Simon was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.
He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 21.05.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1850 rubles of compensation.
Vadim was detained and convicted under the article "hooliganism" after an incident in a park where he was hanging white ribbons. Olga Bondareva, a representative of the "Antivandal-Grodno" movement, began filming him on her phone and stalking him, which provoked a conflict.
He was released on January 17, 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ten days after her release, Olga Bondareva went to court to recover compensation for moral damages from Vadim.
Alexander was arrested in connection with a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020, against voter fraud in the presidential election. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
In June 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Ilya was detained and convicted under the article "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" for participating in a protest that took place on September 23, 2020 in Minsk. He was accused of allegedly blocking the road and thereby interfering with traffic. The court sentenced him to restriction of freedom.
In November 2022, the preventive measure was tightened and he was transferred to a penal colony.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Lev was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
According to human rights activists, he was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Evgeniy was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, directed against the results of the presidential elections.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Sergei was detained in March 2021 in St. Petersburg at the request of the Belarusian prosecutor's office, as he was wanted in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on June 19, 2020, in Molodechno. He was with several dozen city residents who tried to prevent the detention of participants in the peaceful assembly. Sergei spent six months in a pretrial detention center in Russia, but was then deported to Belarus and convicted of "resisting riot police."
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
10.11.2021
According to unconfirmed information, Sergei is now in Zhodino
16.10.2021
A letter from Kolpino SIZO-1 returned, marked "Released 09/16/21"
Dmitry 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."
In April 2023, it became known that Dmitry was given an additional sentence - 5 months of imprisonment. According to released political prisoners, he was also convicted under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023 after the expiration of the sentence imposed by the court.
Andrey was first detained in September 2020 as part of a criminal case opened after the events of August 9-10 of that year in Zhlobin. He was soon released on bail. In March 2021, he was convicted of participating in a protest and taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to human rights activists, he was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Daniil, an activist in the anarchist movement, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "participation in a criminal organization." It is known that the charges were based on an episode with blocking roads in Brest in 2018, when a protest was taking place against the construction of the battery plant.
In early March 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ivan, director of the Horse&Vega concert agency, was detained and convicted for attempting to stop a traffic police car to prevent it from running over people during a protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Alexey was detained in September 2020 for participating in the March of Justice in Gomel and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was later detained again as part of a criminal case and convicted of allegedly committing violence against criminal-executive inspector Pavel Shapovalov.
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Artyom was detained, severely beaten, and later convicted of damaging the car of a policeman's wife in Novaya Borovaya.
On June 29, 2022, the political prisoner was supposed to be released, but instead he was re-arrested. In July of the same year, he was convicted again for "insulting a government official" in a closed chat organized by security forces for the purpose of provocation. Artem did not admit his guilt and stated in court that the new criminal case was revenge on the part of the head of Colony No. 15, Alexey Lazarenko, where he was tortured and beaten.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 03.02.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 1845 rubles of compensation.
Vladimir, the author of the YouTube channel "Slutsk for Life", was detained in May 2020 after a meeting with readers of "Country for Life" in Mogilev. He served 40 days of administrative arrest and was then taken into custody as part of a criminal case and convicted of "calls for violations of public order" and insulting an official.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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