Russian citizen. Convicted for having removed the flag of the Republic of Belarus along with the tree, which was attached to the wall of the office of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Astravets District Executive Committee, and took it home. Arrested on October 22, 2021.
He was detained on September 29, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, and Andrei Zeltser, an IT specialist, in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.
Mikhail Lapenas was detained on May 12, 2021. They are accused of insulting Yuri Karayev and calling for riots.
A witness at the trial stated that Mikhail called for participation in the actions, even invited him personally, and that he proposed to create a strike committee.
A resident of Minsk. Father of 6 children: 4 boys and 2 girls, aged from 1 to 16 years.
Detained on December 7, 2021 for participating in protests on August 10, 2020 near a supermarket in «Riga», was identified on video. Convicted on June 16, 2022.
Trial outcome 16.06.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
According to the indictment, on the Odnoklassniki social network, Alexander Selitsky left an offensive comment under Olga Karach’s post about Bobruisk District Department of Internal Affairs policeman Andrei Komar.
The man was taken into custody in the courtroom immediately after the verdict was announced. He will also have to pay 1,000 rubles in compensation for moral damage to the victim.
According to human rights activists, he was released in March 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 07.12.2021:
2 years 3 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the indictment, the man participated in the Unity March, which took place in Hrodna on September 6, 2020, at 13:20 he stood in a convoy near house No. 10 on Gornovykh Street. Avdik was held in custody from 6 to 16 September in a temporary detention center, then he was transferred to a Grodno prison. Released after expiration of sentence.
A resident of Rechitsa, convicted under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
According to human rights activists, Artem was released in early October 2022 after the expiration of his sentence.
A resident of Rechitsa, convicted under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
According to estimates by human rights activists, Valery was released in early October 2022 after the expiration of his sentence.
Resident of Grodno. Convicted of driving near the regional Philharmonic on August 10, 2020 and honking his car horn at protesters. This was classified as a crime under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
Released in January 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome:
1 year and 6 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was convicted by the Dyatlovsky district court under Article 364 of the Criminal Code (Violence or threat of violence to a policeman) and under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of the authorities).
The basis for initiating a criminal case was an offensive comment in ok.ru in relation to a police officer.
According to human rights activists, he was released.
Trial outcome:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A resident of Minsk, convicted for the fact that, according to the prosecution, in June 2021, he tore down 2 state flags: on the building of the Euroopt store and on a kindergarten in the Zavodsky district of Minsk.
Convicted again under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. The total term is 4 years of restriction of freedom.
He began serving his sentence on September 27, 2021.
Trial outcome:
4 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
On September 21, 2021, Kirill Zhogolev and Ruslan Tyurlik were detained and placed in pre-trial detention center No. 1 pending trial. Convicted for participating in the Unity March in Minsk.
Released in February 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Artem was found guilty of taking part in actions that grossly violated public order on September 6, 2020: he stood in a hitch on the street. Lenin, overlooked the roadway on Independence Avenue, as well as a number of other streets.
For some time the man was under compulsory treatment due to his mental condition.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023.
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