Andrei was arrested and found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko." According to the prosecution, on April 8, 2021, while intoxicated, he used obscene language toward Lukashenko at the Molodechno District Police Department.
It is known that another court hearing was held against Andrei, following which, in addition to imprisonment in a penal colony, the court sentenced the political prisoner to another year of labor rehabilitation, which he must serve after his release from the penal colony.
According to human rights activists, Andrei was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Anton, a defendant in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order," was arrested in October 2021 and placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In June 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Taking into account the time spent in pre-trial detention, he was released from the pre-trial detention center on June 21, 2022, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
He was detained on September 18, 2021. He was initially sentenced to 10 days of arrest on an administrative charge, but was then not released and transferred to a pretrial detention center on a criminal charge.
Sergei has been charged with organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.
He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 20.05.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Maxim was arrested on August 17, 2021, along with former riot police officer Maxim Klimovich, in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Vladimir had previously worked as a police officer in the Department of Security for three months. Several years later, he returned to work as a patrol officer, but was dismissed four years later. He has been unemployed since the end of 2019.
According to the prosecution, Vladimir "from August 2020 to January 2021 collected information from various sources about the private lives of 27 law enforcement officers in the Gomel region and forwarded it to an unspecified group of individuals who administered a 'destructive' Telegram channel."
In November 2021, he was found guilty of "illegal actions in relation to private information and personal data," sentenced to arrest and ordered to pay substantial compensation for moral damages.
Alina was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In May 2022, she was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment.
According to human rights activists, she was released in August 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Mikhail, a Gomel resident and native of Kazakhstan, was arrested in Russia in October 2021 on charges of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and placed in pretrial detention.
On May 3, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights barred Russian authorities from extraditing Mikhail to Belarus; his lawyer, Roza Magomedova (Civic Assistance), notified state authorities of this. He was scheduled to be released, as his detention period was set to expire on May 14, 2022. However, at 10:00 a.m. on May 13, 2022, he was forcibly extradited to Belarus, a grave violation of international law.
In August 2022, Mikhail was convicted of participating in post-election protests that took place in 2020 in Gomel and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Roman was found guilty in June 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on VKontakte addressed to Sergei Solovyov, deputy head of the Soligorsk District Department of Internal Affairs, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
The prison administration recorded Roman's lateness to a lecture, sleeping under a bunk, and refusal to clean as violations of the "chemistry" regime. A court hearing was held in February 2022 on these reports, following which he was transferred to a penal colony.
He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 30.06.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Alexey, a native of Kazakhstan and an employee of Grodno Azot, was arrested in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "insulting a government official," "insulting Lukashenko," and "inciting hostility or discord," and was remanded in custody.
In June 2022, he was convicted of online comments and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony, as well as to pay moral damages and a fine.
He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 23.06.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 rubles of compensation, 50 basic values fine.
Natalia was detained in November 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under two articles: "insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official," and remanded in custody pending trial.
In May 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
She was released in July 2022, having fully served her sentence.
Vitaly was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" for his online comments. According to the prosecution, he insulted then-Interior Minister Yuri Karayev and made negative comments about the preliminary results of the 2020 elections.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Andrei was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a video posted on Instagram, which, according to the prosecution, contained a negative assessment of traffic police inspector Ivan Zaretsky.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 17.11.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 30 basic values fine.
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