Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Vladislav Fedorovich Novozhilov

Vladislav, the lead singer of the band Gods Tower, was convicted in June 2021 for a comment left under a video in which the chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee Gennady Solovey communicates with people. He was sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. It was later reported that Vladislav left Belarus.

In March 2024, a new criminal case was opened against him under the articles "Incitement of hatred or discord" and "Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it" as part of a special proceeding. In June of the same year, he was convicted in absentia for participating in an "extremist formation" - "Rudobelskaya show-off". Vladislav was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment and a fine of 500 basic units.

Sentences

Trial outcome 21.06.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 24.06.2024
8 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Appeal 20.09.2024
the sentence was upheld (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Tatiana Nikolaevna Garkusha
Tatiana Nikolaevna Garkusha
State prosecutors19 february 1992
Place:
Court of the Central District of Gomel
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
21.06.2021
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Sergey Ivanovich Karmanovich
Sergey Ivanovich Karmanovich
Judges17 january 1969
Place:
Court of the Central District of Gomel
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
21.06.2021
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Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya
Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya
Judges16 july 1966
Place:
Brest Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
24.06.2024
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov
Judges11 april 1967
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
20.09.2024
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Co-defendants

Vladislav Fedorovich Novozhilov
Hometown:
Gomel
Birthday:
20.04.1975
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 21.06.2021

    Trial outcome 21.06.2021

    3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Court of the Central District of Gomel

  3. ~01.07.2021

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  4. 2024
  5. 24.06.2024

    Trial outcome 24.06.2024

    8 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine (trial in absentia), Brest Regional Court

  6. 20.09.2024

    Appeal 20.09.2024

    the sentence was upheld (trial in absentia), Supreme Court