First, in April 2023, he was detained under an administrative article for allegedly “propaganda or public display, production, distribution of Nazi symbols or paraphernalia.” After this, 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 an auto mechanic.
2 years imprisonment in a colony
State TV reported details of the trials of two men (Vadim Sergeevich Borisov and Oleg Aleksandrovich Volk). The voice-over said that one of the men, on the evening of September 8, 2023, in the village of Novaya Mysh (Baranovichi district), drunkenly tore the state flag from the store, damaging the mount. He put the flag in his backpack and took it home. In the morning the police had already come for the man.
On January 19, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Borisov photographer who was detained on June 22, 2023. Security forces searched the house and took away computer equipment. After this, Zenkov was immediately taken to Minsk, where he was kept for some time in the temporary detention center on Akrestsin, and then transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1.
As BAJ wrote , the photographer was detained in July 2020. In September, police officers came to Zenkov to “warn him about the inadmissibility of violating the law.”
Alexander Zenkov has worked as a freelance photographer since 1998, collaborating with regional independent publications.
On April 16, 2024, Alexander had a hearing of his appeal.
3 years imprisonment in a colony
On 05.01.2024, the appeal was heard and the sentence came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Pro-government telegram channels reported that the man was detained at the end of July in Grodno, when he was returning from abroad to Belarus in the summer, and that he allegedly wrote about 1,000 comments in “extremist” channels and chats.
Vyacheslav is a resident of Minsk, married, and was fond of paintball. It is reported that the security forces were able to find Chernetsky because he signed his telegram account with his real name and surname.
According to the prosecution , Vyacheslav posted comments on the TG channel “Real Belarus”. As the examination established, “in the text of the comments there is a negative evaluative language unit that has a non-normative form of speech expression addressed to Lukashenko and the President of the Russian Federation.”
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
In a confessional video on a pro-government channel, Alexander says that he was detained for sending a video of military equipment to a chat. At that time, he was allegedly scared, so he posted the video out of emotion. “In this chat there was a narrative that hostilities were about to begin between Belarus and Ukraine,” says the engineer.
The video shows screenshots from the chat. The explanation for the video with military equipment says that it is moving along the M1 highway towards Brest. It is unknown when this was filmed.
Alexander works as an energy engineer.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
In the video , Alexander says that he works as a karate trainer and was charged with making a video of military equipment and posting it on an “extremist” telegram channel. The detainee also said that in 2020 he hung ribbons on poles and signs and posted leaflets along the road.
On April 19, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
According to the prosecution , on May 17, 2022, Leonid Raichonok transferred $400 for body armor to Belarusian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine. He made a second donation in the amount of $150 to the benefit of the “Prague Support Team” (an association of Belarusians in Prague who collect donations and use them to buy uniforms, sometimes for weapons accessories, for Belarusian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine). The Brest resident’s actions were qualified as “financing citizens of the Republic of Belarus to participate on the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation of one of the warring parties, in armed conflicts, military operations.”
On December 12, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
6 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
Former husband of political prisoner Vitalia Bondarenko. He was detained after a short meeting with Vitalia, right at the exit from the colony, and was first placed in a temporary detention center in Gomel, after which he was transferred to pre-trial detention center-3.
On June 4, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions.
The reason for the criminal case was a woman’s comment on Instagram with the following content: “The Belarusian leadership will not do anything against the RACISTS!!! They feed her!!!!” It was this phrase that was considered “inciting hostility.”
On March 22, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
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According to the telegram channel “Vitebsk, I’m playing,” Sergei Zaitsev was charged with writing two comments about a government official, which the court considered offensive, in a telegram channel that was recognized as “extremist.” It is not reported who exactly was offended by the Vitebsk resident’s comments.
According to the prosecution, Zaitsev, while on the territory of the Russian Federation, posted a text containing a negative assessment of a government official on a Telegram channel that is recognized as “extremist.” The accused also left a similar insult to another government official in the Vitebsk region.
At the trial, Sergei admitted guilt, but noted that he did not know that the victims were government officials. It is reported that Zaitsev was previously convicted 11 times.
As a result, the Vitebsk District Court found him guilty on December 6, 2023 and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison with a fine of 50 basic units. By partial addition of the punishment imposed under this verdict and the punishment imposed by the verdict of the Pervomaisky District Court of Vitebsk dated June 2, 2023, a final sentence of imprisonment for a term of five years was imposed, with the sentence being served in a correctional colony under conditions.
5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Seamstress. Convicted for publishing a picture of Lukashenko on Odnoklassniki. The court found that the woman “undermines the authority of state power.” It is known that Degteva was arrested before charges were filed, then kept under house arrest until the verdict came into force.
3.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional facility
Dmitry worked in the IT field, before that he worked in the prosecutor's office for 7 years.
On January 09, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
6 years imprisonment in a colony
According to the prosecution, on July 18, 2021, in a group called “Online Brest” on the social network “Vkontakte,” Pavel Korolevich posted a message that humiliated the honor and dignity of Alexander Lukashenko and is offensive to him. Also on August 11, 2021, he posted another offensive message in the same community.
In court, Korolevich partially pleaded guilty, since he made offensive comments in relation to Lukashenko specifically, and not in relation to the President of the Republic of Belarus in connection with the performance of his official duties.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
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