Citizen of Poland. It is known that on July 19, 2022, Roman arrived in Belarus and disappeared: nothing was known about his whereabouts, and the South-West search and rescue team announced a search for him. Later it became known that Galuza was alive and his whereabouts had been established - without any details. But an acquaintance of Roman wrote on social networks that he was in a KGB pre-trial detention center.
In Poland, Galuza graduated from university, received citizenship, and volunteered, including helping Belarusian refugees. Roman’s detention could have been planned in advance by the Belarusian security forces.
Now he faces up to 15 years in prison.
Igor worked in Poland as an electrician. He was detained while crossing the Polish-Belarusian border.
In the pro-government video, Sorokin says that he went out onto the roadway and blocked traffic. The video clearly shows a protest on August 10, 2020, which took place in Brest. Namely, the moment of the clash at the intersection of boulevards and Masherov Avenue.
1.5 years imprisonment
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
The man was accused of liking and reposting a publication on Odnoklassniki with text about Lukashenko, in which he was accused of committing a serious and especially serious crime. The court saw this as slander against the politician.
Before the trial, Alexander was under recognizance not to leave. He fully admitted his guilt.
Alexander Zakharchik has a secondary education and works as a driver.
3 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility
At the trial, Tatyana was accused of the fact that in October 2021 , “through correspondence on the social network Facebook, she intentionally and illegally disseminated information about personal data constituting a personal secret of an investigator of the criminal investigation department of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Mogilev District Executive Committee without his consent in connection with his official activities.” " As a result, an “unlimited circle of people” became familiar with the policeman’s personal data.
Presumably, before the trial, the woman was kept in Baranavichy pre-trial detention center No. 6: she herself lives in either the Lyakhovichi or Luninets districts, but in December 2023 she was tried twice in the Baranavichy court under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (the second time she was tried via Skype). This follows from the decisions of the Baranavichy court regarding Makarova. In those administrative cases, the woman was given 10 days of arrest, a fine of 20 basic (740 rubles) and her phone was confiscated.
2,5 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
According to propaganda legend, she “knocked on closed doors after the voting ended, and then forwarded the video to an extremist resource.”
Elena in a video on a pro-government channel says that she sent the video to a friend who lives abroad, and the further fate of the file is unknown.
Elena is originally from Mogilev, but studied in Minsk at the Faculty of Architecture of BNTU. She worked as an architect for some time, and then became an artist. She makes various jewelry and ceramic dishes, and also does calligraphy and painting.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who expressed solidarity with the political prisoner.
On September 15, 2023, 57-year-old Gennady Vasilyuk was fined for "distributing extremist materials." Subscriptions to "extremist" materials were found on Gennady's Odnoklassniki page. In addition, Vasilyuk was fired from the locomotive depot "by mutual agreement."
On December 7, 2023, Gennady was detained as part of a criminal case for "slandering Lukashenko" (Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code) and placed in custody in a pretrial detention center. The case was heard on February 22 and 26, 2024.
The man was accused of posting the "like" reaction on the Odnoklassniki social network on June 8, 9, and 17, 2022, under three videos featuring economist Yaroslav Romanchuk.
Gennady admitted his guilt and reported that on the specified days in June he went to a village in the Zhabinka district, which is confirmed by an extract from a mobile operator. The man uses a push-button phone, so he could not log into Odnoklassniki in the village.
Prosecutor Yegor Kronda considered Gennady's guilt to be fully proven and requested one year and six months of imprisonment for him.
Gennady was convicted for the second time on September 16, 2024, for participating in protests. His wife and three other people were convicted along with him. According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, whistled, clapped their hands, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
The court sentenced Gennady to one and a half years in prison, but taking into account the unserved previous (political) term, the final sentence was only 2 years in a general regime prison.
Trial outcome 22.02.2024: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.04.2024: the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 16.09.2024: 2 years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Detained for participating in the action on August 10, 2020. The pro-government channel showed a video filmed on September 10, 2020, where a young man simply stands on the roadway of Masherov Avenue among protesters, and then leaves the road. The same channel showed the arrest: special forces with shields and machine guns burst into the young man’s apartment.
1.5 years in a general regime colony
2 years 8 months imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
3 years imprisonment in a colony
Forensic expert.
On February 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
3 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
He was detained in September 2023, allegedly for chatting with friends. A criminal case was opened. During his arrest he was severely beaten.
Specialty: maxillofacial surgeon.
Truck driver. The man was initially accused of hooliganism (Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code) and the creation of an extremist group or participation in it (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code).
The Minsk City Court completed its consideration of the criminal case on February 29, 2024. Burako was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of five years under Part 3 of Art. 361-1 CC. The hooliganism charge was dropped.
According to the investigation , on the evening of May 11, 2023, on the M-5 Minsk-Gomel highway near the village of Yasen, near Bobruisk, “the driver of a DAF vehicle, driving past a stopped military transport convoy, detonated an unidentified device, independently made from pyrotechnic products, by throwing him towards the military personnel and military equipment and then tried to hide.
However, during the pursuit, his car was blocked by the military, and he himself was detained."
It was established that “extremist” symbols were pasted in the cabin of the car, and several subscriptions to radical channels recognized as extremist, including the “victory” plan, were on the mobile phone.
On April 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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