Vasily, an engineer, was convicted in June 2021 for a short comment left on the Odnoklassniki social network in the group "Ustaty Cockroach" addressed to two employees of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 16.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Andrei was detained on the night of February 26-27, 2021, in Zaslavl for hanging leaflets with caricatures of Lukashenko. After his detention, he spent three days in the Minsk District Temporary Detention Center and was then placed under house arrest. In June 2021, he was taken into custody right in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.
He was released in April 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeny was convicted of intentionally removing the national flag from the front of the post office building and throwing it in a trash can, according to the charges. The case file states that he was intoxicated at the time of the act, which was confirmed by an expert examination.
Trial outcome 15.06.2021
3 months of arrest, approximately 37 rubles of compensation.
Maxim was found guilty of taking a red-green flag from the roof of the store, crumpling it, throwing it away, and breaking the flagpole. He admitted his guilt in full and voluntarily compensated for the material damage caused.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2022, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 14.06.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 92 rubles of compensation.
Darya was convicted in April 2021 for a comment left about police lieutenant colonel Vadim Polyakov. In December of the same year, she was convicted again for a comment published on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus".
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 587 rubles of compensation.
Elena, an activist, was detained on March 1, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a judge. It is also known that in November of the same year, she was detained again, and her house was searched. At the same time, her sister Irina Gurchenok was also detained, who was subsequently convicted several times in a row under administrative articles, widely used in politically motivated cases, and was assigned large fines. It is known that women were subjected to particular pressure, including threats.
A resident of Zhabinka was convicted under the article “violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies” for, according to the charges, throwing a bottle with a flammable mixture towards the car of the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers.
Trial outcome 05.11.2020
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A resident of Pinsk was convicted in December 2020 under the article "desecration of state symbols" for tearing down a flag. The Pinsk District and Pinsk City Court sentenced him to restriction of freedom.
Trial outcome date unknown
6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A resident of Baranovichi was convicted under the article “violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies” for, according to the charges, throwing a bottle with a flammable mixture towards a serviceman on August 10, 2020.
Trial outcome 09.11.2020
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Mikhail was convicted in a criminal case initiated over the events of November 1, 2020, when a march to Kurapaty was taking place in Minsk. He was accused of blocking the road near Chelyuskintsev Park during the rally, which resulted in damage to Minsktrans. Despite the fact that Mikhail had previously been brought to administrative responsibility for the same episode, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
In 2023, at least two court hearings were held regarding Mikhail "on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility." The results of these hearings are unknown.
Alexander was convicted for a comment left on the Telegram channel “Brest 97%” addressed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs employee Pavel Tasoev, which he considered offensive.
The term of serving the sentence in the form of "house arrest" officially ended on March 19, 2023. Since March 20, Alexander has been placed on preventive registration for a period of two years.
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