Potential persecutions

Alexander was detained for the 2020 protests. In a video on pro-government channels, he says that [August 10, 2020] “was on the roadway in Brest on Masherov Avenue and shouted protest slogans.”

A photo of a “red and white flag” was found on his phone: Alexander says that he photographed such a flag abroad. The authors of the post wrote that the Belarusian recently returned from Poland.

Most likely he was in custody until the trial.

On April 19, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

She is involved in the case together with Natalia Zakharchenko. The women are accused under articles on failure to report a crime (Part 2 of Article 406 of the Criminal Code) and espionage (Article (Article 358 of the Criminal Code). The trial will be held behind closed doors.

Natalia Zakharenko traveled to Belarus from the second half of 2022. She helped Ukrainians who were stuck in Belarus and could not get out of the country on their own. She traveled to Belarus in her own car. Zakharenko helped take about 30 people out of Belarus. During another trip to Belarus, the woman disappeared.

On 24.05.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

The 23-year-old man is accused of slandering Lukashenko under Part 1 and Part 2 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code. The trial began on February 13.

Patskov was allegedly detained in December 2023. Before his arrest, for some time he served as the acting director of the unitary enterprise Petrikovsky District Housing Communkhoz.

Vasily was reportedly held in custody from December 19 to 21, 2023. He was found guilty of allegedly making an insulting statement about Lukashenko on November 18, 2023, while in the Pruzhany District Hospital. He was taken there after a traffic police officer stopped him while intoxicated while riding a bicycle. Prior to his trial, Vasily was under a travel restriction.

On November 23, 2023, he was convicted under an administrative article for distributing, producing, storing information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities. Apparently at the same time a criminal case was opened under Article 367. Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He was most likely kept in custody until the trial. The court sentence is presumably related to imprisonment.

On April 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

On April 16, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

On March 29, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.