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Yaroslav was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Marina was convicted in the criminal “round dance case” initiated after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest.
Olga was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "slander" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Vitaly was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a message on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" addressed to the commander of the 5th special operations company of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, D.P. Koroty, which, according to the prosecution, was offensive.
Svetlana was detained and convicted for, according to investigators, scattering about 45 metal screws near the Minsk prosecutor's office on December 13, 2020. As a result, the car driven by the victim Klintsevich ran over them, and two tires were punctured.
Olga was found guilty of insulting a government official for her comments in a Viber group about the actions of Dmitry Voronov, head of the State Automobile Inspectorate department of the Stolbtsy District Department of Internal Affairs, during the dispersal of a peaceful demonstration in Stolbtsy in August 2020.
Vladislav was found guilty in March 2021 of insulting a government official for posting flyers on residential buildings on Moskovskaya and Orlovskaya Streets in Brest. According to the charges, the flyers contained photographs of police officers and texts "contrary to universal morality" and "written in an obscene manner."
Darya was found guilty in March 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social network VKontakte in the group "My Country Belarus." The comment was directed at Sergei Kolyada, a senior district police inspector at the Pruzhany District Executive Committee, and Tarasevich, a district police inspector at the same department. The comment read: "Scum".
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Svetlana was found guilty in March 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official. According to the charges, on October 26, 2020, she left the comment "Shoot yourself, b*tch" under a photo of Minsk Regional Executive Committee OMON Sergeant Vitaly Fyodorov on Facebook "with the intent to humiliate the honor and dignity of both the victim personally and the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs." In addition to her restricted freedom, Svetlana was also ordered to pay compensation for moral damages to the "victim."
Lyudmila was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment she left on the Telegram channel "Pruzhany/Pruzhana" under a photograph of Ruzhany police officer Dmitry Kazarenko, using the word "cattle." According to the prosecution, she caused him "mental suffering, which manifested itself in personal anguish and the anguish of his loved ones, as well as feelings of bitterness and resentment."
Lyudmila was found guilty in March 2021 of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." According to investigators, she "used physical violence against one of the officers—repeatedly grabbing his arms and jacket, pushing him away from the police vehicle, striking him in the back at least three times with her hands, and causing physical pain and battery. She then repeatedly prevented the police vehicle from closing its doors, threw a backpack out of the vehicle, struck the body and windows of the vehicle at least four times, and pressed her hands against the hood of the vehicle, thereby preventing the officers from driving away."
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Elena was found guilty in March 2021 of insulting a government official for her comment, "Small ISIS, a tribunal is just around the corner," addressed to Vitaly Fyodorov, a senior sergeant with the Minsk City Executive Committee's OMON police department, under a Facebook post in which she wrote that he would be happy to kill people. Elena pleaded not guilty at the trial.
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Alevtina, a technical writer and copywriter, was found guilty in April 2021 of a criminal offense under the article on insulting a government official for a comment she left in a Telegram chat: "No one will ever be a bigger slut than Yermoshina."
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Anastasia was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official. According to investigators, on September 3, 2020, she posted an Instagram story insulting Daria Bondarchuk, a member of the Grodno OMON (Special Purpose Police Unit). On December 8, 2020, a group of OMON officers and other security forces arrived at Anastasia's apartment and conducted a search. She was then detained and held for three days in the Grodno temporary detention facility.
Dmitry was found guilty in the spring of 2021 of insulting a government official for posting a text under a collage of police officer Vladislav Shukailo, with the caption "Callsign: Drysh," on the Telegram channel "Punisher of Belarus." An expert examination found the word "drysh" to be offensive and stated that it conveyed a negative connotation.