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In fact, it is known that the young man was detained on September 7, 2023 for participation in the events of August 2020. He was in custody before the trial.
The investigation alleged that he stood in a crowd of people, went out onto the roadway and ignored the “legitimate” demands of police officers. The case is very similar in the wording and essence of the charges to all previous cases that occurred in the city of Zhlobin under the relevant article.
On November 23, 2023, the verdict was announced.
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
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Grodno human rights activist and journalist Vladimir Khilmanovich has not lived in Belarus for two and a half years. But on December 1, 2023, a search was conducted in the apartment of Vladimir Khilmanovich’s wife, where he lived from 2014 to 2021, and a criminal case was opened.
Convicted for commenting on the Telegram channel “Belarus za MKADom” regarding the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus S.K. Khmaruk.
2.5 years of restriction of probation
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She was detained under administrative article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (Petty hooliganism), sentenced to 30 days on October 31, after which she was not released and was again detained, presumably under a criminal article for donations.
It is also known that Tatyana was detained in June 2021 because white-red-white stickers were found in her bag. According to the protocol , Tatyana “during the preventive conversation, screamed loudly, waved her arms, used obscene language, jumped out of her chair, and did not react to the remark made to stop illegal actions.” Tatyana, in turn, denied this through tears, because, in her words, “she had never sworn in her life.”
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2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
He was detained on 10/31/2023 and sentenced under an administrative article to 15 days, after which a criminal case was opened against him and he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Deputy director of one of the Minsk organizations. Before the trial, he was held on bail in the amount of 11,100 rubles.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
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Evgeny was detained in March 2023 and convicted under administrative article 19.11, part 2 (“distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity”), after which a criminal case was opened against him.
In January 2024, he was found guilty of a number of criminal charges, including "organizing mass riots" and "inciting hostility or discord," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
According to the prosecution , Igor Kotov, at the beginning of August 2020, repeatedly posted and kept freely available in a Telnegram group, later recognized as extremist, text messages with diagrams of the movement of internal affairs officers throughout the territory of Minsk for the purpose of organizing group actions that grossly violated public order .
The accused Kotov, interrogated at the court hearing, told the court that due to communication interruptions, after the presidential elections, in early August 2020, he subscribed to a telegram group, which was subsequently recognized as extremist. Subscribers dropped various information into this chat, including the location and movement of law enforcement officers. At that time, I decided to analyze information about the movement of riot police officers and dump it into the chat. He sent information in the form of diagrams indicating the location of riot police officers.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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