Natalia Grigorievna Kozel
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Natalia Grigorievna Kozel
Kozel Natalia Grigorievna is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Kozel is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Leninsky District Court of Grodno, he pronounces numerous politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus. As a result of her decisions, fines have already been issued for a total of no less than 9,616 rubles and administrative arrests for a total of no less than 97 days. In July 2020, she convicted the defendants in the Tikhanovsky case under articles of the administrative code. On March 19, 2021, Natalia Kozel punished the portal Hrodna.life with a fine of 400 basic units and its editor-in-chief as an individual with a fine of 25 basic units “for disseminating extremist information” on the website: links and logos of the Telegram channel Nexta. In December 2021, she sentenced the head of the Ikvadart studio, political prisoner Gleb Koypish, to two years of restriction of freedom and sent to an open institution. Thus, Natalia Grigorievna Kozel is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law.
Kozel Natalia Grigorievna is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Kozel is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Leninsky District Court of Grodno, he pronounces numerous politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus. As a result of her decisions, fines have already been issued for a total of no less than 9,616 rubles and administrative arrests for a total of no less than 97 days. In July 2020, she convicted the defendants in the Tikhanovsky case under articles of the administrative code. On March 19, 2021, Natalia Kozel punished the portal Hrodna.life with a fine of 400 basic units and its editor-in-chief as an individual with a fine of 25 basic units “for disseminating extremist information” on the website: links and logos of the Telegram channel Nexta. In December 2021, she sentenced the head of the Ikvadart studio, political prisoner Gleb Koypish, to two years of restriction of freedom and sent to an open institution. Thus, Natalia Grigorievna Kozel is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law.
List of repressed
Andrei was found guilty of posting on Facebook that allegedly degraded Lukashenko's honor and dignity. A forensic examination found that the post contained "phrases including nicknames" for Lukashenko.
Before the trial, his property was seized, including his television, smart speakers, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, and multicooker. The judge ordered the seizure lifted and Andrey released from custody pending the final verdict.
According to the prosecution , Shichko, while in the city of Lida, left offensive comments regarding Alexander Lukashenko on the telegram channel “Grodno 97%”, which “humiliated the honor and dignity of the individual and were associated with accusations of committing a particularly serious crime.”
Before the trial, Vitaly Shichko, who has two dependent daughters, was in custody.
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Sergei and his wife were detained in November 2023. Before the trial, Sergei was in custody, and Tatyana was under recognizance, since the family had two minor children.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, Sergei and Tatyana took part in an unauthorized mass event, together with the protesters they marched through public places in the city, the central square, and Zhilibert Park. At the same time, they showed a pre-made poster measuring approximately 2.5 x 3 meters, on which a text containing slanderous information against the president was written in black and red colors, thereby deliberately spreading slanderous information against him in connection with his execution powers of the head of state.
The accused Sergei Chizh fully admitted his guilt at the court hearing. He explained that the poster was heavy, and it was soon rolled up, and after the procession, Sergei burned it.
Tatyana Chizh did not admit guilt to the charges, explaining that she was depressed due to the serious illness of her mother, who is disabled.
They were identified from photographs from the Internet.
Pro-government Telegram channels reported that Vyacheslav was detained in late July 2023 in Grodno while returning to Belarus from abroad, and that he allegedly left around a thousand comments in "extremist" chats and channels. Vyacheslav is a married resident of Minsk and a paintball enthusiast. According to these channels, security forces were able to identify him because he signed his Telegram account with his real name. The indictment states that he posted comments on the "Real Belarus" channel, and an expert examination concluded that the text contained negative and obscene statements directed at Lukashenko and Putin.
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She was detained for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno together with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. As a result, Natalia was sentenced to probation. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a raid by security forces on relatives of political prisoners and people of solidarity. Natalia was not released.
He was detained by Russian border guards when he tried to leave Belarus. He was handed over to the Belarusian security forces and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
At the beginning of September 2022,it became known that a trial was held in Orsha to strengthen the political prisoner regime and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
Dmitry’s mother died on April 13, 2023.
It recently became known that in Orsha on September 1, 2023, a trial was held under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (Malicious disobedience to the requirements of the prison administration). Dmitry was added to his prison term by another 1 year and 15 days . That is, the political prisoner’s term should have ended on August 18, and he should have been released, but this did not happen due to re-arrest and trial on a new criminal case.
Convicted for threatening violence in comments to Nikolai Karpenkov.
On May 24, 2023, it became known that Salim would be tried again under Article 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In August 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Viktor, a human rights activist with the organization "Viasna," was detained on July 14, 2021, following a search of his home. During the search, his computers and phones were seized. The office of Viasna's Grodno branch was also searched.
Released on July 16, 2021.
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Rock musician, leader of the punk band Mister X and activist. He was arrested in October 2020 for performing a performance in the form of a barefoot dance in front of a police car and charged with hooliganism.
In September 2021, a retrial was held, which decided to replace the remaining part of the sentence from "chemistry" to a colony. However, on November 24, 2021, a hearing was held at which the musician's transfer to the colony was denied.
He was released in December 2021 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.