The Minsk resident was accused of participating in protests in 2020 (8 episodes), entering the roadway and blocking public transport. She indicated a partial admission of guilt, but did not actually admit guilt and did not recant her testimony. The woman said that she took part in the protests as an outside observer, and not as a participant. And she went out onto the roadway solely for the purpose of taking photographs, Inna said at the trial.
Inna Bogdanova has a higher education and worked as a legal consultant at the territorial center for social services for the population. She was kept in custody pending trial.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
2 years imprisonment.
On November 17, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force. However, on December 4, 2023, a new court hearing was held under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On February 13, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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Koval was detained on May 28, 2023 right at the border. He was returning from a competition in Slovakia, and upon entering Belarus, Koval’s phone was asked to be checked. The man himself provided the security forces with his phone and password. During the examination, he was found to have data that was “prohibited” according to the Belarusian security forces. Since that day, Koval has been in captivity.
At the criminal trial, Koval was accused of sending a video to the Nexta Editorial telegram bot on March 27, 2022. The video showed the movement of military equipment on the MKAD ring road (around Minsk). Thus, according to the state prosecution, Koval committed a crime, because the Belarusian authorities consider Nexta an “extremist formation.”
2.5 years imprisonment in a colony
Presumably convicted for activity (comments and likes) on social networks.
On February 21, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
It is known that the man worked as a mechanic at the Zavet OJSC company, which installs electrical networks. Previously, the man had an individual entrepreneur who was engaged in car repairs.
Several criminal cases have been opened against the man for comments on the telegram. The man deleted his account in 2022, but he was found. The fact is that his account was on his undisguised Belarusian number, and for some time even had a photo of Pavel himself as an “avatar”. During this time, he managed to leave more than 600 comments in various chats.
On June 7, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
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It is known that Danilchik was detained in Slonim in August 2023 and initially arrested for 15 days, after which a criminal case was opened .
According to the prosecution materials, Danilchik “repeatedly posted in extremist chats on the Telegram messenger and in public chats on the YouTube video hosting service information of an offensive nature against Lukashenko, degrading his honor, personal dignity and authority. From February 2022 to July 2023, he posted on the Internet in messages and comments that are indecent in form and derogatory in intent towards government officials in connection with the performance of their official duties."
2 years imprisonment in a colony
On August 22, 2022, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment
Artem is from Rogachev and studied at Gomel State Technical University. A few years ago the guy moved to Minsk and recently worked as a waiter.
In a “repentance” video published in mid-March, Artem said that he was detained “for moderating the 97% Serebryanka chat.” But the channel was recognized as an “extremist formation” only on May 30, 2023.
He began to be tried in the Minsk City Court on August 29, 2023 under Part 1 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation).
4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.
The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”
09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".
On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus
| 20.09.2023 | 19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А. |
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He was detained in early May 2023, when he came to make a transfer to his brother Maxim Lopatin, who was detained in the Machulishchi case. Before this, the man lived in Lithuania. He was detained in the same case of sabotage in Machulishchi and charged under Art. 289 of the Criminal Code. Later, the article was reclassified to 361-2 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activities).
On July 5, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
4 years imprisonment in a colony
It is known that an appeal hearing was held on November 1, 2023, and the verdict came into force.
Ruslan was tried for a comment in a telegram channel that allegedly encouraged participation in the Marches. Ruslan admitted guilt. He said that he actually posted the comment under the influence of emotions, as he read the comments of other users on the channel. He also noted that he once went to a protest rally.
It is known that Ruslan was detained on the border with Russia: the time and circumstances are unknown. Before his arrest, he worked as a mechanical technician.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
8 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
According to the prosecution , Alexander was drunk when on the night of June 19, 2023, he allegedly first tore down a flag mounted on the wall of one of the stores. Afterwards, he removed another flag from a house in Minsk near a metro station, after which he handed it over to a metro employee. After that, he allegedly removed the flag from the facade of the building of the Belpochta RUE branch and left it at the entrance. At the end of the action, the man allegedly tore off another flag, which he threw at a public transport stop and set it on fire. That same night, Alexander allegedly set fire to a plastic waste container. Alexander Smirnov did not admit guilt during the trial. He said that he tore down the flags when he was drunk, because he wanted to leave a memory of his stay in Belarus and hang them at home. He had no intention of desecrating state symbols. He set fire to one of the flags by accident, and was completely absent from the scene of one of the incidents. Alexander noted that he gave preliminary testimony regarding this episode under physical and emotional pressure from police officers .
On November 14, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
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