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He was detained for participating in the 2020 protests and for active public criticism of the illegal actions of government agencies and the regime as a whole. Later, his daughter and son were detained for participating in protests; they later managed to travel abroad. Also three more people were detained together in Alexander, who were convicted at the end of May for participating in protests.
6.5 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
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A pharmacist by education, Dmitry is accused under six articles of the criminal code.
According to the state prosecution , from August 2020 to February 2023, the man transferred 68 euros to the accounts of the Belsat information resource, as well as 68 euros and 78 dollars to the accounts of the Bysol Solidarity Fund. In addition, for more than a year he transferred money from a media resource - "whose materials are recognized as extremist", as well as 33 euros to the accounts of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment.
The defendant made photocopies of departmental documents that were sent to the pharmacy and sent them to Telegram channels, which Lukashenko's servants call "extremist groups." During the first court hearing, it became known that the documents included information about the verification of military registration cards of those liable for military service, about the disappearance of some Ukrainian-made medicines from the Belarusian market, an appeal from the Belarusian Union of Women in connection with the situation at the border, and a decision by the Ministry of Health. In addition, the man recorded a video from the pharmacy's outdoor surveillance cameras showing the movement of Russian military equipment and also sent it to Telegram channels.
On 28.11.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
6 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
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Former head physician of the Belarus sanatoriums in Lithuania and Russia. According to pro-government media, he was detained in the summer of 2021. He is accused of treason against the state for “collecting data about Belarusians who were vacationing in sanatoriums.” In addition, Belarus 1 claims, Kobel collected “information about Lukashenko’s residence in Sochi.”
On November 24, 2023, an appeal took place in his case, and in December he was sent to a colony to serve his sentence.
Convicted for participating in protests, as well as for comments on social networks.
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Freelance journalist from Pinsk, owner of the website and TikTok page “about Stolin”.
Alexander lived alone in Polesie for a long time, so his detention became known by chance. Concerned people became worried that he had not been in touch for a long time. It turned out that Alexander was placed in Brest pre-trial detention center-7. According to unverified information, he is charged with “assisting extremist activities.”
Alexander is also the father of the guy who “dismantled” the water cannon in Minsk during the 2020 protests.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs , the man made videos with incriminating evidence, showed them to local entrepreneurs and demanded money for “silence.” He also allegedly “promoted the activities of an extremist telegram channel whose administrators are located abroad.”
On May 28, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Convicted for donations. According to human rights activists, Vadim had a number of diseases and was very ill in prison. The political prisoner died on the night of January 8-9, 2024 in IK-3.
3 years imprisonment.
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Detained for comments on social networks. Alexander is accused of “extremist calls inciting social hatred” and “insulting government officials.” The pro-government Telegram channel showed screenshots of messages that implicate Polivko. For example: “Collaborators and slaves, it’s disgusting to watch! So that they all get angry and impale this mustachioed fascist.”
Thus, according to the prosecution, on June 14, 2021, under the publication of the telegram channel “Belarus of the Brain,” Alexander wrote a message where he said that he once worked at Lukashenko’s residence, and one of his colleagues talked about his conversation with Lukashenko’s security guard. And according to the guard, Lukashenko personally, due to faults on the part of the guard, could put them in a row and “punch through the plywood” (strike with all his might in the chest or stomach so that the person bends over from such a blow). Apparently, this comment was written under a post with the title “BYPOL: Roman Protasevich was personally beaten by the dictator” (all comments under the post have been deleted at the moment). At the trial, Polivko was asked to name what kind of colleague told such a story - but the man could not remember either his name or other personal details, because. he worked at the residence for a very long time, around 2008-2009. But finding an ex-colleague based on documents would be unrealistic, because... they worked without official employment. He was also convicted for 4 more comments under various articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The man left behind two minor children (they are 14 years old and 4 years old).
Former head of the Republican Union of Tourist Organizations. Alexander Mirsky created the travel agency “Sakub” and then headed the company “Nova Tour”. He also headed the Republican Union of Tourist Organizations from 2008 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2019.
The detention of Mirsky became known in the winter of 2023 - this was described in a propaganda film on ONT. It was reported there that the man collaborated with Polish and Lithuanian intelligence services for 7 years, and is now under investigation and accused of treason.
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As follows from the press release of the Brestobl Court, Evdokimenko was charged with the fact that from August to December 2020 he transferred “personal and other personal data of employees of internal affairs bodies for public dissemination on the Internet.” At the same time, I took the data from databases to which I had access at work. Presumably he worked at the Brest BTI.
On October 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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Presumably detained for giving interviews to foreign media.
It is known that Ekaterina was detained at the beginning of summer in one nightie, in which she was kept in a pre-trial detention center until the first transfer from her relatives.
At the beginning of April 2024, Belsat sources gave the editors a letter from Ekaterina. On a piece of toilet paper, she described her horrific detention and subsequent imprisonment:
“I fell from the second floor of the bed, my head on a wooden bench. They took a picture, but they haven’t reported the result for more than a month.”
“They put it on the flag, beat the whole office. They said it was for my interviews, the channel and for my fiery appeals.”
On July 16, 2024, the appeal was considered.
6.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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Kirill has served in the police since 2007. Detective officer, left the authorities in August 2020 and moved to IT. It is known that he was detained on February 19, 2023, right at the border: he lived in Poland for six months, and came to Brest to visit his wife and small child.
Little is known about the criminal case against Kirill: the trial was held behind closed doors. It is only known that the case was connected with the “Black Book of Belarus”.
An appeal court hearing is scheduled to take place on October 10, 2023.
8 years in a maximum security colony...
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5 years imprisonment in a colony
The basis for the criminal case were comments in one of the chats, recognized by security forces as extremist materials in May 2021.
According to Alexander's acquaintances abroad, in May 2023, after the criminal case had already been opened, he left for Poland, where he stayed for about a month. Then his elderly mother called him and said that an investigator had called her and threatened to search for her son. It was promised that if Kulikov returned, he would be given a punishment that did not involve imprisonment.
After some time, Kulikov decided to return to Belarus and was detained. He stopped communicating while crossing the border. Another administrative violation protocol was drawn up against him (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and a criminal case was opened. On July 13, 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev found the Mogilev resident guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment with referral to a general regime colony.
In December 2023, it became known that Kulikov was going to be tried again. This time, he is accused of three articles: participation in an extremist group (Article 361, note 1, part 3), participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state (Article 361, note 3, part 1), and undergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activity (Article 361, note 5). On December 22, the press service of the Moscow Regional Court reported that on December 20, Kulikov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Together with the previous punishment, the total term of imprisonment for the man will be 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime.
On December 12, BT aired a propaganda film about Kulikov, who talks about his attempt to join Kastus Kalinovsky's regiment and about undergoing military training near Kiev.
In March 2024, it became known that the prosecutor appealed the sentence of political prisoner Alexander Kulikov from Mogilev, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. According to the court's decision, he was given an additional year and a half to his term .
On 01.07.2024, a trial was held to replace Alexander's regime and he made the decision to transfer the political prisoner to prison regime .
Before the arrest, the young man worked as a truck driver, he had previously graduated from a vocational school in Oshmyany as a driver.
According to the website of the Prosecutor General's Office, from April to November 2022, Yakimov expressed a desire, and then indicated his intention to join one of the units of the battalion (regiment) named after Kastus Kalinouski.
To this end, he allegedly provided his personal data for admission to an armed formation. At the same time, he collected information about the places of purchase of military ammunition, uniforms and other equipment for use in combat conditions.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
