Alexey was found guilty in January 2022 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel on November 22, 2021, under a post addressed to Natalia Yarmolinskaya, a district juvenile affairs inspector from Borisov.
Trial outcome 12.01.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alla was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a young man to the ground with his knee.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Svetlana, a leading client relations specialist at A1, was arrested in December 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." She was first detained in a temporary detention facility and later in a pretrial detention center.
In March 2022, the court found her guilty and sentenced her to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility and to pay a fine.
Trial outcome 12.03.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, unknown basic values fine.
Svetlana was found guilty in January 2022 of the criminal offense of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on February 18, 2021, in the "Dvizh" group on the social network VKontakte under a post about how police officers Sergei Vladimirovich Shramov and Alexander Leonidovich Shlupakov "sacrificed their lives" in removing white-red-white balloons.
It is known that Svetlana had undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor and was undergoing complex rehabilitation at the time of the trial. Despite this, she was sentenced to restricted freedom and ordered to pay compensation to the "victims."
Trial outcome 05.01.2022
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 600 rubles of compensation.
Alexey was found guilty in February 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left in the Dombrovka-5 district chat room about Mikhail Bedunkevich, head of the third department of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Trial outcome 05.02.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Alexander was found guilty in December 2021 in a criminal case opened under the articles "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and "insulting a government official" for a comment left in the "Soligorsk for Life Chat" chat room addressed to police lieutenant colonels Sergei Ivanovich Soloviev and Oleg Petrovich Shalokha.
Trial outcome 24.12.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 4000 rubles of compensation.
Nadezhda was found guilty in December 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social network Odnoklassniki under a post that featured a video of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from Gantsevichi, pinning a detained young man to the ground with his knee.
Trial outcome 23.12.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 700 rubles of compensation.
Vitaly, an electrician at the Krasnoselskstroymaterialy company, was found guilty in December 2021 of defamation, specifically for distributing leaflets containing information about members of the electoral commission.
Trial outcome 22.12.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 185 rubles of compensation.
Oleg, a leading design engineer at Krasnoselskstroymaterialy, was found guilty in December 2021 of desecrating buildings and slandering members of the election commission for painting the "Pahonia" coat of arms on buildings and distributing leaflets with information about the commission members.
Trial outcome 22.12.2021
2 years 2 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 185 rubles of compensation.
Sergei was found guilty in December 2021 of desecrating buildings and slandering members of the electoral commission for painting the Pahonia coat of arms on buildings and posting leaflets with information about members of the electoral commission.
Trial outcome 22.12.2021
2 years 2 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 185 rubles of compensation.
Evgeny was found guilty in August 2021 of "desecration of state symbols" for demonstratively tearing and burning the Belarusian national flag with an acquaintance. The trial was filmed and posted online. The video was freely accessible, allowing internet users to watch and share the performance. Evgeny was sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral.
The prosecutor's office appealed the verdict, and Evgeny's sentence was changed to one year of restricted freedom with placement in an open-type correctional facility.
After the accident, Evgeniy spent a long time in the hospital, after which he became disabled, and was therefore released from the punishment in the form of restriction of freedom with a referral.
Elena was an election observer in August 2020. She was arrested on December 9, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In the spring of 2022, Elena was found guilty, allegedly for participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Marina was convicted in December 2021 in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
She was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Igor was convicted in December 2021 in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Dmitry was convicted in December 2021 in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was found guilty of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
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