According to the prosecution, Gontovoy participated in protests in Minsk on August 9-11. "Minsktrans" calculated the amount of damage due to the idle time of public transport these days in the amount of 27 thousand 958 rubles 50 kopecks. Taken into custody in the courtroom on July 20, 2021 after the verdict was announced.
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Arrested on September 13, 2020 for the events in Minsk in August. According to the case file , Falkin, Litvinenko, Matyukh and Borisov, having entered into an agreement, planned participation in protests, determined the route, coordinated actions in case of detention. The defendants were in a telegram chat called "Hour X", where the discussion took place. In this chat, according to the investigation, an attack on police officers was being prepared.
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Aliaksey Drab protected a protester from the riot police. Was detained on October 20, 2020. He was threatened, made to make an on-camera confession, his leg was broken in five areas. After interrogation was placed in pre-trial detention center with a cast on his leg.
Trial outcome:
Sentenced to 5 years in prison
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Charges indicted: attempted murder of two policemen during protests on August 11, 2020 at the 'Pushkinskaya' metro station . As comes from investigation, commited an aimed hitting onto military policemen. Can be sentensed up to 25 years inprisoning.
15.09.2021
P / o Veino (address clarification)
Trial outcome:
11 years in a medium-security prison
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He was detained and convicted for blocking the road with a utility vehicle during a protest that took place from August 10 to 11, 2020 in Minsk.
04.05.2021
On 27.04 there was an appeal, the “threat of violence” was removed
Trial outcome 02.02.2021:
7 years in a medium-security prison
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He was detained on September 30, 2020 during a Sunday protest in Minsk and convicted of trying to stop another protester from being detained.
From September 28, 2021, he was transferred to prison regime for 3 years.
Trial outcome 27.11.2020:
5 years imprisonment under strict security conditions
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Nikita was detained and beaten on September 13, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots" and protests. According to the case file , Nikita and other political prisoners, Yan Falkin, Vladimir Matyukh and Vladislav Borisov, planned to participate in the protests, discussing routes and actions in case of arrest in the “Hour X” telegram chat. The investigation alleged that they were preparing an attack on police officers.
In 2022, the pressure on Nikita increased: he was repeatedly detained in a punishment cell and placed in a PKT. It is known that Nikita spent six months in a cell-type room from June 30, 2023. In the fall of 2023, a new criminal case was opened against him for “malicious disobedience to the administration of a correctional institution.” The trial in Shklov began on November 3 and ended in January 2024, adding another year of imprisonment to Nikita.
05.12.2021
In a letter dated 11/17/2021, he indicated that Detachment 16
Trial outcome 19.07.2021:
5 years imprisonment in a maximum security colony
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In late August 2020, Alexander was detained along with his sister on a trolleybus, and on December 4, 2020, he was arrested as part of a criminal case. He was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In January 2023, Alexander's regime was intensified, and he was transferred to a prison in Zhodino.
Trial outcome 17.05.2021:
5 years imprisonment under strict security conditions
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After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained on September 25, 2020 as part of a criminal case initiated after a protest in Minsk. On state television, Vitaly was shown with his hands tied in the forest, where he admits to participating in mass riots.
Trial outcome 02.07.2021:
6 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
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He was detained on September 23, 2020 as part of a criminal case initiated after a protest in Minsk.
Pavel was found guilty of calling for participation in mass riots, pre-planned under the guise of mass events, on September 23, from 21:00 to 23:00, and blocking communications, which disrupted the work of Minsktrans. He also “restricted the right of respectable citizens to quiet rest and free movement” and resisted the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In July 2022, he was convicted again for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution.”
Trial outcome 13.07.2022:
6.5 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
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Volunteer of the headquarters of Viktor Babariko. In July 2020, he was detained under an administrative article for participating in solidarity chains, served an administrative arrest against Akrestsina. The second time he was detained on August 14, 2020 under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, together with other volunteers of Babariko's headquarters.
Before the trial, Vlad was first in the KGB pre-trial detention center, then in SIZO-1 in Minsk.
It is known that in the Novopolotsk colony No. 1 he was often placed in a punishment cell. From autumn to early March 2023, the political prisoner was held in the PKT. In the Novopolotsk court on March 6, 2023, a trial was held to change the regime for Vladislav and he was transferred to a prison regime . Soon the political prisoner was placed in Mogilev Prison No. 4 .
Vlad's mother is a pensioner and a disabled person of the 3rd group.
Trial outcome 10.06.2021:
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
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Detained on November 4, 2020 along with the drummers. He was sentenced to 15 days, but was not released upon expiration of the term. Alexey was accused of preparing to participate in mass riots and participating in protests. The car was confiscated.
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An activist of the anarchist movement, he was detained on August 12, 2020 at about 13:00 in a car parking lot and convicted on numerous criminal charges.
The court awarded 16 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the huge sentence for Akihiro by only 3 months.
Trial outcome 06.09.2022:
15 years and 9 months of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
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Volunteer at Viktor Babariko’s headquarters. He was detained on the night of August 12-13 along with Vladislav Koretsky in the case of mass riots. Convicted for participating in protests.
09.10.2021
10/03/2021 transferred to IK 15
15.06.2021
In a letter dated June 3, chamber 23
10.06.2021
Camera number 23
Trial outcome 10.06.2021:
5 years in a medium-security prison
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