According to the indictment, “Viktor Shauro, together with Vitaly Shitikov and other unidentified persons, took an active part in group actions on the evening of August 10, grossly violating public order <...> together with others, they moved along the carriageway of Molodezhnaya Street in Novopolotsk, walked ahead of a group of citizens, on forbidden traffic signal, blocked the traffic, loudly shouted “Long Live Belarus!”, “Shame”, “Shame”, “Go away!”, applauded, obscene language towards representatives of law enforcement agencies.
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
resident of Minsk, detained on March 10, 2021 at his home. After waiting for Vyacheslav's parents to leave, the security forces broke down the door to the apartment, put the guy on the floor and smashed his face. The apartment was searched, but the parents were not allowed in. On June 9, 2022, the court decided to transfer him to a colony for 9 months before the end of the term.
In March 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution. On June 9, 2022, the court decided to transfer him to a colony for 9 months before the end of the term.
defendant in the case of mass riots, initiated by the events in Pinsk on the night after the elections on August 9. He has a disability due to heart disease, he previously suffered a heart attack. At first he was in the status of a suspect and under house arrest. On the morning of March 24, the man was detained and charged with art. 293 of the Criminal Code "Participation in riots". Immediately after the arrest, the man became ill, he was taken to the Pinsk Central Hospital, and an escort was assigned. Valentin Kolb was examined, diagnosed with a pre-infarction condition and left for further treatment. The man was in intensive care for some time.
As soon as his condition improved, he was transferred to the IVS.
5 years in prison .
Defended a woman from the violence of a police officer in Zhodzina. 12/23/2021 released after the expiration of the sentence
1 year in prison.
Convicted for insulting the commander of the OMON of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee Dmitry Balaba in the telegram channel "Punishers of Belarus". The motive for committing the crime "out of political and ideological enmity" was recognized as an aggravating circumstance.
2 years of restriction of freedom without referral to a correctional facility
She was detained together with Feduta, Kostusev and Zenkovich as part of a criminal case on an order to seize state power (Article 357 of the Criminal Code). In early June 2022, the KGB completed a preliminary investigation into the criminal case. Then it became known that Olga Golubovich was finally accused under another article of the Criminal Code - 342.
She was released on December 16 after serving her entire term.
2.5 years in prison.
journalist of the online publication “First Region” from Drogichin. On December 25, a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest was chosen against Sergei Gordievich. Since the beginning of May, Gordievich’s preventive measure was changed to a written undertaking not to leave.
On October 27, 2022, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
1.5 years in prison .
Convicted for insulting the foreman of the election commission Tatyana Alantyeva.
According to estimates by human rights activists, in October 2022 she completely served her sentence.
1.5 restrictions on liberty .
Matvey is a third-year student at the Minsk College of Entrepreneurship and works as a freight forwarder. Matvey Budnitsky was found guilty of taking an active part in a mass event on October 4 on Masherov and Pobediteley avenues, as well as Pritytsky, Lyubimy, Surganov, Kalvariyskaya and Prilukskaya streets. It was associated with a clear disobedience to police officers, loud applause with hands. Matvey "acted jointly and in concert in group actions, using a mouthpiece" - according to the prosecution, this caused a disruption in the work of transport and enterprises.
2 years of restriction of liberty .
A citizen of the Russian Federation, a volunteer of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's initiative group. He was detained on June 6, 2020 in Belarus, on November 26 Andrei Novikov was simply taken to the border with Russia, stamped with a ban on entry to Belarus for 10 years. He has a wife and two children in Belarus.
Andrei Novikov was detained again on April 13 in the village of Prusa, where he had secretly arrived to visit his wife and children. Novikov was charged under Article 371 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("Illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus"). The charge under Article 342 of the Criminal Code has not been dropped against him either.
On October 31, 2022, he was released upon completion of his term and handed over to the FSB of the Russian Federation upon deportation from the Republic of Belarus.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
German Bykhov was detained on March 15, 2021 for two Telegram chat messages written in August 2020. It is known that a week before German Bykhov’s arrest, his father, who had a disability, died. During the arrest, 4 teeth were knocked out. They forced him to write a confession.
On November 7, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
3 years in prison
A resident of Mogilev, charged under Part 2 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (Insulting the President) and Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (malicious hooliganism). According to the accusation, Lukashevich took part in the manufacture of "dolls" with the faces of Belarusian officials, including Alexander Lukashenko, and their burning near Mogilev.
3 years in prison.
For an emotional comment in Odnoklassniki in relation to the head of the Dzerzhinsky district police department.
According to estimates by human rights activists, in the winter of 2023, he fully served his sentence.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom in the direction of an institution of an open type.
According to the prosecution , he attached a metal wire between two railway rails by winding it around the rails.
On August 31, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
| 25.01.2022 | received a letter from Sergei Rozum on January 24, 22, where he was assigned Br42 to the penitentiary "IK-17" |
| 28.07.2021 | transferred to IK 17 Shklov |
| 19.05.2021 | Currently in Prison 8 in Zhodzina |
2 years in a general regime colony
Accused of two attempts to block the movement of railway transport.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
On August 24, 2022, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
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