He was detained for taking photographs of military equipment with a mobile phone camera, filming the movements of military vehicles and subsequently passing this information on to the administrators of “extremist” Telegram channels.
04/21/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
The young man was charged with the fact that on February 27, 2022, he sent a video of a military aircraft to the telegram bot. Since this video was posted on the telegram channel recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus, these actions were qualified under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (Support of extremist activity).
Konstantin was taken into custody in the courtroom.
Released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained for sending information about the movement of Russian troops to the Belarusian Gayun telegram channel in early June 2022.
Olga lives in the working settlement of Rechitsa, Stolin District (7 km from the Belarusian-Ukrainian border). On March 21, 2022, she took the child to kindergarten. On the way, I saw military equipment with identifying red squares, took a photo and video and sent them to the telegram bot of the Belarusian Gayun project. Soon the woman was detained, and a "repentance video" was recorded with her.
4 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Activist from Mozyr. He was accused of making a publication on the Belarusski Gayun telegram channel about the movement of Russian troops in the city of Mozyr and was taken into custody.
Pavel Nozdrya is known for being the representative of the Green Watch initiative in Mozyr. He organized a number of environmental actions and initiatives in the city, in which representatives of government agencies also participated. Pavel Nozdrya is also one of the co-founders of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party.
01/26/2026 released after expiration of sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
During the arrest, Alexander’s phone was taken away and after they looked through it, they drew up a report on art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offences, and later sentenced to administrative arrest.
But after “24 hours” Alexander was not released. The reason for opening a criminal case was the transfer of photos of Russian military equipment to the telegram channel “Belarusian Gayun”.
On April 15, Lucinovich was placed in Gomel pre-trial detention center-3 and charged.
Released on January 13, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He is the Director of a kitchen furniture company.
According to pro-government channels, he was detained for sending photos with military equipment. After 15 days of administrative arrest, he was released. But after learning about the institution of a criminal case, he was forced to leave the country.
He is an IT Worker.
The Homel resident's fault was only in one episode: on March 9, he was driving his car along Lenin Avenue, noticed a Russian military KAMAZ, took a picture of it on an iPhone and sent the picture to an information Telegram channel recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
To detain him, the police staged a whole special operation. Andrey was harshly pressured during interrogations.
On December 27, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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