The developer of the «ICON GAMES» studio, was detained at the end of November 2022 for participating in the post-election protests of 2020 and writing insulting comments.
Trial outcome:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Maxim was detained from 8 to 10 November 2022. Then he changed the measure of restraint to a written undertaking not to leave.
On April 29, 2021, the Pruzhany court accused the man of leaving insulting comments about employees of state bodies for coordinating foreign policy and foreign economic activity under a post on the Telegram channel. The man admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
Maxim has a secondary education and worked as a developer of raw materials at a Pruzhany enterprise.
He lived in Minsk and worked at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Cardiology. In October 2022, armed law enforcement officers broke into the apartment, laid Anton on the floor, then took him to the District Department of Internal Affairs. He was detained for participating in protest actions in September 2020 in Grodno. Then the guy studied at the Grodno Medical University.
Trial outcome 05.01.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Blogger detained with her husband for participating in 2020 protests. Catherine has 2 minor sons. It became known that Ekaterina was released on bail not to leave home.
Trial outcome 10.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Convicted of writing graffiti on the walls of a garage and other buildings that "made it impossible for the aesthetic perception of these objects and necessitated work on painting over the inscriptions, thereby harming the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "In addition, Nikolai acted" as a group of persons preliminary conspiracy" with Nikolay Kostyukevich, which was an aggravating circumstance.
Trial outcome 23.12.2022:
Correctional labor, with deduction to the state income of 20% of earnings at the main place of work, but not less than one base unit, monthly for a period of 1 year 6 months.
Convicted of writing graffiti on the walls of a garage and other buildings that "made it impossible for the aesthetic perception of these objects and necessitated work on painting over the inscriptions, thereby harming the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "In addition, Nikolai acted" as a group of persons prior agreement" with Dubovik Nikita, which was an aggravating circumstance.
Trial outcome 23.12.2022:
Correctional labor, with deduction to the state income of 20% of earnings at the main place of work, but not less than one base unit, monthly for a period of 1 year 6 months.
She was detained together with her husband after she returned from Poland to Belarus for participating in protest actions in 2020.
The spouses were convicted under an administrative article. But Varvara was never released after her administrative arrest — a criminal case was opened against her under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and transferred to the pre-trial detention center («SIZO-1»).
Varvara and Pavel are a family of photographers from Minsk, they have been together for more than ten years, and their creative duo has existed for as long. They specialize in wedding photos.
During their career, they have received more than two dozen awards in various categories for their wedding photographs.
Trial outcome 28.03.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Anastasia was detained in October 2022, first she was given 14 days of administrative arrest, and then for another 10 and 14 days, then a criminal case was opened for participating in protest actions in 2020.
Trial outcome 14.02.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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