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Political activist from Grodno. In 2017, he spoke at protests related to the introduction of a “tax on parasitism.” In 2019, I set up a tent in front of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno to solve the housing problem. In 2020, Lavrentiev, together with activist Nikolai Solyanik, held a number of actions for the introduction of quarantine in Belarus during the coronavirus pandemic. Before the 2020 presidential elections, the activist was serving administrative arrest for an action during a meeting with Sergei Tikhanovsky. In the fall of 2020, he left Belarus for Poland.
In Poland, he volunteered to help two Belarusian refugees. but in December 2020, Alexander disappeared from a rented apartment in Bialystok. The girls' money also disappeared with him. He did not answer calls or messages. He told his friend that he calmly crossed the Polish-Belarusian border, but his case in Belarus was closed due to lack of evidence. In 2021, Alexander purchased a food truck and worked in one of the microdistricts of Grodno. I was selling shawarma. On May 2, 2022, Lavrentyev was detained right at his workplace. Detained by the Main Directorate for Organized Crime Control of the Grodno Region. After the arrest, the Grodno resident said on camera that he was detained for distributing extremist information online and insulting the president. He admitted guilt.
On October 11, 2022, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
In the summer of 2024, it became known that Grodno resident Alexander Lavrentiev was given another 1 year of imprisonment in a colony under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution”).
Sergey Oleinikov and Yan Alekseychikov were found guilty of climbing on the roofs of administrative buildings, tearing off state flags from the local House of Culture and the village executive committee, and then throwing them on the ground. At this time they were in a state of alcoholic intoxication. The side of the state prosecution was sure that the men acted in a group of persons by prior agreement and wanted to "express a disdainful attitude towards the state symbols of the Republic of Belarus."
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2023.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony
Alekseychikov and Sergey Aleinikov were found guilty of climbing on the roofs of administrative buildings on the night of January 16-17, 2022 in the agro-town of Pokolyubichi, Gomel region, tore off state flags from the local House of Culture and the village executive committee, and then threw them on the ground. At this time they were in a state of alcoholic intoxication. The side of the state prosecution was sure that the men acted in a group of persons by prior agreement and wanted to "express a disdainful attitude towards the state symbols of the Republic of Belarus."
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2023.
1 year imprisonment in a penal colony
Initially, the 30-year-old man was charged only with being one of the first, on September 29, 2021, to leave a comment on Instagram under a post about the news about the deceased employee of the state security committee: «the earth will be concrete for the bandit».
Soon a video appeared on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the Rogach was forced to confess to the crime and repent on camera. The man was also forced to say that he is a supporter of the LGBT community and promises to improve.
During the investigation, which lasted 11 months, the investigators brought additional charges of insulting a representative of the authorities and organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 20, 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
1,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
He was convicted for posting a public comment in one of the social network groups, which contained "an insult expressed in indecent form against the president."
According to estimates of human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year 1 month of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the prosecution, on March 1, a man in a state of alcoholic intoxication had the intention to damage property in public places, and therefore put the inscription «NO WAR» in red paint on the surface of a concrete fence.
This significantly reduced the aesthetic characteristics of the concrete fence, entailed the need to carry out work on painting the previously painted concrete fence, thereby causing damage to the «Automobile Plant No. 2» in the amount of 14,59 BYN.
3 months of arrest.
He was detained on April 28, 2022 for participating in protests.
As of December 2023, Evgeniy is at large.
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On February 16, 2022, Natalya Malets was detained in Grodno. She was detained along with her daughter. As the latter said, when Natalya refused to provide her phone to the security forces, they took her by the hair with the words “You still don’t understand who is in power here?”.
On December 28, 2022, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1 year in prison
He was convicted for allegedly posting personal data of a police officer in a public space.
3 months of arrest
According to the text of the verdict, the man called the police at the number 102. When calling the police, he insulted Lukashenko.
3 months of arrest and forced treatment for alcoholism.
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Ruslan Ksenzhik was found guilty of participating in protest actions on August 9 and 30, 2020.
Svetlana was accused of hooliganism for the fact that on September 2, 2020, at the pro-government rally “For a United Belarus” in Novaya Borovaya, she tore off a plastic flagpole from one car and hit a Land Rover car participating in it several times. Olga Marshalovich (Syshchenko), one of the organizers of the pro-government motor rallies after the 2020 presidential elections, was recognized as a victim in the case.
27.10. 2022 fully completed her sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions