The basis for the criminal case were comments in one of the chats, recognized by security forces as extremist materials in May 2021.
According to Alexander's acquaintances abroad, in May 2023, after the criminal case had already been opened, he left for Poland, where he stayed for about a month. Then his elderly mother called him and said that an investigator had called her and threatened to search for her son. It was promised that if Kulikov returned, he would be given a punishment that did not involve imprisonment.
After some time, Kulikov decided to return to Belarus and was detained. He stopped communicating while crossing the border. Another administrative violation protocol was drawn up against him (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and a criminal case was opened.
On 01.07.2024, a trial was held to replace Alexander's regime and he made the decision to transfer the political prisoner to prison regime .
It has become known that Kulikov is going to be tried again. This time he is accused under three articles: participation in an extremist group (Article 361, note 1, part 3), participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state (Article 361, note 3, part 1) and undergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activity (Article 361, note 5). On December 22, the press service of the Moscow Regional Court reported that on December 20, Kulikov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Together with the previous punishment, the total term of imprisonment for the man will be 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime.
In March 2024, it became known that the prosecutor appealed the sentence of political prisoner Alexander Kulikov from Mogilev, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. According to the court's decision, he was given an additional year and a half to his term .
6 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
A 34-year-old resident of Bobruisk. After 10 days in the Okrestina detention center, he was transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1.
The man was charged with donating to an organization recognized as terrorist in Belarus. He faces 8 to 12 years in prison.
Dmitry Sluk did not appeal the verdict and was transferred to one of the Belarusian colonies to serve his sentence.
On June 24, 2024, the conditions of detention were tightened, and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
8.5 years in prison
Andrey was detained by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption for posting extremist materials on his page vk.com. Andrey published a video of Lukashenko taking the oath in 1994 under a white-red-white flag.
He was convicted for participating in the Grodno Marches and comments in the chat.
The man did not admit guilt, but confirmed only the fact of writing comments on August 11 and 12, 2020. The man's participation in the Grodno Marches was not confirmed after watching videos from events in the city.
It became known that a laboratory and forensic medical examination was carried out in June 2022. She confirmed Andrey's mental illness. However, he was convicted anyway, and also included in the list of individuals and organizations involved in terrorist activities.
In August 2023, she was transferred to the prison regime.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Resident of the Mogilev region. Shoe store worker.
In 2020, he was detained for participating in protests.
Detained for sabotage of the railway near the stations of Bobruisk, as well as arson of the shooting range of military unit 5527.
On April 12, 2024, a trial was held to change the conditions of the regime of serving the sentence and Vitaly was transferred to a prison regime for a period of 3 years.
14.07.2022 | 15.07. The trial will begin in Bobruisk |
15 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Convicted of participating in protest actions.
From September 16, 2023, Egor was transferred to prison regime. There the political prisoner must serve 2 years.
5,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Detained for arson on February 28, 2022 at the Zherd-Ostankovichi station of the signaling, centralization and interlocking (SCB) relay cabinet, as a result of which traffic lights and turnouts in this section were rendered inoperative.
The stretch is on the Zhlobin-Kalinkovichi line, which then continues to Ovruch (Zhytomyr region of Ukraine).
On March 25, 2024, in Gorki, Denis began to be tried under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the requirements of the colony administration). The case was considered by judge Natalya Fomicheva. She added two more years to the political prisoner.
At the beginning of April 2024, it became known that Denis was transferred to prison No. 4 in Mogilev.
On June 18, 2024, the Mogilev Regional Court will consider Denis’s appeal.
25 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions.
He was detained by Russian border guards when he tried to leave Belarus. He was handed over to the Belarusian security forces and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
At the beginning of September 2022,it became known that a trial was held in Orsha to strengthen the political prisoner regime and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
Dmitry’s mother died on April 13, 2023.
It recently became known that in Orsha on September 1, 2023, a trial was held under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (Malicious disobedience to the requirements of the prison administration). Dmitry was added to his prison term by another 1 year and 15 days . That is, the political prisoner’s term should have ended on August 18, and he should have been released, but this did not happen due to re-arrest and trial on a new criminal case.
2 years 6 months and 15 days of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony.
Detained for drawing with “Pahony” stencils.
