Zhanna Anatolievna Khvoynitskaya
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Zhanna Anatolievna Khvoynitskaya
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Khvoynitskaya Zhanna Anatolyevna is an employee of the judicial authorities involved in politically motivated repressions, in which thousands of peaceful demonstrators, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence. She handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where she imposed penalties in the form of a fine totaling at least 25,725 rubles and administrative arrest for a total period of at least 736 days. She sentenced Alla Nikolaevna Pavlyut under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) for participating in protests in 2020. Khvoynitskaya found Alla guilty and sentenced her to three years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. She sentenced Natalya Korneeva under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) for participation in protests and sentenced her to three years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. Included in the sanctions lists of some countries.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Khvoynitskaya Zhanna Anatolyevna is an employee of the judicial authorities involved in politically motivated repressions, in which thousands of peaceful demonstrators, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence. She handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where she imposed penalties in the form of a fine totaling at least 25,725 rubles and administrative arrest for a total period of at least 736 days. She sentenced Alla Nikolaevna Pavlyut under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) for participating in protests in 2020. Khvoynitskaya found Alla guilty and sentenced her to three years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. She sentenced Natalya Korneeva under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) for participation in protests and sentenced her to three years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. Included in the sanctions lists of some countries.
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She was sentenced in the Zavodskoy District Court of Minsk to imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) and Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (fraud). The case was considered from April 12 to October 30, 2024, at least 83 hearings were held. The circumstances of the case, as well as the verdict, are unknown. Along with Zhanna, 7 more people were convicted .
Convicted by the Zavodskoy District Court of Minsk under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code. On March 22, 2023, the case was heard by Judge Zhanna Khvoynitskaya. Sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional institution, term unknown .
In early May 2024, it became known that Denis was involved in a new case. The trial was scheduled for May 7. In addition to him, Andrei Stabulyanets and Alexander Sharabaiko were involved in the case. Depending on the role of each, they were charged under Article 368 (insulting Lukashenko), Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official), and Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist group). In the Vitebsk Regional Court, Yevgeny Burunov considered the case in a closed court session from May 7 to June 5, 2024. As a result, Denis was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony. The exact term is unknown (about five years ).
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Sergey is originally from Kherson, Ukraine, but has lived in Belarus almost all his life. He has worked in various blue-collar jobs all his life. He has two minor children.
The man was detained in February 2023. In a pro-government video, he says that he left comments on Telegram and registered with the Plan Peramoga chatbot. He was first convicted in October 2023 for "inciting other social hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code).
On 08.12.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Sergei's next trial will begin on September 27, 2024, in the Minsk City Court. He is charged under four articles - "participation in an extremist group" (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code), "incitement of other social hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code), "insulting a government official" (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), and "insulting Lukashenko" (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code). Sergei faces up to five years in prison in addition to his previous term.
Alexey was detained on December 4, 2020, as part of a criminal case on mass riots and convicted of participating in a protest that took place in August 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
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Victoria, the administrator of the channel “Drivers 97%”, was detained on November 4, 2020 in Minsk by GUBOPiK officers and convicted of “calls for mass riots and blocking roads in connection with dissatisfaction with the authorities and election fraud.”
In 2022 and 2023, the court increased her prison term twice, accusing her of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution." Victoria was repeatedly subjected to pressure in the colony and was recognized as a "malicious violator."
According to the schedule on the Supreme Court website, Victoria's case will be heard on October 28, 2024, in the Rechitsa District Court. The woman is accused for the third time under Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code.
On December 18, 2024, the appeal was heard in the Gomel Regional Court.
As of the end of December 2024, she was transferred to Penal Colony No. 24.
Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk reported that Elena Gnauk and Victoria Kulsha were placed in a PKT: "After several weeks in a punishment cell, they were transferred to a PKT. It is 99% that they will again fabricate Article 411 against them."
Polina also added: "Victoria Kulsha's kidneys have probably already failed. She went on hunger strikes for months, she refused water and drink. She cut her veins. They threw her in the punishment cell with this - she cut her veins in the punishment cell. She went on hunger strikes in the punishment cell. She refused medical help."
Victoria was supposed to be released in April 2025 after her term expired. But in early April, she was transferred to Gomel's SIZO-3 as part of the fourth criminal case under Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the legal demands of the colony administration).
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A member of the Council of the public movement "Dzeya" was detained on November 3, 2020 and convicted in the case of hacking the computer system of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
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He was arrested on August 11, 2020, on charges of organizing mass riots and convicted three times in 2021.
In March 2023, Dmitry's sentence was increased and he was transferred to a three-year prison regime.