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director of the news agency BelaPAN. On the morning of August 18, 2021, they came to her with a search. Then they took me to the agency's office for a search, and then for interrogation. Searches also took place at the homes of other BelaPAN journalists.
22-year-old loader of one of the Gomel enterprises, Sergei Balakhonov , posted an audio recording on his personal page on the VKontakte social network "Lukashenko, go away." Because of this, a criminal case was opened against Sergei under Article 368 (“Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus”). The sanction of the article provides for punishment of up to four years in prison.
1 year in prison .
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner finished serving his sentence in August 2022.
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A well-known activist on Facebook, a supporter of Viktor Babariko, is charged with Article 368 of the Criminal Code (“Insulting the President”). The Mogilev resident faces up to four years in prison.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
| 27.09.2021 | Detained for 367 h2 registered prone to extremism |
3 years in a general regime colony
According to the indictment, on the night of August 9-10, 2020, Maxim Tishkevich was on Masherova Avenue, where he joined other protesters, went out onto the roadway, shouted slogans in public, clapped his hands loudly and waved his arms, and also showed insulting gestures to the side police officers.
In March 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2 yearsin prison .
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Detained under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On December 17, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years in prison
Former Ambassador of Belarus to Slovakia, who, after the undemocratic presidential elections in August 2020, condemned the violence against the Belarusian people and protesters, and after that took part in various social and political initiatives.
On August 11, 2021, he was detained and placed in a temporary detention facility. Released August 20, 2021.
Alexey was accused of active participation in group actions that grossly violated public order for the events of September 13, 2020, as well as attempted theft.
He was detained on February 23, 2021 and kept in a pre-trial detention center until his trial. On August 15, 2021, Alexey was sentenced to three years in prison in the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk to be served in a general regime colony . Minsktrans filed a claim for compensation for damage caused in the amount of almost 29 thousand rubles . Alena Busheva also decided to apply “compulsory security measures and treatment for chronic alcoholism and drug addiction” to Alexey at the place where he was serving his sentence.
At the time of his arrest, Alexey Maltsev had an outstanding criminal record and was serving a sentence of restriction of freedom without being sent to the Penitentiary Labor Inspectorate: 2 months and 3 days remained before the expiration of the term at the time of arrest.
11/20/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
3 years in prison.
On September 14, 2020, Lepeshev saw Prydybaylo’s phone number in the Black Book of Belarus, called him and said: “You are fucked up.” During the trial, it became known that for security reasons the propagandist was then transferred to the Russian embassy in Minsk. The victim Prydybailo was able to attend the trial only on the day of the debate. He filed a civil suit in the form of 3,000 rubles for "moral suffering". Investigators also found Lepeshev's correspondence on the Discuss and Ask portals, where he wrote, for example, such phrases as "a good Muscovite is a dead Muscovite." For this, a criminal case was opened against Lepeshev for inciting ethnic hatred.
Svyatoslav has 1 minor child.
4 years of restriction of freedom .
In December 2022, Svyatoslav's sentence was tightened and he was transferred to a colony. Taking into account the recalculation of the term, he remained in prison for 1.5 years.
Artem was found guilty of creating an open Telegram channel on January 26, 2021, and posting images of seven Osipovichi District Department of Internal Affairs officers with a derogatory comment. He was transferred to a penal colony before the end of his sentence.
On October 7, 2022, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
At the end of August 2023, Artem was convicted under Part 4 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - illegal drug trafficking, and is serving his sentence in IK-20.
| 07.02.2022 | Transferred to IK 8, Orsha, 195a Lenina street 211388 |
He left insulting comments in the Telegram channel under the photo of the prosecutor and a police officer from Minsk, which were accompanied by obscene language. Ignatovich arrived at the court accompanied by a police officer, since at the moment he is already serving his sentence in "chemistry" in Mogilev - for malicious hooliganism, not related to politics.
In May 2022, the regime was replaced by a colony.
04/07/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
| 28.03.2022 | After four penalties in uot 24 for violation of the regime will be transferred to a correctional colony |
| 13.08.2021 | 08/10/2021 is registered as an extremist |
2.5 years of restriction of freedom .
Yuriy was found guilty of the fact that on March 1, 2021, intending to publicly insult Lukashenka, he commented on a social network comment that, according to the examination, was recognized as humiliating, negatively assessing Lukashenka: “A filthy creature cannot be a king, Lucifer in human form...” .
At the end of January 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years in prison .
A resident of Orsha, was detained on March 31. Later he was condemned by comments in the social. networks "Vkontakte". On November 29, 2021, it became known that Alexey left the Republic of Belarus. At the end of October 2022, information appeared that Alexei was detained in Russia: Korshun managed to escape to Smolensk to his relatives, then he was helped to move to Belgorod. After the outbreak of the war, he moved to Voronezh, where the police detained him on June 21. The man was taken to Belarus on October 26. At home, Korshun faces 1 to 3 years in prison for escaping.
In August 2023 he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
| 01.10.2021 | 04/04/2021 received professional registration of extremism |
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. On September 15, 2021 he was pardoned and transferred to chemistry.
On November 24, 2022, the regime was tightened again and Alexey was transferred to a colony.
Ilya was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
According to human rights activists, he was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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vocalist of the band IRDORATH. Nadezhda was detained on the evening of August 2, 2021 at a dacha near Minsk during the celebration of her birthday along with other musicians and guests of the holiday. Some of the people over the next two days were convicted on administrative cases of disobedience to the police.
On April 21, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
| 23.10.2021 | The period of detention was extended for another month for all detainees (6 people) in the case of the Irdorath group. |
2 years in a colony under general regime conditions
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musician of the band IRDORATH. He was detained on the evening of August 2, 2021 at a dacha near Minsk during the celebration of the birthday of his wife, vocalist of the group Nadezhda Kalach, along with other musicians and guests of the holiday. Over the next two days, some people were convicted on administrative cases of disobedience to the police
On April 21, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2 years in a colony under general regime conditions