Anatoly Latushka is the cousin of politician Pavel Latushko.
On 04/22/2024 he was transferred to prison for 6 months.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The owner of the YouTube channel “Third Region Belarus” was detained on January 10, 2022, when he returned to Belarus for the holidays.
He is accused of de-anonymizing the security forces and, after leaving for Ukraine, he continued to “post anti-state information on social networks and promote resistance to government officials.”
The man uploaded videos to his channel from solidarity rallies of Belarusians in Kyiv. He is also accused of making cynical comments about the deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk.
On July 18, 2023, the Shklovsky District Court considered Oleg’s case under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Oleg was transferred to prison regime.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
A resident of Baranovichi. Engaged in entrepreneurship, then worked as a trucker.
In the 2020 elections, he tried to register as a presidential candidate, but the central election commission refused him.
Before the 2020 elections, the YouTube channel «Tochka nevozvrata» («Point of No Return») began to actively conduct (currently it has 43.3 thousand subscribers). Including statements from this channel formed the basis of the criminal case against Chudinovich. In July 2021, the man was placed in custody. On May 1, 2022, he was transferred to a covered prison.
26.01.2024 | Перед тюрьмой у него была проблема с ногами, возможно суставы - он ходил с подлокотным костылем. Жаловался, что состояние ухудшилось после ШИЗО, куда его помешали накануне. Когда его вели на ПКТ у него костыль забрали. Видели как он выходил, держась рукой за стену общежития. Из разговоров с ним он сказал, что его жену убили, а дочь похитили (намекая, видимо, что его жена умерла в больнице из-за низкого уровня медицины, а дочь, оставленную без попечителей, отправили в интернат). |
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Director of a construction company. Have a baby. He was detained on October 1, 2021, his house was searched. On April 8, 2022, the prosecutor's office sent the case against the activists of the "Busly Lyatsyats" initiative to the court. Some episodes of the criminal case are related to the damage to the car of the judge of the Borisovsky district in March 2021 and the window in the apartment where “an employee of the Minsk prosecutor’s office lives with a young child” in April 2021.
On June 9, 2023, it became known that Aleksey was placed in the PKT. According to human rights activists, on June 15, 2023, a trial was held in Bobruisk to change the regime and conditions of detention for Alexei, which decided to transfer Gameza to a prison regime for a period of three years in Mogilev.
At the end of June 2023, the political prisoner was transferred to a prison in Mogilev.
14.5 years in prison in a penal colony.
BMZ employee. Detained on September 18, 2021 for unknown reasons, raising 2 children of primary school age. According to preliminary information, the charge is Art. 356 of the Criminal Code (treason to the state). Also, ONT reported that a criminal case had been initiated for the creation of an extremist group - Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code.
On May 28, 2024, the court of Novopolotsk considered the case of strengthening the regime of detention for a political prisoner. By decision of judge Vitaly Lapko, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
14 years in a colony under enhanced regime conditions
Former operator of the GPU workshop "Ammonia-3". According to preliminary information, he was detained under Articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“treason to the state” and “conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power”).
Vladimir was placed in a KGB pre-trial detention center, then transferred to pre-trial detention center-3.
On November 9, 2022, the Gomel Regional Court began considering the “Rabochaga Ruhu case”, in which ten political prisoners are involved. On the second day of the trial, all the defendants in the case told the court that they did not admit their guilt in treason and the creation of an extremist group. All the defendants in the “Rabochaga Ruhu case” refused to testify at the trial. On December 27, the trial was closed until the verdict was pronounced, although before that it was held in the open.
On November 16, 2023, Vladimir’s regime was changed to prison and he will be transferred to prison No. 4 in Mogilev.
15 years in a colony under a reinforced regime
Former legal adviser of OJSC Naftan, plant Polymir. He was detained on the territory of the Russian Federation without legal grounds. No one explained the reasons for the detentions, and Alexander was urgently handed over to the KGB of Belarus, who secretly took him to Minsk from the Russia/Ukraine border crossing "Troebortnoe". In the first days after his arrest, his leg was broken and his arm was injured.
On April 10, 2024, a trial was held in Bobruisk in the case of replacing the detention regime for a political prisoner. By decision of judge Pavel Kartinin, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
15 years in a colony under a reinforced regime
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