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Detained in the case of «railway partisans».
It is known that the man lives in the village of Khodakovo, he has a small child.
During the arrest, he was shot through the knee joints.
The family believes that Vitaly has nothing to do with the articles, and connects the detention with the revenge of a local judge, as well as the fact that Vitaly previously had a criminal record.
Details of the case are unknown.
16 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime and 11 100 BYN penalty.
According to the charge, Ivan gave the administrators of the telegram channel recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus information about the personal life of a close relative of a police officer. The collection and dissemination of this information without permission led to harm to the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the victim.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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Convicted for messages in the chat «Grodno dlia zhizni» with calls for direct action actions, as well as about the manufacture of Molotov cocktails. He pleaded guilty at the trial, but refused to testify.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
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Previously, he was brought to administrative responsibility for participating in protests.
According to the investigation, from September 2021 to January 2022, Vasily posted messages in destructive Telegram channels insulting government officials, including senior officials of the Republic of Belarus.
He also threatened to use violence against law enforcement and judicial officers, publicly humiliating their honor and dignity. In addition, the man called on citizens to take action to organize mass riots. In extremist Telegram channels, he looked for people willing to commit "crimes", but did not follow through with his intentions, as he was detained by law enforcement officers.
The accused was also ordered to pay monetary compensation for moral damages in the total amount of 32,000 Belarusian rubles to the victims.
On January 31, 2023, another trial of a pensioner began in Dzerzhinsk. This time, he was charged under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a Government Official).
On 13.02.2023 the second verdict was announced.
On March 23, 2023, the Drogichin District Court began to consider the case of political prisoner under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus Vasily Demidovich was placed in the Drogichin temporary detention facility.
In April, the political prisoner was transferred to Gomel's pretrial detention center No. 3. On April 20, 2023, the Sovietsky District Court of Gomel began to consider another case of the pensioner. He is charged under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and Article 391 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. On May 2, another sentence was handed down.
On May 5, 2023, Demidovich's fifth trial will begin - the man is again accused under Article 369 of the Criminal Code . The trial will take place in Pukhovichi, judge - Olga Babuk .
The next meeting is scheduled for May 24, 2023 in Pukhovichi.
On July 5, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the appeal of the political prisoner by Judge Ruslan Tsaruk.
On August 23, 2023, the Nesvizh District Court heard the sixth criminal case against a political prisoner.
In Starye Dorogi, the seventh trial of Vasily will begin on October 19, 2023. In total, Vasilywas sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment, while the results of the last two trials are still unknown.
Due to the fact that the political prisoner was included in the "terrorist list", he cannot make money transfers. In addition, Vasily has no relatives who could support him. Over the past year, he has survived dozens of transfers. Political prisoners are transferred in difficult conditions, which leaves a very bad mark on Vasily's health.
On December 15, 2023, the trial of Vasily, which began in October, resumed in Starye Dorogi.
At the end of June 2025, Vasily’s residential building was sold at an auction on the BelYurObespechenie platform.
1) 6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
2) 1 year of imprisonment with a penalty of 1 110 BYN.
By partial addition of punishments, he was finally sentenced to 6,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
3) 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
By partial addition, the pensioner was finally sentenced to 7 years in prison.
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- Railway workers
An employee of the «Baranovichi department of the Belarusian Railway», as well as the «Lida Locomotive Depot».
According to the case file, in the period from November 2020 to January 2022, the man posted messages in the communities of the vk.com social network containing insults and threats of violence against Lukashenko.
He also, in February 2022, posted messages aimed at inciting national and other social discord and hostility against the Russian military.
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He's a taxi driver. There are two juvenile children in the family.
Convicted for comments from June 2020 to August 2020 in telegram chats.
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
On March 11, 2022, Evgeny was detained for insulting comments.
During the search, hashish was found in his possession. Evgeny said that he bought it for himself and his friend-colleague Yuri, with whom he had previously used it repeatedly.
The man was detained and placed in custody, charging him with articles for insulting four policemen, a judge and drug trafficking.
On September 27, 2022, an appeal hearing was held.
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A lawyer with 25 years of experience. Previously, he headed his own company «Braginets and Partners». Recently, he worked in the legal advice of the Dzerzhinsky district of Minsk.
After his detention at home, the man was taken to the Partisan police department to check for involvement in protest activities. From there, it was alleged in court, he tried to leave. This was the manifestation of disobedience.
A protocol was drawn up on Vitaly under Article 24.3 of the Administrative Code and he was arrested for 15 days. He was supposed to be released on the evening of June 7, but this did not happen.
Vitaly is the defender of lawyer Andrey Mochalov, against whom a criminal case was initiated.
The trial was held in closed regime.
8 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Investigators report that in August 2020, at some point, an SUV with foreign registration plates and tinted windows attracted the attention of police officers. When the policemen went to the car, the accused started reversing and deliberately ran over one of them, after which he fled the scene.
Traffic police officers pursued the accused, but the driver abandoned his car near the village of Antonovo, and he disappeared.
The video from the registrar of the traffic police official car shows a large gathering of police officers in full gear. The moment of hitting one of them is not visible.
The man was put on the wanted list and upon his return from Poland on May 5, 2022 in Baranovichi, he was detained and placed in custody.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
The initial reason for the detention was the distribution of extremist materials as part of an administrative, politically motivated case.
During the arrest, the man was charged in a criminal case for numerous likes on Odnoklassniki.
On July 4, 2023, the appeal was considered. the prior agreement came into force.
Artem was found guilty, according to the indictment, of entering the roadway on the night of August 9-10, 2020, during an unauthorized mass event in Minsk, blocking traffic, shouting slogans, and disobeying the lawful orders of the authorities.
Furthermore, on January 1, 2022, while intoxicated in a public place, he unprovoked violence against another man. Artem was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.
In October 2023, a hearing on the case of strengthening the regime took place; the reasons and outcome of the hearing are unknown.
Real estate agent, blogger, author of the blog "Belarus in the Window". His TikTok account has 431 followers. In the videos, he humorously comments on Belarusian news.
During the arrest, he was beaten. Alexander had already been beaten before — he came under a wave of torture on the «Okrestina» during the August protests. According to the medical report published on his page, he was severely beaten during detention at the exit of the house on August 12, 2020 and on the «Okrestina», there were 47 bruises on his body.
The man submitted an application to the investigative committee with a demand to conduct a check on the fact of his beating. The initiation of a criminal case, of course, was refused.
During the consideration of the criminal case, it was established that from August to October 2020, Alexander repeatedly took part in blocking the movement of vehicles in Minsk, posted videos insulting Lukashenka on social networks.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under a reinforced regime.
He was detained on June 28, 2021, served 7 days of administrative arrest. He was released on July 5, after which he was again detained by the staff of the investigative committee, but this time on a criminal case.
According to the prosecution, Alexander on the ok.ru posted publications insulting Lukashenko. He also posted a comment and a video on the vk.com social network, spoke insultingly to Lukashenko.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the investigation materials, back in May 2021, using the news about the crash of a military aircraft in the city of Baranovichi and the death of two pilots, 35 year old Yaskevich systematically posted publicly available video messages aimed at inciting social discord and hostility against law enforcement officers on the social network and video hosting Tik-Tok.
Also in May 2021, he produced and posted 3 video messages on the TikTok social network and video hosting, open to an unlimited number of people, in which he insulted the head of state, falsely accused him of grave and especially grave crimes.
4, 5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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A military man (possibly also a KGB officer).
On 14.10.2022, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
6 years of imprisonment in a colony.