a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case initiated under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (Participation in riots) after protests in the city in August. Ilya is in custody in a pre-trial detention center. In August 2021, his trial began.
4 years in prison under enhanced regime.
Inhabitant of Osipovichi. In the fall of 2020, he served 13 days for rallies. Then he was detained under Articles 130 and 359 ("Terrorism"). Relatives say that Ilya was not interested in politics. No one knows the details of the charges.
Trial outcome 07.10.2021: 5 years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Anarchist. Detained on July 29, 2021. His apartment was searched, and during the arrest he was beaten. Demanding access to the phone and computer, the guy pulled a bag over his head. During the transfer to the pre-trial detention center, all books were taken from Yevgeny Rubashko and put on a preventive record as prone to extremism, which means making a note in a personal file, special treatment and additional work with a psychologist.
In February 2023, Yevgeny Rubashko was transferred for a month to a cell-type room in IK No. 2. Prior to that, he was placed in a ShIZO three times for 10, 7 and 7 days for far-fetched violations of internal regulations. After being kept in the PKT, Yevgeny was again placed in the ShIZO for a total of 17 days.
In Bobruisk on April 19, 2023, the court transferred the political prisoner to the prison regime .
At the beginning of May 2023, it became known that Evgeniy had been transferred to Prison No. 8 in Zhodzina.
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5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
sociologist, senior analyst at the Center for European Transformation, expert of the analytical group of the Agency for Humanitarian Technologies. She was detained on August 4, 2021 after a house search as part of a criminal case. She was detained again on March 23, 2022 and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom.
Belarusian philosopher and methodologist, public and political figure, founder of the Flying University. He was detained on August 4, 2021 after a house search as part of a criminal case.
On February 13, in the court of the Shklovsky district, a trial was held to change the detention regime for Vladimir and transfer him to a prison regime.
5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
resident of Brest, worked as a turner before his imprisonment. He loves to do metalworking and design. Has a mathematical mind. Has a 12-year-old daughter. Sergei has been in custody in a pre-trial detention center since the end of March 2021.
In the summer of 2023, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term.
4 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions. On July 21, 2023, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term.
4 years of imprisonment in conditions of a reinforced regime .
On December 22, 2021, he was detained again. Pavel was charged under 3 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: 367, 130 and 342. All for the post on FB. The investigation is over, the case will be transferred to the prosecutor's office for referral to the court.
Previously, he was also detained for a post on the social network FB. Previously, he was an activist of the youth wing "Zubr", an activist of "European Belarus", the youth wing of "Zmena". In 2010 he was sentenced to 4 years, released in 2011. He was constantly subjected to administrative arrests.
In December 2023, Pavel was transferred to prison regime.
5 years in prison
She was convicted in the "case of round dances " in Brest. She did not admit guilt. On September 13, 2020, at the March of Heroes in Brest, at the intersection of Cosmonauts Boulevard and Masherov Avenue, the protesters danced, sang the songs "Mura" and "Try charapakhi", and danced. They were dispersed by a water cannon.
A few months after the verdict, on October 13, 2021, Yulia’s home was searched, after which she was detained in a new criminal case. Then she was accused of financing extremist activities (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) and illegal actions in relation to information about private life and personal data (Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code). Yulia was imprisoned in SIZO-7.
In mid-April 2022, information appeared that Yulia was charged under six articles of the Criminal Code.
On July 4, 2022, the trial began in the Grodno Regional Court. On July 18, Judge Viktor Senko found the political prisoner guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
On July 18, 2022, a second sentence was passed under 6 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - 5 years in prison under general regime conditions and a fine of 2,650 rubles and 5,000 rubles of moral compensation in favor of one of the injured prosecutors.
On October 18, 2022, following the consideration of the appeal , Yulia was reduced by three months - from 5 years in prison to 4 years and 9 months , and also reduced the amount of the fine by almost a thousand rubles.
Inhabitant of Leeds. On July 1, 2021, he was detained for the attempt on Azarenka. Accused of an act of terrorism (so it was said during the search). The details of the detention are not known, he left on July 1 and did not return.
Dmitry Sosnovsky is the only one who did not plead guilty in the case . During his testimony, Sosnovsky wept and stated that he had been drawn into the crime against Azarenka during an investigative experiment. He also told the court that after being detained near Azarenka's house , "violence and torture were used against him, they forced him to write a sincere confession." At the first meeting, when the court established his identity, he stated that he wanted to renounce the citizenship of Belarus, because "he has nothing to do with terrorism."
20 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under a reinforced regime.
He was detained on July 1 in Minsk by GUBOPiK officers.
The next day, the Central District Court sentenced him to 15 days of administrative arrest. But after the arrest, Aleksey was not released, he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center. After the trial, pro-government channels published a video stating that Aleksey was the administrator of the Kaskad telegram chat. Previously , a video was filmed about him on HERE BY.
In July 2023, it became known that Alexei would again be tried under Part 2 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation committed repeatedly).. The court was held behind closed doors, so the details of the case are unknown. The judge appointed Alexei seven years in prison. By partial addition of terms up to 11 years, another six months of imprisonment were added.
11.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under strict security conditions
According to the prosecution, on September 20, 2020, Mokrenchuk was an active participant in illegal protest actions, including going out on the roadway, which led to disruption of transport and enterprises on the streets of Minsk.
Leonid is a father with many children.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The meeting was held behind closed doors. Vesna learned that the reason for initiating the case was that Kovalev, while in the hospital, called Alexander Lukashenko a “moron”. At the trial, he said that "a dictator is worse than a moron, and Lukashenka calls himself a dictator."
28.06. 2022 Yuri was sentenced under Article 411 to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. On July 1, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence. Yury will be at large until the second sentence comes into force.
1 year in prison.
Inhabitant of the Kormyansky district. He was convicted for reposting publications about policemen in Odnoklassniki. He has been serving his sentence since July 17.
3 years restriction of liberty with referral to an open-type correctional institution ("chemistry")
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