Vladimir was detained in July 2023 by GUBOPiK officers and placed in pretrial detention on fabricated administrative charges.
In August of that year, he was charged with "insulting a government official," "insulting Lukashenko," and "illegal actions regarding information about private life and personal data," after which Vladimir was transferred to a pretrial detention center.
In January 2024, Vladimir was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
He was released in April 2026, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 16.01.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 9000 rubles of compensation.
Oleg was arrested on March 21, 2023, for administrative offenses and charged with the production, distribution, or possession of extremist materials under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses .
Previously, Oleg was involved in social and cultural activities, at one time he led the Gomel “toloka”, and as a writer he published a lot in magazines and newspapers.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
On March 5, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2025.
Trial outcome 10.01.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Worked at BMZ in Zhlobin. Detained for comments on social media.
At the time of his arrest, Dmitry's youngest child was six months old, and his two older children were under six years old. His wife was on maternity leave.
On June 26, 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 28.02.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Due to the closed nature of the trial, the merits of the case are currently unknown. It is only known that Vladimir Romanovsky was detained in Babruisk during a "pigeon feeding" event on May 9, 2020. Riot police detained approximately 15 people in the city at the time.
According to the verdict , Romanovsky has now been found guilty of publicly insulting Lukashenko on social media and has been sentenced to imprisonment.
On February 6, 2024, the court reviewed the appeal and the verdict came into force.
He was expected to be released on November 6, 2025.
Trial outcome 21.11.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vladimir has been interested in urban development and architecture for about 20 years. He has created a unique database with thousands of photographs of various buildings in Belarus and abroad—photobuildings.com.
In a video shown on ONT, Vladimir claims to have registered in the Peramoga chat room, and in November 2022, Alexander Azarov allegedly contacted him.
On February 27, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in December 2025.
Trial outcome 05.01.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.02.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Convicted of insulting the commander of the riot police of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, D. Balaba, to restriction of freedom without direction. 13.10. 2023 the regime was replaced by imprisonment.
Igor was accused of leaving a comment on YouTube addressing Lukashenko under the video "Belarus: Hidden Mobilization and Introduction of Troops from Russia | Ukraine, Lukashenko, and NATO" by Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov. According to the case file, the YouTube app was found on his phone, where the relevant post was found in the "Comments" section. He remained in custody pending sentencing.
According to the case materials , the defendant subscribed to Telegram channels in 2022 and actively participated in their activities through Telegram bots. Specifically, while in Gomel, he took photos and videos of military equipment movements. He then sent these photos and videos, along with commentary on the vehicles' routes, to Telegram channels through the bots that facilitated his activities. The court ruled that the Telegram resources used by the defendant constituted extremist material.
Graduate of the River Fleet vocational school.
On January 9, 2024, the appeal was heard. The verdict entered into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the fall of 2025.
Trial outcome 08.11.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel was arrested in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "inciting hatred or discord" and was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony in November 2023.
He was released in the fall of 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 03.11.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
First, in April 2023, he was detained under an administrative article allegedly for "propaganda or public display, production, distribution of Nazi symbols or attributes." After that, a criminal case was opened.
It is known that in March 2023, the man published a video in support of Ukraine on his TikTok account with just over a thousand subscribers, in which Lukashenko was also harshly criticized. The video is currently unavailable. It is known about the man that he is divorced and works as a car mechanic.
On 01.02.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was scheduled to be releasedonJuly15,2025.
Trial outcome 01.11.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 01.02.2024
unknown.
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