Detained for participating in protests in 2020.
On October 20, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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The former MSLU teacher was detained in early October 2022 as part of a criminal case for participating in protests. She was detained by at least six law enforcement officers.
Prior to that, during the year Natalia was detained four times and tried on politically motivated administrative articles.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Painter, former head of the creative community «Pogonia». He was detained in August 2022 and sentenced to 15 days of arrest. Later it became known that a criminal case was opened against Gennady for participating in protests in 2020.
3 years in prison.
Columnist, director, organizer of honey fairs and director of the «Tsar-Med» company.
Convicted of participating in protests on August 23, 2020 as a columnist.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
At the beginning of September, the telegram channel of the volunteer initiative “Lists of Detainees” published information about the detention of an entire family: Yan, Anastasia and Ales Papkovich.
Special forces burst into Jan's apartment. During the arrest, security forces shot a machine gun and wounded a dog that started barking at them.
For a month, Yan was in a KGB pre-trial detention center, where he was tortured and could not walk. In stories on BT, Yan was shown as a mercenary who was going to Ukraine. It is known that Yang did not admit his guilt at the trial. One of the witnesses at the trial stated that “they put pressure on him, and he signed everything they said.” As evidence of Yan’s guilt, his private correspondence with his wife, as well as friends who, according to the investigation, serve in Ukraine in Kalinovsky’s regiment were voiced.
Ian worked as a cash collector at Belgazprombank.
In March 2024, Yan was convicted under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and another 3 months of imprisonment was added to the existing sentence.
4 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a strict general regime penal colony.
Convicted of participating in protest actions 2020.
Restrictions on freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
Member of the United Civic Party.
He was detained on the same days that several other party members were detained. According to the indictment, Smolyakov, Osmolovsky and Chernushina took an active part in a protest rally in Minsk on August 23, 2020. Members of the UCP grossly violated public order, did not respond to calls from police officers, disturbed the peace of citizens and obstructed the movement of public transport.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
3 years in an open prison.
Convicted of participating in protest actions in 2020.
| 15.10.2022 | 10/14/2020 appeal, the sentence was left unchanged - 3 years restriction with referral. |
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Real estate agent, blogger, author of the blog "Belarus in the Window". His TikTok account has 431 followers. In the videos, he humorously comments on Belarusian news.
During the arrest, he was beaten. Alexander had already been beaten before — he came under a wave of torture on the «Okrestina» during the August protests. According to the medical report published on his page, he was severely beaten during detention at the exit of the house on August 12, 2020 and on the «Okrestina», there were 47 bruises on his body.
The man submitted an application to the investigative committee with a demand to conduct a check on the fact of his beating. The initiation of a criminal case, of course, was refused.
During the consideration of the criminal case, it was established that from August to October 2020, Alexander repeatedly took part in blocking the movement of vehicles in Minsk, posted videos insulting Lukashenka on social networks.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under a reinforced regime.
3 years of imprisonment with transfer to an open correctional facility
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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