails and attempting to set fire to the Tabakerka kiosk. He was convicted under the article "Illegal actions in relation to firearms, ammunition and explosives."
In May 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Dmitry, the son of well-known social activist Tatyana Kanevskaya, was detained on January 27, 2021 for a comment on a Telegram channel and convicted of “deliberate actions aimed at inciting racial, religious, social and other hatred.”
In October 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.
Vladimir was detained on December 20, 2020 and convicted of insulting Lukashenko A.G.
On December 8, 2021, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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The activist, human rights defender and volunteer of the Gomel branch of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" was detained at the airport on January 21, 2021. She was later convicted of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."
On September 24, 2022, Tatyana was released on pardon, having spent 1 year and 8 months in prison.
Denis was arrested and convicted for blocking the rails.
According to human rights activists, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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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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Vladimir, a public activist, was arrested on December 23, 2020 and convicted of insulting Gomel prosecutor's assistant Alesya Zhuravskaya in the courtroom. He uttered the phrase: "Organized criminal group." Vladimir did not admit his guilt, explaining that this expression referred to the sentence handed down to Georgy Vasilenko for raising a white-red-white flag on the flagpole of a Gomel square.
On March 31, 2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.