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Gennady was placed in a pre-trial detention center long before the trial, and has been in custody since the end of April 2024. The media wrote about the man in 2021, because on his balcony at home, first there was an image of a white-red-white flag, and then the coat of arms of “Pahonia” (and because of this, the security forces showed attention to the man).
The man has 2 minor children waiting for him at home.
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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She was convicted in the "case of round dances " in Brest. She did not admit guilt. On September 13, 2020, at the March of Heroes in Brest, at the intersection of Cosmonauts Boulevard and Masherov Avenue, the protesters danced, sang the songs "Mura" and "Try charapakhi", and danced. They were dispersed by a water cannon.
A few months after the verdict, on October 13, 2021, Yulia’s home was searched, after which she was detained in a new criminal case. Then she was accused of financing extremist activities (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) and illegal actions in relation to information about private life and personal data (Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code). Yulia was imprisoned in SIZO-7.
In mid-April 2022, information appeared that Yulia was charged under six articles of the Criminal Code.
On July 4, 2022, the trial began in the Grodno Regional Court. On July 18, Judge Viktor Senko found the political prisoner guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
On July 18, 2022, a second sentence was passed under 6 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - 5 years in prison under general regime conditions and a fine of 2,650 rubles and 5,000 rubles of moral compensation in favor of one of the injured prosecutors.
On October 18, 2022, following the consideration of the appeal , Yulia was reduced by three months - from 5 years in prison to 4 years and 9 months , and also reduced the amount of the fine by almost a thousand rubles.
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activist from Pruzhany. Elena was sentenced in the "round dance case" to 2 years of restriction of freedom without a referral. After that, she was re-convicted for "insulting the president", the total term was 3 years of "home chemistry". On January 11, 2022, she was detained and given 15 days of arrest for violating the regime of serving "home chemistry". After the arrest, Elena was not released; a new criminal case was opened against her. She was convicted for posting on social networks Facebook and Instagram and sent to a colony for 3.5 years. At the initiative of the administration of the Gomel colony, a criminal case was opened against Elena under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. In addition, she was deprived of almost all programs, calls, dates, and the otovarka was reduced from three basic units to one (32 rubles).
4.5 years in prison.
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Irina was detained in December 2020 along with her son as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case." The authorities called Nikolai Avtukhovich "the organizer and leader of a terrorist group." She was accused of participating in a "terrorist organization" involved in arson of police property. Irina was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "act of terrorism," "attempted seizure of power," and for participating in a protest that took place in September 2020 in Brest.
02.07.2023 | В колонии за июнь 2023 получила 2 рапорта и была лишена посылок/передач на 3 месяца, свиданий - также на 3 месяца. Письма приходят только от сына |
Trial outcome 17.10.2022: 17 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 700 basic values fine.
Appeal 31.03.2023: the sentence was upheld.
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1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony with a suspended sentence (due to a very small child, less than 3 years old)
Elena was detained in connection with the “round dance” case. She was returning from Poland to Brest. At passport control, the border guards became interested in the fact that the woman was born in Ukraine. She was handed over to unknown people in civilian clothes who demanded a phone number.
As a result, the woman was detained. After that there was an administrative court (15 days of arrest under Part 2 of Article 19. 11 of the Administrative Code) through two reposts in Telegram. And then the woman was placed in a pre-trial detention center until trial.
It is known that Elena lived in Brest and went to Poland for shopping.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
He was detained on January 9, 2023 as part of a criminal case opened in Brest based on the events of September 13, 2020, when during a protest, people danced in a circle on the roadway (the so-called “round dance case”).
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
3 years of restriction of liberty without referral to an open correctional facility
Grigory returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A defendant in the criminal case of “round dances”, initiated after the action that took place on September 13 in Brest. She was convicted for participating in protests.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional facility
Aleksey, as well as the previous defendants in the “round dance” case , was tried for the fact that on September 13, 2020 in Brest, protesters danced at the intersection to the music from the speakers until they were dispersed by a water cannon. The atmosphere of that protest action was described by the persons involved in the "round dance" case on other courts as "the atmosphere of a holiday."
2 years of restriction of freedom without referral to a correctional institution.
According to the investigation-prosecutors-judges, the criminal act happened on 09/13/2020, when in Brest, to the music from the speakers, people danced at the intersection until they were dispersed by a water cannon. The atmosphere of that protest action was described by the persons involved in the "round dance" case on other courts as "the atmosphere of a holiday."
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.