In a pro-government video, one of the Khilchuk brothers says that they were in the city center during the 2020 rallies. Another brother says that they also went to Minsk. At this point, a selfie of one of them with politician Pavel Latushko is shown.
Dmitry was arrested and convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after the August 2020 protests against the results of the presidential election.
According to the prosecution, on the night of August 9-10, 2020, Dmitry, “being on the roadway and acting in a group of people, shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the work of organizations, thereby taking an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and were accompanied by disobedience to the legal demands of government officials.”
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2025.
He was detained for participating in protests in Baranovichi in 2020. A video of the detainees was published by a Telegram channel close to the security forces in July 2024. There, Alexey Pashkevich said that on August 9, 2020, he was in the city center, “when people ran en masse to the police - we [with my godfather] went there to the road to take photos, shoot a video, capture it all.”
Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).
And the press service of the court announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranavichy, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, “deliberately obstructing the movement of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.” The exact date when the protests took place is not even indicated, it is simply called “August 2020.”
Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranavichy have already been sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a prison colony for a period of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was that a woman with a child under 3 years of age was sentenced to a suspended sentence).
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranavichy residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Vyacheslav was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicts “shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Oleg was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the winter of 2025.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Dmitry was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."
He is expectedto be released in February 2025.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranavichy residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Alexey was one of them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicts “shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Oleg was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."
He is expectedto be releasedin February 2025.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (nine people) began on March 28, 2024. Eduard was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted individuals "shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, and obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
He is expected to be released in early September 2025.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Seventeen people from Baranovichi were charged under the "people's" article. They were found guilty of participating in a march in Baranovichi on the night of August 10-11, 2020. They were allegedly on the roadway of the streets, shouting loudly, shouting "slogans" and "displaying" national flags.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025, having served his full sentence.
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