[1] In 2016, the court fined him for organizing an unauthorized single picket in Byarozawka against the negative environmental effect of the glass wool production.

[4] On 9 August 2020, Ashurak took part in a peaceful protest against rigged election in Lida near the local administration office, and was arrested.

[5] The judge Maksim Filatov in Lida held the trial behind closed doors, claiming a "state security threat" as a reason.

Journalist and fellow "For Freedom" activist Volha (Volia) Bykouskaja suggested that Ashurak got the long sentence term because the authorities tried to suppress the regional protests in the first place.

In one of his last letters he claimed that the prison administration forced him to wear well-visible yellow tag (badge) on his clothes.

[15] On 25 May 2021, Investigative Committee of Belarus published a video mounted of at least two parts made probably in a solitary cell (Russian: ШИЗО, Штрафной изолятор — ShIZO, Punishment isolator) with Ashurak falling twice for no visible reason.

[20] On October 31, 2021, a memorial cross in honor of Vitold Ashurak was unveiled in the Belarusian church of Antwerpen, Belgium.