Candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Belarus in the 2020 elections. After the announcement of the official results, protests began. Tikhanovskaya announced the usurpation of power by the incumbent president and called for new and fair elections. On August 11, 2020, Tikhanovskaya left Belarus. Her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky, a blogger and politician, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Pavel Latushko, Olga Kovalkova, Maria Moroz, Sergei Dylevsky were tried in the same criminal case. In total, they were charged with 12 articles.
On January 11, Svyatlana Tikhanovskaya applied to the Minsk City Court demanding that she be granted the right to familiarize herself with the materials of the case in her trial in absentia. She also notified the court that she was going to exercise her right to a lawyer. She also wrote to the Minsk City and Republican Bar Associations that she wanted to contact the lawyer assigned to her and work out a position.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya stressed that she considers the procedure of trial in absentia a violation of basic human rights and freedoms.
15 years of imprisonment in a colony "in absentia"
Belarusian journalist, blogger, director, TV presenter, author and creator of NEXTA channels on social and political topics.
The creators and editors of the Nexta project: Stepan Putilo, Yan Rudik and Roman Protasevich, are accused of a number of criminal articles, and a lawsuit has been filed against them for a total amount of more than 30 million rubles. Putilo and Rudik were subjected to "special proceedings". Protasevich complied with the terms of the pre-trial cooperation agreement concluded with him in full, therefore he remains under house arrest - he is the only one of the accused who actually participates in the trial. According to the Belarusian state agency BelTA, the defendants are accused of committing at least 1,586 crimes.
Earlier, the KGB put Putilo and Protasevich on the "terrorist list", and Nexta in Belarus is a "terrorist organization".
20 years in prison in absentia.
in the telegram channel of the pro-government department, he is called the administrator of the "extremist formation" Black Book of Belarus "".
Daniil was tried in absentia .
12 years in prison
in the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the “extremist formation Black Book of Belarus.” Yanina also leads the YouTube channel "Dzikae palyavanne".
Yanina was tried in absentia.
12 years in prison
in the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the “extremist formation Black Book of Belarus.”
Valeria was tried in absentia .
From the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the "extremist formation" Black Book of Belarus "".
Over Olga has passed trial in absentia .
12 years in prison
A media manager, in the telegram channel of the pro-government department he is called the administrator of the “extremist formation Black Book of Belarus”.
Over Dmitry passed the trial in absentia.
12 years in prison
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By the beginning of the trial, Sergei Matyukhevich was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code for messages on the Internet. However, under article 369 of the Criminal Code, the judge released the man from punishment: the statute of limitations has expired. But according to part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code, Sergei was found guilty.
According to the prosecutor in the video of the State Media, Matyukhevich was accused that on July 15, 2020, using the phone and the Internet, he encouraged citizens to use violence against law enforcement officers.
Appeal 13.01.2023: the sentence was upheld.
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