Denis Sergeevich Dikun
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre

Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 3 decisions, awarding at least 2 years of restriction or imprisonment. On May 26, 2021, he convicted Irina Brozdova under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (insulting a police officer). Because in the fall of 2020, she wrote several unflattering comments regarding several police officers known to her. Sentence: 1 year of restriction of freedom without referral to an open institution. Also, Irina is obliged to pay the injured police officers 800 rubles in the form of moral compensation. Sentenced Nadezhda Vyachina to a year of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open institution under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (insulting a police officer) and ordered to pay each victim 300 rubles in compensation and a state fee of 261 rubles. The woman was found guilty of posting a comment under a YouTube video from November 9 to November 23, 2020, with the intention and desire to publicly and indecently humiliate the honor and dignity of government officials, with a negative assessment of the personalities of police major Oleg Bandura, senior lieutenant Drozd and junior lieutenant Anisichkov. “Recruiting idiots”, damaging the honor and dignity of employees.
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