Before his arrest, Sergei worked as a history teacher at Minsk School No. 30. The man graduated from the history department of the Belarusian State University and from his school years was fond of studying history. Previously, he was detained under an administrative article for participating in protest marches in Minsk. Convicted under a criminal article also for participation in protests.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Designer. At the request of the lawyer, the court was closed. The man was found guilty of insulting Maksim Voronko and Vitaly Blagotvorinsky on a telegram channel (presumably Lyakhovichi-97) on November 21, 2020 and February 3, 2021. The injured Voronko was previously a senior district police officer in the Lyakhovichi district, but on September 16, 2020, he resigned. Since 2017, the charity has worked in Lyakhovichi, before that - in the Baranovichi police department. Denis Koval fully admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness from the victims.
Trial outcome 16.01.2023:
1 year 3 months of restriction of liberty without a referral.
The man was accused of participating in Minsk protests several times, going out onto the roadway of Independence Avenue, which blocked the movement of public transport. The court ruling separately notes that Dmitry was photographed on the roadway with the national flag. The man was identified from photographs and videos from the protests, which the security forces found on his mobile phone.
Dmitry has a secondary special education, worked as an individual entrepreneur.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.
Trial outcome 10.01.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artyom was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk, Svetlana was released pending trial on bail in the amount of 9,600 rubles. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.
Trial outcome:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
She's a Pensioner. She was detained on November 26, 2022 for participating in protest actions. At first, she was convicted on an administrative case for 11 days, but after her arrest, the woman was never released.
The operator of machine tools at the Minsk tractor plant, According to telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, was detained for participating in a protest action in 2020.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
A leading specialist of one of the departments of MTBank was detained together with her husband, but released on bail pending trial, since the family has a minor child.
According to the prosecution, on August 30, 2020, Sergei and Margarita took an active part in an unauthorized mass event in Minsk.
The developer of the «ICON GAMES» studio, was detained at the end of November 2022 for participating in the post-election protests of 2020 and writing insulting comments.
Trial outcome:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Maxim was detained from 8 to 10 November 2022. Then he changed the measure of restraint to a written undertaking not to leave.
On April 29, 2021, the Pruzhany court accused the man of leaving insulting comments about employees of state bodies for coordinating foreign policy and foreign economic activity under a post on the Telegram channel. The man admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
Maxim has a secondary education and worked as a developer of raw materials at a Pruzhany enterprise.
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