Detained together with his wife, political prisonerVictoria Zhdanovich on August 3, 2022. First, he was sentenced to 12 days of arrest, then he was detained as part of a criminal case on group acts that grossly violated public order.
The Minsk resident was accused of "being on the carriageway, publicly shouting slogans, deliberately blocking traffic by a vehicle by blocking the carriageway by exiting together with other unidentified citizens." At the trial, he fully admitted his guilt. We found Pavel from a photo on the roadway with symbols from the March on his own phone. This one photograph was the main evidence of the man's guilt.
Head of the Laboratory of Genetic Biotechnologies of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, Candidate of Biological Sciences. He has 20 years of work experience, previously he was a member of the governing body of the primary organization of the Free Trade Union of Belarus in the RSPC DOGI. At first, Alexander was placed in a temporary detention center on Akrestsina Street as part of a criminal case. Six days later, he was released under the guarantee of his colleagues, since Alexander is a valuable specialist. He was accused of participating in two Sunday Marches in Minsk - on August 23 and 30, 2020. Prior to the trial, Meleshko was at large.
During the judicial investigation, it was established that the accused posted offensive comments under publications in “destructive Telegram channels” about Alexander Lukashenko, Andrey Shved and Natalya Eismont.
Trial outcome 16.08.2022:
4 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Elena's house was searched as part of a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order. Elena's husband is also a political prisoner Anatoly Latushka.
The woman was found guilty of taking part in one of the Marches in Minsk on September 6, 2020. According to the indictment, Svetlana Kindel moved as part of the convoy , "including in a hitch with her elbows," blocking the movement of vehicles.
Vladislav Ryabich is 24 years old, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, he uses a wheelchair. Vladislav has the 1st group of disability. Vladislav comes from a large family, he also has a twin brother with a disability. Local journalists often visited the family to film stories or write materials about the exemplary family and wonderful children. Vladislav Ryabich is a multiple participant in various Olympiads, had an average grade point average of 9.4.
On August 9, 2022, security forces broke into the house where Vladislav and his younger brother were. They rudely threatened the man and asked him to comment on what he had written in response to the 2020 post About Lukashenko: in the comment, Vladislav agreed with what was written in the post. If he "repented", the police "would have forgiven him". However, Vladislav refused to say that he was wrong and said that he would not change his mind. The man also added that it was an honor for him that they came to him with machine guns on August 9. Then he was promised criminal liability. He refused to testify in court. His testimony was read out during the investigation in August 2022 by investigator Yankovsky. He gave it in Belarusian.
Trial outcome 12.09.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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