Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Department Of Internal Affairs Patrol And Guard Service Of The Public Safety Police Of The Pervomaisky District Department Of Internal Affairs Of Vitebsk Senior Sergeant Accomplice To Crimes Against The Rights And Freedoms Of Belarusian Citizens Vitaly Sergeyevich Shnyavin Is A Law Enforcement Officer Involved In Politically Motivated Repressions, During Which Thousands Of Peaceful Demonstrators, Several Hundred Journalists, Human Rights Defenders, And Activists Were Detained And Subjected To Violence He Personally Participated In The Violent Suppression Of Protests Using Physical And Psychological Violence, Detaining Activists He Unjustifiably Used Pepper Spray Against Participants In A Sunday March, And When Identified, He Tried To Justify Himself By Claiming He Had No Intention Of Doing So And That It Was An Accident He Acted As A Victim In Court In Politically Motivated Cases, As A Result Of Which Alexander Matveyev Received A Sentence Of One Year And Six Months Of Restricted Freedom With A Referral To An Open Correctional Facility, And Vera Strunina Received A Sentence Of One And A Half Years
Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Department Of Internal Affairs Patrol And Guard Service Of The Public Safety Police Of The Pervomaisky District Department Of Internal Affairs Of Vitebsk Senior Sergeant Accomplice To Crimes Against The Rights And Freedoms Of Belarusian Citizens Vitaly Sergeyevich Shnyavin Is A Law Enforcement Officer Involved In Politically Motivated Repressions, During Which Thousands Of Peaceful Demonstrators, Several Hundred Journalists, Human Rights Defenders, And Activists Were Detained And Subjected To Violence He Personally Participated In The Violent Suppression Of Protests Using Physical And Psychological Violence, Detaining Activists He Unjustifiably Used Pepper Spray Against Participants In A Sunday March, And When Identified, He Tried To Justify Himself By Claiming He Had No Intention Of Doing So And That It Was An Accident He Acted As A Victim In Court In Politically Motivated Cases, As A Result Of Which Alexander Matveyev Received A Sentence Of One Year And Six Months Of Restricted Freedom With A Referral To An Open Correctional Facility, And Vera Strunina Received A Sentence Of One And A Half Years
Vera was convicted in September 2021 for a comment she left in October 2020 about police officer Vitaly Shnyavin. The comment was published on Instagram (in the "Typical Vitebsk" public group) under a post featuring photographs of Shnyavin, one of which was taken on September 13, 2020, during a mass protest in Vitebsk, during which a police officer used tear gas.
According to human rights activists, Vera was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Trial outcome 03.09.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 500 rubles of compensation.
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