A serviceman of the Mogilev military registration and enlistment office, was convicted on November 24, 2023 under administrative article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - (distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities). After which he was charged with Article 356 Part 2, which was later reclassified.
On May 28, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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According to pro-government telegram channels, “he distributed Nazi symbols and extremist materials, and in 2020 he actively attended unauthorized mass events in Lida.” He was detained in March 2024.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
54-year-old Sergei is accused of facilitating extremist activities. He is invited to return to Belarus and come to the department of the Investigative Committee for the Grodno region.
The man is accused of participating in protests and writing comments in protest chats. A number of photos and videos from protests were found on Vitaly’s phone, which GUBOP employees claim were his authorship.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
The Investigative Committee began the process of special proceedings against the ex-director of the Grodno children's hospice Olga Velichko. “Special proceedings are proceedings in a criminal case against an accused who is outside the Republic of Belarus and is avoiding appearing before the body conducting the criminal proceedings.” That is, special proceedings are actually the first step towards trials in absentia of those who are abroad, recently legalized in Belarus. In July 2022, Alexander Lukashenko signed a law on amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which allow Belarusians who are abroad to be tried in absentia and even sentenced to death.
9 years imprisonment in absentia
5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
She is an active lawyer at the Minsk City Bar Association, and has represented the interests of citizens in court in many politically motivated cases. In particular, she was a party to the defense of her son, political prisoner Parkhimichka Viktor Viktorovich (at the moment he has fully served his sentence and has left the Republic of Belarus). Galina has been an active member of the Belarusian Popular Front party since 1994. On April 1, 2017, she participated as an expert in the talk show “Each of Us” on the Belsat channel, which is recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
On February 28, 2024, Galina was detained and her apartment was searched. She was charged with participating in protests because KGB officers managed to recover deleted photographs from a peaceful protest march on July 16, 2020. In addition, KGB officers accused her of providing financial assistance through Facebook to persons who suffered from repression by the security forces of the Republic of Belarus.
Galina was released on bail, after which she left the Republic of Belarus.
15.03.2024 | Галина Сергеевна защищала таких политзаключенных как: Андрей Царёнок ,Татьяна Козак , Артём Боярский , Борушко Ольга, Зуев Евгений, Мазгар Елена. |
On February 14, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against representatives and participants of the “Personnel Reserve for New Belarus” initiative announced by the Joint Transitional Cabinet. The ONT TV channel later showed 14 people detained in this case. Propagandist Igor Tur said that together with the security forces, he listened to lectures for participants in the initiative for a year.
On February 26, pro-government channels published a video with the participation of Alexander Kuksa, where he admitted to participating in this program.
The “Personnel Reserve for a New Belarus” program was launched by the Joint Transitional Cabinet in November 2022. The goal of the project was to train professionals who would be able to work in government positions and carry out reforms.
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unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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