as of may 25, 2021, 12 people were put in isolation centers, including the main editor maryna zolatava. as of may 25, 2021, three people, including the widow of yuri zisser julia charnyauskaya, were under a house arrest. on may 25, 2021, nine organizations (the viasna human rights centre, the belarusian association of journalists, the belarusian helsinki committee and others) made a statement together. they named all of 15 people political prisoners.