Political persecutions

According to the materials of the prosecution , Stasyulevich and Marvina, having learned from the Internet about the planned protest action in Minsk, on one of the September days of 2020, took part in an unauthorized mass event, moved in a column on the territory of the city of Minsk, including on the roadway and near Independence Avenue and Lenin Street, while Stasyulevich publicly shouted slogans, blocked and blocked the way for vehicles.

The prosecution believes that the irrefutable evidence of their guilt is photographs and video recordings, which record the circumstances of their actions.

Sergey Myts left his comment on the social network Vkontakte: "The person shot the bandit who broke into his apartment." Less than a day later, the man deleted the comment. On the same evening, after the removal, the security forces came to him, detained him, and placed the man in a pre-trial detention center. In the pre-trial detention center on the second day, Sergei had a hypertensive crisis, he was hospitalized.

During the investigation, the Brest resident was initially accused under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 369 and Article 130. Then the charge under the second article was dropped - although when announcing the charge, the prosecutor used the phrase "for the purpose of inciting hatred" more than once. Sergei Myts himself denied such an interpretation, arguing that he had no malicious intent. But at the trial he fully admitted his guilt under Article 369 of the Criminal Code

The man was accused of leaving an offensive comment under a post with a photo of Gantsevichi traffic police officer Igor Volnich in June 2020, who was pressing his knee to the head of a protester lying on the ground.

In addition to the restriction of freedom, the judge decided to pay 1,500 rubles of moral compensation to the Gantsevichi policeman and confiscate the accused's laptop as a means of committing a crime.

On October 19, the court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno sentenced Natalya Todros, who had previously been convicted, to 2.5 years of “home chemistry”. One of the victims collected 2,000 rubles in compensation for non-pecuniary damage.

The accused in October 2020, being a member of an extremist channel, twice posted offensive comments under publications in relation to police officers.

Since she had already been convicted, the verdict was left the same - it absorbed the less severe verdict of the court of the Tsentralny district of Minsk.

Before the trial, Andrei was at large.

Andrei was found guilty of leaving several comments in the direction of officials during October-December 2020 and January 2021, which they regarded as an insult. He left comments in the Chat of the Punishers group, Luhtovikings, Elekhtarata Chat, Tribuna.com Chat under the records with the data of the victims.

There were nine victims in the case.

Detained for participating in protest actions 2020.

Yaroslav was repeatedly detained for participating in protests; on August 9, 2020, he was tortured.

Detained for participating in protests in 2020.

He was detained together with his wife Snezhana Inanets . Snezhana previously worked at TUT.BY, now at Onliner. Alexander is a local historian and journalist from Minsk who, according to the security forces, collaborated with The Village.

On the morning of October 6, they stopped communicating. Later there was information that they were detained. The next day, a telegram channel close to the GUBOPiK posted “repentant” videos with the spouses detained the day before - in the video they say that they were detained for subscribing to telegram channels that the Belarusian authorities recognized as extremist, as well as for participating in protest marches in 2020 year.

She was detained together with her husband Alexander Lychavko. Snezhana previously worked at TUT.BY, now at Onliner. Alexander is a local historian and journalist from Minsk who, according to the security forces, collaborated with The Village.

On the morning of October 6, they stopped communicating. Later there was information that they were detained. The next day, a telegram channel close to the GUBOPiK posted “repentant” videos with the spouses detained the day before - in the video they say that they were detained for subscribing to telegram channels that the Belarusian authorities recognized as extremist, as well as for participating in protest marches in 2020 year.

Detained for participating in 2020 protests.

According to the materials of the prosecution, two years ago, in September 2020, Maksim Divak, while in Minsk on Maksim Bahdanovich Street, “along with other unidentified participants in an unauthorized mass event, grossly violated public order, disobeyed the lawful demands of police officers, moved along the carriageway , blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, as a result of which the above actions caused a disruption in the operation of public transport.

During a search of Maxim Divak's house, protest leaflets with a white-red-white flag, a calendar with the inscription "Pursuit", two fragments of a white-red-white canvas were confiscated.

In the trial, the man admitted his guilt in full.