Dmitry was detained on September 21, 2022 by GUBOPiK officers. The teacher was forced to read his own poems on camera and make excuses - he allegedly went to protests in August 2020, wrote messages on Facebook and VKontakte. Screenshots from his social networks criticizing the actions of the authorities also appeared on pro-government channels.
Children's poet and prose writer, winner of the Writers for Children competition (2017). He is a member of the International Union of Writers "New Contemporary", the Belarusian Literary Union of Writers "Polotsk Branch". Teacher at the Smart School private school.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years in prison
On March 3, 2023, the regional court considered the appeal against the verdict. At the moment, the details of the case, as well as the results of the trials, are unknown.
In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
unknown
Participant of the rally and procession of MTZ workers in August 2020. In court, Anton admitted his guilt and explained that on August 14, 2020, he saw a group of citizens near the MTZ checkpoint who were going to take part in an unauthorized mass event on the fact of disagreement with the current government, carrying different posters. He joined them, and they all went along Dolgobrodskaya Street towards Kirov, and then to Independence Square.
Later, Stepanov was identified in photographs posted on the Internet and detained. Before the trial, he was in SIZO No. 1 in Minsk. He was released from custody in the courtroom.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
It is known that Yakov was sentenced to imprisonment. He has already served his sentence and currently lives in Poland.
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Director of a private enterprise, mother of two minor children. Convicted for participating in a 2020 protest. The woman was identified from a photo from the protest, which she posted on her Instagram page. Before the trial, Natalya was under house arrest.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
2,5 years of probation
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