Olga, a volunteer of the PSO "Angel", was detained and convicted for installing a scarecrow, which, according to investigators, resembled Lukashenko, in the district center on Varshavskoe Shosse.
Darya was found guilty in January 2021 of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" for damaging the jacket of police officer Alexei Goryunov during a protest in Brest in the fall of 2020.
Trial outcome 19.01.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 10 rubles of compensation.
Grigory was found guilty in December 2021 of insulting a government official for a comment he left on the social network Odnoklassniki on May 27, 2020, under a post that featured a photo of Komar, a senior district police officer at the Bobruisk Main Directorate of Internal Affairs.
Trial outcome 06.12.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, unknown rubles of compensation.
Victoria was detained on November 22, 2021, at her workplace at the Ostrov Chistoty store as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "desecration of buildings and damage to property." She was placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In April 2022, she was found guilty of participating in a protest that took place on September 20, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Vitaly was found guilty in December 2021 of the criminal offense of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on VKontakte under a post alleging that Pavel Ermoolenko, a police captain with the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs in Vitebsk and a patrol company commander, had beaten people. In addition to a suspended sentence, the court ordered the "victim" to pay substantial compensation.
Trial outcome 03.12.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2087 rubles of compensation.
Daniil was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of State Symbols." According to the charges, "on September 12, 2021, near building No. 21 on Sovetskaya Street, he grabbed the flag with the intent to desecrate the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, expressing an insulting attitude toward state symbols and demonstrating ostentatious courage to those present." According to the prosecution, this caused damage to the state in the amount of 129 rubles.
Trial outcome 02.12.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 129 rubles of compensation.
Dmitry was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under photographs of police officers Sergei Vladimirovich Shramov and Alexander Leonidovich Shlupakov: "...these officers, risking their lives, confiscated these balloons..."
Trial outcome 29.11.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Yulia was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.
Trial outcome 29.11.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation.
Sergei was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for his participation in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. The criminal case was initiated following photographs in which Sergei was identified by operatives during social media monitoring.
Olga, a chemical analysis lab technician at Grodno Azot, was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a rally of citizens at the "March of Unity" held in Grodno on September 6, 2020.
Trial outcome 29.11.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Irina was arrested in November 2021 on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," and was placed in pretrial detention.
In March 2022, she was found guilty of participating in a protest that took place on September 20, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Ekaterina was found guilty in November 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
Sergei was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In March 2022, he was convicted of participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom.
Yuri was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to the Dubrovensky District Prosecutor.
In January 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a non-custodial sentence. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Trial outcome 19.11.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 100 basic values fine, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Andrei was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to police lieutenant colonel and deputy head of the Grodno State Traffic Inspectorate, Alexander Voiteshko.
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