By a court verdict, Sergei Melnikov was found guilty of publicly insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus, as well as of deliberate actions that grossly violate public order and express clear disrespect for society, with the use of violence.
According to estimates by human rights activists, in the summer of 2022, he fully served his sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Editor of the New Chas newspaper. Detained on April 20, 2022 after interrogation in the UK.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
On March 20, at about 2 pm, a pacifist graffiti inscription appeared near the Brest Yuzhny railway station. It consisted of several elements: the main part is the phrase "No war". There was also a stylized signature of the author. Some of them were done with a marker, others were spray-painted. Roman was arrested almost immediately. This was done by the railroad guard.
1 year of restriction of liberty without a referral
Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, works in an IT company. Dmitry has two minor children.
Convicted for comments in TG chats.
09/10/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
1) 1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
2) On January 25 , 2023, 6 months of imprisonment were added under Article 130 Part 1, the final term is 2 years.
Detained for participating in protests. The accusation was reclassified to Art. 368 for a photo with a scarecrow.
In the spring of 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
The case was opened for burning an effigy of Lukashenko and participating in marches.
On April 13, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
The case was opened for burning an scarecrow of Lukashenko.
Anna is an artist who is fond of different directions. She loves poetry and embroidery. “Creative, freedom-loving, with a great sense of humor,” this is how her friends describe her. Before her arrest, she worked as a designer in a private printing house.
On April 14, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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3 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
During the arrest, Alexander’s phone was taken away and after they looked through it, they drew up a report on art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offences, and later sentenced to administrative arrest.
But after “24 hours” Alexander was not released. The reason for opening a criminal case was the transfer of photos of Russian military equipment to the telegram channel “Belarusian Gayun”.
On April 15, Lucinovich was placed in Gomel pre-trial detention center-3 and charged.
Released on January 13, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
She was sentenced to restriction of freedom without referral, but after some time the regime was tightened to imprisonment and Daria was sent to serve her sentence in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, she was released in June 2023, having fully served her sentence as assigned by the court.
It is known that Yuri Sergeevich first worked as a teacher, and in 2001 he became the director of the museum. Under his leadership, the institution held exhibitions, musical evenings and other events. However, in August 2020, he was fired from his job "by agreement of the parties." At the moment, it is not known what exactly the court considered slander. In December 2021, Zelevich’s house was searched, and then the man was detained for several days.
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Blogger from Rechitsa. The process was closed, so all that is known is that the young man was charged with a video published back in 2020 on Youtube, where they saw an insult to Lukashenko.
In addition, it is known that Barsukov collaborated with propagandists. He took part in the revealing story of Ksenia Lebedeva on «BT». In the investigation the young man is presented as once had a negative attitude to the authorities. His story was used for manipulation.
On November 8, 2022, the court of the Horki district held a hearing on the case of transferring a political prisoner to a correctional facility of a different type and changing the conditions of the regime.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
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