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.
Detained for participating in protests. In August 2020, Vera's photo was on the front page of the Belarusian Komsomolskaya Pravda. Citizen of the Russian Federation.
On October 26, 2022, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
After her release, she was immediately taken to the Russian border, as she was banned from entering Belarus for a period of 5 years. Before the deportation, Vera was not even allowed to pack her things.
According to the prosecution's version, Vitaliy Zhilinsky repeatedly in August-September 2020, as part of a group of people, moved along the carriageways of Nezavisimost Avenue, Pobediteley, Pushkin, Maxim Bogdanovich and Yakub Kolos Streets in Minsk, publicly shouting slogans. As a result of illegal actions, transport links in the capital were blocked, which led to a malfunction of public transport.
In addition, the political prisoner was charged with posting on January 6 and 9, 2022, in one of the Telegram chats, publications available to an unlimited number of persons aimed at inciting social hostility and discord against military personnel who carried out peacekeeping activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Maxim Ankuda , using social networks and a mobile phone, publicly insulted several state officials: the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Prosecutor General, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and other officials in connection with the performance of their official duties.
Released upon expiration of sentence in May 2023
Trial outcome 27.05.2022:
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained for participating in protests. He studies English, worked as a tester before his arrest, worked hard for it (before that he was a storekeeper) - he worked for 3 months in a new place and was detained.
According to the prosecution materials , Yuri Usnich took an active part in protests in August 2020 in Minsk.
Loves children. An optimist who endures difficulties.
According to human rights activists,he will be releasedin the springof 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Chairman of the primary trade union organization of the free union of metalworkers of the MAZ plant.
He was taken into custody on charges of preparing participants in mass riots and calling for restrictive measures (sanctions). The trial was held behind closed doors.
He was convicted because during the protests on August 9-10, 2020, together with other people, he became a human chain of people connecting with his hands in the elbow area.
According to estimates of human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
She was detained on January 19, 2022 at the workplace under a criminal article. A year ago, Lyudmila was a witness in another criminal case, in which her home was searched by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption.
Lyudmila has a little child.
Trial outcome 31.05.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexander was arrested on December 16, 2021, in connection with a criminal case involving group actions that grossly violate public order, and in March 2022, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
Trial outcome 28.03.2022
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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