According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
Trial outcome 12.09.2024:
2 years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility
According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
Trial outcome 12.09.2024:
2 years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility
On a pro-government Telegram channel, Ilya says in a video that on August 10, 2020, he “stupidly went to Brest.” There, he went out onto the roadway, where “stones were thrown, fireworks were displayed, barricades were built.” He also said that he was at the protests with a friend who was already “serving a sentence.”
It is unknown what status the Belarusian has and what exactly he is accused of.
The pro-government channel published a video about the detention of the Sergievich spouses. According to Mediazona, we are talking about Ekaterina and Alexandra Sergievich from Brest. The woman's mother was convicted of insulting Lukashenko.
On camera, detainee Ekaterina says that security forces came to their home to detain her husband because he “participated in protests in 2020.” Ekaterina herself had a correspondence in her telegram with the human rights center “Viasna” - she contacted her when her mother was arrested.
In the police video, Alexander says that during the protests he “was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The authors of the video show a photograph of him during the protests on Masherov Avenue in Brest. “Mother, daughter and son-in-law put together an extremist full house,” wrote the administrators of the pro-government channel.
Alesya was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Trial outcome 08.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Olga, a volunteer of the PSO "Angel", was detained and convicted for installing a scarecrow, which, according to investigators, resembled Lukashenko, in the district center on Varshavskoe Shosse.
Yulia was detained and convicted for installing a scarecrow, which, according to investigators, resembled Lukashenko, in the regional center on Varshavskoe Shosse.
In November 2024, a court hearing was held regarding Yulia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Daniil was convicted under the article on "hooliganism" for damaging two Beltelecom cameras and making "cynical inscriptions" as part of a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Artem was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Tatyana was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Viktor was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
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