Valery was found guilty in November 2020 of a criminal case opened under the article on violence or the threat of violence against a law enforcement officer for participating in a post-election protest on September 8, 2020, in Minsk. According to the charges, during the protest, he "used violence against a riot police officer, striking him in the face at least twice and kicking him in the face again while being escorted to a police car."
Ekaterina was found guilty in January 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for reposting a photograph and personal information, as well as for posting a comment on this post on the Telegram channel "Slonim for Life," about a riot police officer from the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, Senior Police Sergeant Sergei Oskolkov. According to the investigation, under the repost, she posted a message "containing offensive content, degrading the honor and dignity of Oskolkov."
Trial outcome 22.01.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
Maxim was found guilty of criminal defamation. According to the charges, on September 14, 2020, he used his mobile phone to post personal information about Brest OMON commander Maxim Mikhovich on a regional Telegram channel. The prosecution alleges that the published information was accompanied by text "containing slanderous, false, and defamatory information about the police officer."
Artyom was found guilty of desecrating state symbols. According to the prosecution, in September 2020, near a fountain on Sovetskaya Street in Brest, he attempted to set fire to the national flag, and when he failed, he tore it to pieces.
Dmitry was found guilty in January 2021 of insulting a government official for a comment he left in the Telegram chat "Banda Luka" (Luka's Gang) about Olga Chemodanova, press secretary for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the indictment, the comment "humiliated Chemodanova's honor and dignity, caused her moral and emotional suffering, undermined her authority, personal and professional qualities, and the authority of the internal affairs agencies as a whole."
Trial outcome 26.01.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 5000 rubles of compensation.
Pavel was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article "hooliganism committed by a group of persons." According to the charges, on October 14, 2020, Pavel, acting intentionally and by prior conspiracy, with the intent of disturbing public order, placed tires and pieces of roofing felt on the road and set them on fire with a flammable liquid, thereby blocking traffic on the roadway in the direction of Minsk.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander was found guilty in February 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official. The case arose from a message he posted in the Radzima newspaper group on VKontakte regarding police officer Pavel Kurs, which the prosecution deemed humiliating.
Trial outcome 01.02.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Alexander was found guilty of insulting a government official for his comment in a VKontakte group about fines for drivers who honked their horns in solidarity with protests. The post specifically mentioned traffic police inspector Alexander Kirkalov, who was the "victim" in the case.
Trial outcome 02.02.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Andrei was found guilty in February 2021 in a criminal case brought under articles on desecration of buildings and insulting Lukashenko for, according to the charges, "intentionally applying cynical inscriptions and a graphic design to a section of the concrete barrier of the Amkodor-DOMZ public utility company using an enamel spray can, thereby desecrating the buildings and causing damage to the enterprise."
Trial outcome 02.02.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 108 rubles of compensation.
Ekaterina was found guilty in February 2021 of a criminal offense under the article on insulting a government official for a comment she left on the Telegram channel "Smolevichi Political Movement" regarding the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Major General of Police Ivan Kubrakov.
Trial outcome 17.02.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Inessa was convicted on charges of distributing leaflets in the city by posting them, which contained “knowingly false” information that slandered police officers.
Vitaly was found guilty in February 2021 of insulting a government official for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki about Baranovichi police officer Sergei Kovsh after he read that the officer had participated in the dispersal of peaceful demonstrators during post-election protests and used violence against them.
Trial outcome 19.02.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1587 rubles of compensation.
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