was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
Released in the winter of 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
was detained on October 1, 2021 in Brest in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
In the first half of March 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2 years in prison .
Until 2020, he worked in the Investigative Committee in various positions. Retired Lieutenant Colonel of Justice. Convicted for participation in the marches on August 16 and 23, 2020.
On April 12, 2023, Alexey was released after serving his entire sentence.
After Senkov’s release, he was detained again at the end of July 2023. Propagandists claim that Alexey allegedly “tried to involve his former colleagues in resolving the issue for a bribe. At the same time, he committed obviously illegal actions in the interests of a Ukrainian citizen serving a sentence.”
On October 30, 2023, the verdict was announced in a new criminal case - 3 years of strict regime with confiscation and a fine of 400 basic.
2 years in a general regime colony
Veterinarian. Convicted for throwing a chicken egg into a traffic police car on August 10, 2020.
2 years of "home chemistry"
According to the indictment, Kaminsky and four other people, acting in a group with other people, threw pieces of paving slabs and other objects into police cars. This concerns the protest action in Lida on August 12, 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023.
3.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional institution ("chemistry"). On February 10, 22, by a court decision, the regime was replaced with a stricter one for a period of 1 year and 5 months in prison.
On October 1, 2021, a search was carried out in Mozheiko’s house, a little later he was detained and placed in a detention center on Akrestsina Street as part of an initiated criminal case for an article in a publication about Andrey Zeltser. The Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation and the Union of Journalists of Russia called for the immediate release of the journalist
Mozheiko is the author of an article about Andrei Zeltser, a Minsk resident killed in a shootout with KGB officers. According to the prosecution, Mozheiko “acting on the basis of political and ideological hostility, committed a number of crimes between June 23, 2020 and October 2021.” He also “made and posted on the Internet negative, obscene and unacceptable” statements regarding Lukashenka.
The journalist pleaded not guilty in court.
01/23/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Alexander was tried for writing an offensive comment in Odnoklassniki on June 21, 2021, under a post about police officer Igor Volnich .
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
Bogacheva was accused of commenting on a publication on the telegram channel "Punishers of Belarus" on January 15 about a senior assistant to the prosecutor Valeria Taratynko , who supported the prosecution in many politically motivated cases. Anna Bogacheva wrote: "Well, nothing, then she will work as an escort, sh**a!".
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
Initially, Sudnik was charged under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting Oleg Gaidukevich, however, due to the fact that the "crime" was committed on a call to 102, he was recognized as non-public and the charges were dropped.
Such conditions of “non-publicity” do not apply to Article 368 of the Criminal Code: the court considered that the policeman heard the insult and passed it on, which made it public. Therefore, Sudnik was found guilty that on January 6, 2021, she called the police twice and insulted Lukashenka .
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Nadezhda was accused of insulting an official on social networks, a police officer who did not appear at the meeting. Nadezhda Kuznetsova has a higher education and is raising two minor children.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the indictment, on April 30, 2021, Dmitry Smantser insulted Ruslan Kutsko, the detective of the group for combating economic crimes of the criminal police of the Ivatsevichi District Executive Committee, and left a comment on the Luhta telegram channel under a post about deanonymization of Kutsko with the following content: "Kutsko is <obscene word>" .
On October 27, 2023, the term of serving the sentence ended.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
The Gomel volunteer, who was present at the trials of political prisoners, helped with the transfers and wrote letters of support. On July 8, 2021, Ilya was arrested by the KGB as a witness in an "act of terrorism". On July 16 he was released. On September 30, 2021, Ilya was arrested for 3 days. Mironov did not go free and was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
Since Ilya was in a pre-trial detention center for more than a year, as a result of calculating the term 1 to 2 (1 day in a pre-trial detention center is equal to 1.5 days in a colony), he was released in the courtroom.
1.5 years in prison and 200 basic fines
Prokhorenko was detained in Gomel on August 11, 2020, severely beaten in the Novobelitsky district police department and, accused of participating in an unauthorized mass event, punished with administrative arrest for 12 days.
According to the official accusation, Yuri was subscribed to channels where the personal data of the security forces were published. From December last year to April 2021, he wrote comments of an offensive nature, expressed in an indecent form. During the three months of imprisonment, Yuri lost 20 kilograms. The young man is in a depressed state, he has panic attacks.
Forced medical treatment.
For what reason the woman is kept in a pre-trial detention center is unknown. She has a public lawyer. Natalya Belobekhova works as a teacher-defectologist. She brings up two minor children (11 and 16 years old). It is known that Natalya is involved in a criminal case initiated under an article on treason against the state against employees of Belarusian factories who supported the strike and were members of the Workers' Movement. This initiative was recognized as extremist on September 21, and at the same time, workers were detained throughout the country.
She was released on November 12, 2021 on bail.
Arrested for graffiti at an abandoned construction site. He spent three months in custody, was released on 12/08/2021 on the day of the verdict.
| 20.04.2022 | In April, he was registered as prone to extremist and other destructive activities. Located in IFET 9 Vitebsk |
| 27.01.2022 | Court of Appeal 25.02.2022 |
1 year of restriction of liberty in a closed institution
09/28/2022 released after the expiration of the sentence
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