Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
The author of the Telegram channel "Silver Age. Belarusian Football" and a former employee of "Narodnaya Gazeta." He is charged under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (assistance to extremist activity). The circumstances of the case are unknown to human rights activists.
On November 21, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict entered into force.
At the beginning of April 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 29.09.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the indictment, on the evening of July 31, 2023, while standing near the building of one of the dormitories of the Minsk Civil Aviation Plant, Kondratyev grabbed the national flag attached to the facade of the building by the cloth with his hands, after which he tore it from its fastening, breaking the flagpole, which is part of the flag. Then, having twisted the flag, he took it with him. By doing this, he harmed the authority of the Republic of Belarus.
And the material damage to the plant amounted to 130 rubles 82 kopecks.
The man was "identified" from a CCTV recording and was detained on August 14, placed in a pretrial detention facility pending trial. The court claimed that Alexander was intoxicated.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 28.09.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Convicted on 08.08.2023 under administrative articles (19.1 and 19.11, part 2 - distribution of information products included in the republican list of extremist materials). After the administrative punishment, a criminal case was opened for participation in the 2020 protests.
Trial outcome 05.10.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
The Minsk resident was accused of participating in protests in 2020 (8 episodes), going out onto the roadway and blocking public transport. She indicated a partial admission of guilt, but did not actually admit guilt and did not recant her testimony. The woman reported that she took part in the protests as a third-party observer, not as a participant. And she went out onto the roadway solely for the purpose of taking photographs, Inna said in court.
Inna Bogdanova has a higher education and worked as a legal adviser at the territorial center for social services. She was held in custody before the trial.
She wasreleasedon August 20, 2024, after being pardoned.
Trial outcome 19.09.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The man is known to have worked as a mechanic at Zavet OJSC, a company that installs electrical systems. Previously, he was a sole proprietor who repaired cars.
Several criminal cases have been opened against the man for comments he made on Telegram. He deleted his account in 2022, but it was eventually found. The account was registered under his own Belarusian number, and for a time, even featured a photo of Pavel himself as its profile picture. During this time, he left over 600 comments in various chats.
On June 7, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In the spring of 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 18.03.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Convicted for participating in the "Peace and Independence March" on August 30, 2020. At the trial, Stanislav admitted guilt. According to Stanislav , he moved both along the roadway and on the sidewalk; on the way, someone from the crowd handed him a white-red-white flag, with which he took a photo on his mobile phone. That day he was wearing a black T-shirt with the emblem of the “Pahonia” coat of arms, which was subsequently discovered during a personal search of him. He left the white-red-white flag, which one of the protesters gave him during the protest march, to be kept at his place of residence.
Trial outcome 15.09.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Artem is from Rogachev and studied at Gomel State Technical University. A few years ago the guy moved to Minsk and recently worked as a waiter.
In a “repentance” video published in mid-March, Artem said that he was detained “for moderating the 97% Serebryanka chat.” But the channel was recognized as an “extremist formation” only on May 30, 2023.
He began to be tried in the Minsk City Court on August 29, 2023 under Part 1 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation).
Trial outcome 04.10.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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