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.
Gennady was released in the courtroom after the announcement of the decision. Before the verdict, he was in custody.
The man was found guilty of participating in one of the Marches, during which he also "interfered with the movement of vehicles." Gennady pleaded guilty and said that he went out onto the roadway and filmed everything on the phone.
Trial outcome 04.04.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Denis was taken away from home, and 10 days of administrative arrest were appointed under Article 19.1 of the Administrative Code (Hooliganism). After he was re-detained under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility
Dmitry Bogush worked in the banking sector for 18 years, was Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of JSC «Technobank». Subsequently, he went into business — built wind farms at two sites in the Grodno region.
In December 2022, 50-year—old Bogush was detained for an article about inciting discord - he allegedly wrote comments on social networks threatening Lukashenko and law enforcement officers.
According to Bogush, he was prompted to speak publicly on social networks by photos of beaten young people detained at protests after the 2020 elections.
The businessman said that he subsequently deleted his posts, but refused to leave Belarus, although his friends told him about it.
A citizen of Poland. As it turned out , Robert Tompala has lived in Belarus since the 90s, has a residence permit, and is a co-founder of OrionSvit LLC, a company that supplies confectionery products.
He was released in April 2025. Forcibly deported to Poland, banned from entering the Republic of Belarus for 8 years.
Trial outcome 17.04.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Detained with her husband on February 23, 2023. On March 3, she was transferred from the temporary detention center to the Zhodino pre-trial detention center.
He is accused of participating in protest actions.
The family brings up 3 juvenile children.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the case materials , in the fall of 2020, the father and his daughter, while on the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk, acting as a group of people, and with other people, "took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and involved clear disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer, disrupted the operation of transport and enterprises, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, including public passenger transport."
They were identified from photographs taken at the scene.
They were kept in custody until the trial.
Trial outcome 05.04.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the case materials , in the fall of 2020, the father and his daughter, while on the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk, acting as a group of people, and with other people, "took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and involved clear disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer, disrupted the operation of transport and enterprises, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, including public passenger transport."
They were identified from photographs taken at the scene.
EPAM employee. It is known that Andrei was searched, the reason for the detention was supposedly donations to aid funds.
Andrei was kept for 2 months in a pre-trial detention center, after which the case was closed , since there was no evidence of his guilt, and he was released.
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