Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
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.
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According to the indictment, Dmitry Sonchik insulted and threatened the lives of four people in comments on one of the Telegram channels during 2020-2021. The victims were A. Perekhvatko from the Ivatsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, the head of the Nesvizh District Department of Internal Affairs A. Grinkevich, senior lieutenant of the Nesvizh District Department of Internal Affairs R. Pranevich and an employee of the GUBOPiK A. Aleksa.
In the last word, the only thing that Sonchik said was congratulating his sister and mother, who were in the courtroom, on the upcoming Mother's Day. All the time he was behind bars in handcuffs.
On March 23, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years in prison .
Yulia, the chief accountant of the IT company PandaDoc, was detained on September 2, 2020, at the company's office on charges of fraud by employees of the Financial Investigation Department.
Following the events of August 2020, PandaDoc founder Nikita Mikado launched the Protect Belarus initiative to support dismissed law enforcement officers who refused to follow illegal orders. The initiative received over 500 applications and attracted public attention.
Yulia was released in October 2020 on bail.
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Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.
On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.
In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
In the period from July 2020 to November 2020, in the telegram chats "Nikolay Maslovsky", "Army with the People", "Real Belarus", "Khabarovsk. For Furgal" and others, he left messages of an encouraging nature, such as: "Block the streets..", "Block the roads with cars and our bodies...", "Tonight they should get it in full", wrote about workers' strikes.
On February 2, 2024, Vadim will be tried under Article 411, Part 1 - Malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution executing a sentence of imprisonment.
At the end of January 2025, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
On October 7, 2021, the verdict was announced to Svetlana Baranovskaya, who was charged with insulting representatives of the authorities - nine riot police officers. According to the prosecution, on March 1, 2021, she left a comment under a photo of nine OMON officers posted on the Punishers of Belarus telegram channel with the following content: “Here are the scum.”
Detained on December 14, 2021 with her daughter under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Alexander was arrested and convicted in the fall of 2021 for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in August 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
On October 1, 2021, he was detained in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On November 10, 2022, Vadim was released after serving his sentence.
On September 29, 2021, she was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
The woman was diagnosed with a tumor. On October 20, 2022, Marina was released from the Gomel SIZO-3.
On September 29, 2021, he was detained in Brest in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On January 28, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Later it became known that Vladimir was detained again in May 2023 and placed in a pre-trial detention center on a new criminal case under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority) and Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenko). On December 22, 2023, he was sentenced to another 1 year in prison.
On February 16, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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Sound engineer. On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
During his imprisonment, Artem did not receive medical assistance for his ear problems, and he became deaf in one ear.
On December 30, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
On September 30, 2021, he was detained in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On January 28, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
| 17.04.2023 | On November 28, 2022, the court of Minsk sentenced: under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus 100 b.v. a fine and 1 year in prison; Part 1.Article 130 2 years in prison. The final verdict is a fine of 100 b.v. and 2 years in prison. On February 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, having considered the appeal, ruled to leave the sentence unchanged. |
2 years in prison.
On September 30, 2021, he was detained in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
In early March 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2 years imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
On September 30, 2021, he was detained in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
According to the prosecution, on August 16, 2020, in Minsk, Shunkevich "took an active part in an illegal mass event initiated by an extremist organization, during which he purposefully entered the carriageway and blocked the path of vehicles, and showed clear disobedience to the lawful demands of the authorities." From September 2020 to May 2021, he also posted messages on the social network "aimed at inciting social hostility and hostility towards law enforcement officers of the country and supporters of Alexander Lukashenko."
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony.
