unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Olga Novikova and her husband Viktor were sentenced to imprisonment for participating in protests in 2020 (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). It is noteworthy that her 35-year-old husband Viktor Novikov was also released on pardon, but on July 3.
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Former presenter of the program «Zone X» on the TV channel «Belarus 1» and freelance correspondent of the Kazakh TV channel «Khabar 24». The reason for the detention was his story on the channel.
In addition to imprisonment, Dmitry was awarded a penalty of 16 000 BYN.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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Activist of the branch of the independent trade union of radio-electronic industry workers in Orsha. At one time, he led a school in Vysokoye and headed the district Council of Deputies, but after the establishment of a dictatorship in the country, he left the bureaucracy and eventually joined the human rights sphere. To date, he is 71 years old.
While still in the pre-trial detention center, Vasily’s health condition deteriorated significantly: the most dangerous thing is that he suffers from pain in his only kidney. However, the situation is so critical that drug treatment does not make sense. Need a kidney transplant.
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
The case was initiated for distributing and mailing leaflets calling for counting the votes of voters honestly.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained for insulting Lukashenko and for participating in protests.
On February 28, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
2 years imprisonment in a colony
Pavel has a disability, he has stage four cancer. His condition noticeably worsened in custody, the inflammatory process began. In July 2022, during the medical rehabilitation expert commission, Pavel was assigned the first disability group - before that he had a disability of the second group.
Pavel is a Catholic believer. Together with his sister, they constantly went to divine services in the Molodechno church. The young man is very fond of music, he graduated from a music school in the piano class.
At the end of September 2022, Pavel was transferred to the republican hospital on «Volodarsky», where he will stay until the diagnosis for cancer patients. In this hospital, people are not in wards, but in ordinary cells adapted to medical needs.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
22.09.2022 it became known that according to the appeal, Pavel's sentence was reduced from 5 years in a penal colony to 4 years and 9 months.
He was detained for participating in protest actions. He was also accused of receiving telescopic batons, stun guns and other means from abroad.
5 years of imprisonment.
He was detained for participating in protest actions. He was also accused of receiving telescopic batons, stun guns and other means from abroad.
Arseny graduated from the College of Business and Law with a degree in jurisprudence and has a driver's license. Before his arrest, he worked as a pizza delivery courier. The guy has leukoma and needs regular medical monitoring and an annual MRI. Arseny is prohibited from many physical activities.
6 years of imprisonment.
An activist of the Mothers 328 movement, she sent many complaints about the illegal detention of her son and his sentencing under a criminal article.
She was detained for “slander” and sentenced to 4 years of restriction of freedom with a referral to the IWOT. She served her sentence in IUOT-1. On April 12, 2024, a court hearing was held to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a colony for 10 months.
10 months imprisonment
According to the case materials , in January 2021, Gavrilov purchased and provided two acquaintances, Tatyana and Oleg Birulya, with aerosol cans of paint. After which, from January to February 2021, the latter applied inscriptions and drawings to various infrastructure objects in Soligorsk, "causing them to become damaged." They also applied an inscription to the wall of one of the houses regarding Lukashenko, "in which they accused him of a particularly serious crime, that is, they committed slander."
Then, from August to December 2021, the accused distributed leaflets and other printed materials in Soligorsk . The content of these leaflets was allegedly aimed at inciting social hatred and discord on the basis of a different social affiliation.
At the end of winter 2024, it became known that Tatyana was being transferred to a prison in Zhodino.
Trial outcome 12.12.2022: 6 years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Appeal 07.04.2023: the sentence was upheld.
For comments in the Telegram channel. The victims were the chairman of the Volkovysk district executive committee, Mikhail Sitko (the only one who did not file a claim for compensation for moral damage), OMON policemen of the Grodno Internal Affairs Directorate Daria Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich, head of the police department of the Volkovysk district police department Valery Romanchik, head of the Volkovysk district police department Vitaly Osotsky. In total, the victims estimated their moral suffering at 5,000 rubles - while the accused has a pension of 500 rubles. The woman in the last word said that imprisonment would be a "death sentence" for her, but judge Andrei Tolochko sentenced her to 2.5 years in prison.
She was released on September 20, 2022 by pardon.
2.5 years in a general regime colony
According to the prosecution's version, Vitaliy Zhilinsky repeatedly in August-September 2020, as part of a group of people, moved along the carriageways of Nezavisimost Avenue, Pobediteley, Pushkin, Maxim Bogdanovich and Yakub Kolos Streets in Minsk, publicly shouting slogans. As a result of illegal actions, transport links in the capital were blocked, which led to a malfunction of public transport.
In addition, the political prisoner was charged with posting on January 6 and 9, 2022, in one of the Telegram chats, publications available to an unlimited number of persons aimed at inciting social hostility and discord against military personnel who carried out peacekeeping activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3 years of imprisonment.
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