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Galina was 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.
Elena 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.
Andrey 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.
He was brutally detained while trying to leave Belarus. After 15 days of arrest, he was placed in a pretrial detention center for further transfer to "chemistry".
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Stanislav was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, directed against the results of the presidential elections.
Sergei was convicted of, according to the indictment, "intentionally publicly insulting police major, deputy head of the criminal investigation department of the Baranovichi District Department of Internal Affairs Igor Erokhin" on November 25, 2020, by posting a comment under his photo in the "Punishermen of Belarus" chat. The post concerned Erokhin's participation in the brutal detention of peaceful protesters.
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Vladislav was arrested in February 2021 and convicted under the article on "inciting hatred and discord". According to the charges, from September 20 to 27, 2020, in the Telegram chat of the Punishers group, he posted 13 messages in which he "spoken negatively" and "called for illegal actions" against police officers, military personnel, civil servants and their family members.
According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Eduard was arrested in March 2021 and convicted of resisting a police officer during a protest that took place in Baranovichi on August 9, 2020, against the falsification of the presidential elections. According to the charges, during the protest he "interfered with the lawful activities of the Internal Troops. He took a piece of paving slab and threw it towards the soldiers who were dispersing the protest, hitting one of them in the shoulder. The resulting bodily injury did not result in a short-term health disorder."
He was released in 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vladimir, a student at the Aviation Academy, was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates. He was sentenced to restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility and ordered to pay large compensation to the "victims."
In 2023, it became known that his punishment had been toughened, replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Yuzef, a pensioner, was detained after participating in the "March of Unity" action, which took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno. He was charged under articles on participation in group actions that violate public order and on the use of violence or the threat of its use against a police officer - because he defended a woman from the brutal actions of riot police.
Initially, Yusef was sentenced to restricted freedom in an open-type institution, but after an appeal by the prosecutor's office, the sentence was reviewed, and ultimately he was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
He was released in July 2022, having served his full sentence.
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Tatyana, a pensioner, was convicted under the article “Insulting a government official” for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to a police officer.
Ilya was detained in March 2021 and convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and under the article on "hooliganism" for damaging two Beltelecom cameras and making "cynical inscriptions". This happened as part of a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Ilya managed to leave Belarus before he began serving his sentence.
In February 2025, as part of the special proceedings on Ilya's case, a court hearing in absentia was held on the issue of "replacing the restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility with imprisonment."
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Andrey, a social activist, was detained and placed under house arrest in a criminal case opened under the articles "Calls for actions damaging national security" and "Insulting the President." One of the charges was based on an interview from March 29, 2021, which, according to the prosecutor's office, contained calls for protests on behalf of Andrey, as well as formulations publicly insulting the head of state.
His wife, activist Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk, was already in custody at the time, charged with violence against police officers and insulting the president and officials. The family has two minor children.
On June 28, 2021, Andrei's trial was supposed to begin in the Moscow District Court of Brest. However, he did not appear in court, and Judge Filonik declared him wanted. It later became known that Andrei had left Belarus.
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Sergei was convicted under the article “insulting a government official” and found guilty of insulting the head of the Orsha Juvenile Affairs Inspectorate, Vishnevsky, in a comment published in the Telegram chat “Orsha 97%”.
He was released in September 2021 as part of a pardon.
Alexander was accused of allegedly attempting to run over two Volkovysk police officers with a car after 11:00 p.m. on August 9, 2020, in order to interfere with their work during an unauthorized event. At the end of March 2021, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. However, the state prosecutor appealed the sentence, and on June 1 of the same year, the Grodno Regional Court changed the punishment to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Dmitry was detained in the fall of 2020 and subsequently convicted on charges of "organizing group actions that grossly violate public order." According to the prosecution, from August 31 to October 30, 2020, he, as the administrator of the Telegram chat "Minsk. Road Blocking. Chat", published instructions on blocking traffic, searched for participants and coordinated their actions.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2022, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.