Grodno human rights activist and journalist Vladimir Khilmanovich has not lived in Belarus for two and a half years. But on December 1, 2023, a search was conducted in the apartment of Vladimir Khilmanovich’s wife, where he lived from 2014 to 2021, and a criminal case was opened.
Trial outcome 19.08.2024: 5 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
Belarusian statesman, diplomat, initiator and creator of the Hi-Tech Park. Member of the 2020 presidential campaign.
17 years in prison in absentia.
journalist, politician. Member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, founder of the newspaper "Vitebsky Courier", founder of the organization "Our House".
According to the indictment , Sedenevsky, Yakubovsky, Zakharkevich and Stepantsova grossly violated public order at the protest, threatening and committing violence against police officers. The case involves 11 injured employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
On May 2, 2024, special proceedings began against Nadezhda.
3.5 years restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
Evgeniy and Olga Prudnikovs were found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. During one of the peaceful meetings, they allegedly went out onto the roadway, thereby obstructing the movement of traffic and causing damage to Minsktrans. They are outside Belarus and were not present at the trial. They were put on the wanted list on December 21, 2022. At the trial, their testimony, which they gave as witnesses in another case in August 2022, was read out. Then they talked about their participation in the Marches on August 16 and 30, 2020.
The evidence in the case was photographs from Facebook of Olga Prudnikova with Marsha, testimony of witnesses who allegedly confirmed “the fact of the existence of an initial agreement with the accused to jointly participate in unsanctioned mass events in the central part of Minsk.”
2 years of imprisonment in absentia in a colony under general regime conditions
Evgeniy and Olga Prudnikovs were found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. During one of the peaceful meetings, they allegedly went out onto the roadway, thereby obstructing the movement of traffic and causing damage to Minsktrans. They are outside Belarus and were not present at the trial. They were put on the wanted list on December 21, 2022. At the trial, their testimony, which they gave as witnesses in another case in August 2022, was read out. Then they talked about their participation in the Marches on August 16 and 30, 2020.
The evidence in the case was photographs from Facebook of Olga Prudnikova with Marsha, testimony of witnesses who allegedly confirmed “the fact of the existence of an initial agreement with the accused to jointly participate in unsanctioned mass events in the central part of Minsk.”
2 years of imprisonment in absentia in a colony under general regime conditions
lead singer of the band Gods Tower. In August 2020, Vladislav watched a video in which the chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee Gennady Solovey communicates with people. Impressed by this, he left a comment about the mind and the hog. And eight months later they came to the musician (they did not take custody). Left Belarus.
3 years of restriction of freedom .
On trial for participating in a protest in Grodno.
On May 2, 2024, special proceedings began against Zhanna.
3 years in a penal labor facility
Member of the Belaruskali strike committee. He was detained in Russia at the request of Belarusian security forces for subsequent extradition to Belarus.
On June 24, 2021, the maximum period of detention allowed on such charges expired, and Andrei was released.
In 2024, special proceedings began against Andrey (trial in absentia).
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Chairman of the Gomel branch of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", a human rights activist with 20 years of experience in helping to restore the violated rights of citizens. He assisted in the preparation and submission of numerous individual appeals to the UN Human Rights Committee against Belarus.
Throughout 2020, Leonid Sudalenko provided legal assistance in appealing court decisions for participation in unauthorized rallies taking place in Gomel after the presidential elections.
Convicted for participating in the 2020 protests.
Released on July 21, 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
A new criminal case in the format of special proceedings was initiated in November 2023. The trial in absentia ended in the Gomel Regional Court on June 17, 2024.
3 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
An architect who took part in an action in memory of Roman Bondarenko on Change Square on November 15, 2020, was detained and severely beaten. As a result, Vadim was hospitalized with various injuries.
The man did not admit his guilt and stated that he considered participation in this event his civic duty. He was convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
3 years of imprisonment with transfer to an open correctional facility
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