Resident of Minsk. Convicted for participating in unauthorized mass events that took place in Minsk on October 25, 2020. He admitted guilt.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without referral to open institutions ("home chemistry")
Resident of Minsk. Convicted for participating in unauthorized mass events that took place in Minsk on October 25 and November 01, 2020. Shashura said that he was influenced by the influx of telegram channels, he did not pursue any goals, he just left after reading the call in the telegram channel. He admitted guilt.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without referral to open institutions ("home chemistry")
A resident of Hrodna, who was detained on May 31, 2021 as part of a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order. He is accused of taking part in a protest against the results of the presidential election on August 10, 2020.
| 29.04.2022 | On April 29, 2022, he was released at the end of his term from IK 15 in Mogilev |
1 year 2 months in a general regime colony.
According to the prosecution, the man had the intent to publicly insult a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties. In one of the Telegram channels, recognized as extremist, he posted a comment to the policeman of the internal affairs department of the Berezovsky district executive committee.
The incident for which Petrykivka resident, businessman Dmitry Levkovich, was convicted occurred in November last year, reports Poleska Vesna. After such a brutal detention, Dmitry Levkovich was taken to the hospital with a concussion and numerous bruises. After he came to his senses, the authorities imprisoned him for 15 days for disobeying the police. He served his entire prison term. In August 2021, the trial began under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. The policemen who beat Dmitry felt insulted by the fact that during the beating he shouted “Let go, p***ers!” . Dmitry was sentenced to 2 years of restriction of freedom without direction .
On March 15, 2022, Judge Anoshko considered another criminal case against Dmitry for insult and sentenced him to imprisonment in a colony.
In November 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.
1.5 years imprisonment in a colony
Eduard left a comment in Odnoklassniki under the image on Olga Karach's page. The drawing, in addition to the photo of Volnich, contained the text: "This is me who deftly pressed the head of a peaceful demonstrator to the pavement during the arrest. Igor Volnich. Traffic police inspector of the regional police department of Gantsevichi." Under the insult was the inscription: "Let's help him become famous throughout the country." Under the publication there were 1788 comments.
Borozdin wrote a comment: "Ssykun in uniform" .
From the very beginning of the court session, the prosecutor requested that the process be closed so as not to disclose information that could harm the injured police officer, although the victim did not appear in court. The witness also did not appear.
It is known about the victim that he is a police officer from Bobruisk.
It turned out only that the accused Potapenko in the social network "Odnoklassniki" left an insulting comment under the photo with the image of a Bobruisk policeman.
2 years of restriction of liberty .
On September 8, 2021, the court of Molodechno and Molodechno district passed a sentence on the nurse Timoschenya, who works at the city polyclinic and has a visual disability. He played for the Paralympic team of Belarus.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral .
According to the prosecution, in the period from August 18 to September 1, Gaponik publicly insulted a representative of the authorities, an ensign of the OMON company of the Minsk City Executive Committee Savich in connection with the performance of his official duties, namely, she presented him in a humiliating position in Odnoklassniki on the page of Petr Zinevich, posting a comment "Death" , which was considered offensive.
Russian citizen, rapper. Convicted for insulting Lukashenka in the song "Lukashenko, go away." Arrested on January 10, 2021. Most likely released and deported.
| 11.10.2021 | Birthday - May 3 |
| 11.09.2021 | Vasilevich |
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony.
3 years of restriction of freedom with a referral to the IUOT ("chemistry")
According to the prosecution, on August 20, 2020, 23-year-old Artem Sokol, using a mobile phone, posted information in the form of a wanted criminal's orientation with a photo of Lukashenka containing ethnic information about him in the telegram chat "Lyakhovichi 90%". On the same day, in the “Lyakhovichi 90%” telegram chat, the accused posted another orientation containing offensive expressions against the president, namely: “Sick of power, a pathological liar, insidious, stingy, cynical, mentally unstable, agrofuhrer, cockroach, Sasha 3%, Luka and Gypsies.” On September 9, 2021, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to human rights activists, in March 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years in prison with serving a sentence in a colony under general regime conditions.
According to the indictment, on June 22, 2020, Alexander Vaseykin from his mobile phone, "intending to offend a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties", from Olga Karach's page on the Odnoklassniki social network under a photo of an Interior Ministry officer detaining a participant in an unauthorized event during the pre-election period , "posted a one-word offensive comment." He used it twice, his post "negatively assessed the actions" of the injured senior lieutenant of the traffic police Igor Volnich.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open-type correctional institution ("home chemistry").
According to the materials of the investigation, Artem Barashko on the Odnoklassniki social network, using a mobile phone, posted an offensive comment under the photo: “p…r” . In the photo, which at one time made a lot of noise on the Internet, the victim presses his knee on one of the protesters in the neck. Artem Barashko is 37 years old. He works in one of the locomotive depots as a train driver on the Belarusian Railway.
3 years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open institution ("home chemistry")
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