Sergey Myts left his comment on the social network Vkontakte: "The person shot the bandit who broke into his apartment." Less than a day later, the man deleted the comment. On the same evening, after the removal, the security forces came to him, detained him, and placed the man in a pre-trial detention center. In the pre-trial detention center on the second day, Sergei had a hypertensive crisis, he was hospitalized.
During the investigation, the Brest resident was initially accused under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 369 and Article 130. Then the charge under the second article was dropped - although when announcing the charge, the prosecutor used the phrase "for the purpose of inciting hatred" more than once. Sergei Myts himself denied such an interpretation, arguing that he had no malicious intent. But at the trial he fully admitted his guilt under Article 369 of the Criminal Code
Trial outcome 21.10.2022:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Edgar was detained in a criminal case opened for comments on the social network VKontakte after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser.
Edgar Shirko previously worked as a librarian, a journalist for the Intex-Press publication, and taught history and social studies at school.
On 13.01.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Nikolai, a chemical engineer, was arrested in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser. He was found guilty of "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" for a post in the "Strong News" group on the social network VKontakte, which, according to the prosecution, discredited the country.
Nikolai was released in November 2022 in the courtroom, having already served his entire sentence.
According to the prosecution, in December 2021, Sergei Kemezh "after reading the information published in the destructive groups of the Vkontakte social network, posted an offensive comment against the commander of one of the military units" . It is alleged that he was registered under an invalid name and used a VPN, but he was still identified.
Sergei was already tried in September 2021 for the fact that on January 25, 2021, on the social network Vkontakte, under the news about the verdict for insulting the commander of the OMON Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he wrote an insulting comment about this policeman. appointed him two years of "chemistry", as well as compensate 3,000 rubles for moral damage. Sergey was also accused of extortion from the wife of a former classmate, for which he was also awarded 2 years of "chemistry". In total, the man was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of "chemistry".
In September 2022, Sergei was included in the "List of extremists".
In the Lida District Court on June 19, 2023, he was sentenced for “insulting a military serviceman” to two years in a general regime colony and 100 basic fines.
Trial outcome 21.09.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 19.07.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
The man was accused of leaving an offensive comment under a post with a photo of Gantsevichi traffic police officer Igor Volnich in June 2020, who was pressing his knee to the head of a protester lying on the ground.
In addition to the restriction of freedom, the judge decided to pay 1,500 rubles of moral compensation to the Gantsevichi policeman and confiscate the accused's laptop as a means of committing a crime.
Trial outcome:
2 years of restriction of liberty without referral to an open correctional facility
Actor (more than 30 film roles), casting director (8 film projects), director (2 short films). He was detained under an administrative article, but after a day he was not released. Presumably, a criminal case has been opened for participating in protests and openly expressing one's opinion.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
On October 19, the court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno sentenced Natalya Todros, who had previously been convicted, to 2.5 years of “home chemistry”. One of the victims collected 2,000 rubles in compensation for non-pecuniary damage.
The accused in October 2020, being a member of an extremist channel, twice posted offensive comments under publications in relation to police officers.
Since she had already been convicted, the verdict was left the same - it absorbed the less severe verdict of the court of the Tsentralny district of Minsk.
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