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.
The news about the detention of two friends (Denis Pischalo, 25 years old and Ilona Zaitsava, 24 years old) was published in the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus.In the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ilona admits (under pressure from law enforcement officials) that she took part in protest actions and made reposts from telegram channels, which are already recognized as extremist formations in Belarus.
In the winter of 2021, Ilona was convicted under Article 23.34. (Article 342 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus now). She ordered to pay a monetary penalty 2030 BYN (838,84 USD).She worked as a nurse at the Health Care Institution «Minsk Clinical Center of Phthisiopulmonology», Minsk.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Beltransgaz employee. Vasily was arrested while working in the Lida region, in the field. Convicted in the fall of 2021 for comments on Odnoklassniki regarding Karaev Yu.Kh.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Head of the legal department of the network of salons "In Connection". According to pro-government telegram channels, 26-year-old Ilona Belous participated in post-election protests. In the "repentant video", the girl denies her participation in mass events and access to the roadway.
At the court session , Natalia said that she and her husband saw how a group of citizens with symbols were heading towards Independence Avenue. They also decided to walk with the crowd, while moving along the sidewalk. Having reached the avenue, they saw that the roadway was blocked by police officers. At some point, they went out onto the roadway near the pedestrian crossing to take pictures, while wearing white-red-white ribbons on their wrists.
Trial outcome 27.10.2022:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Vitaliy Matyush said at the court session that he and his wife saw a group of citizens with symbols heading towards Independence Avenue. They also decided to walk with the crowd, while moving along the sidewalk. Having reached the avenue, they saw that the roadway was blocked by police officers. At some point, my wife and I went out onto the roadway near the pedestrian crossing to take a picture, while they had white-red-white ribbons on their wrists.
Trial outcome 27.10.2022:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Detained for participating in protests in 2020. She was summoned to the UK for a conversation and was detained there for photographs from the protests.
Trial outcome 25.11.2022:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the materials of the prosecution , Stasyulevich and Marvina, having learned from the Internet about the planned protest action in Minsk, on one of the September days of 2020, took part in an unauthorized mass event, moved in a column on the territory of the city of Minsk, including on the roadway and near Independence Avenue and Lenin Street, while Stasyulevich publicly shouted slogans, blocked and blocked the way for vehicles.
The prosecution believes that the irrefutable evidence of their guilt is photographs and video recordings, which record the circumstances of their actions.
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