Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Semenchuk is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Leninsky District Court of the city of Brest, for a long period of time he passed politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. As a result of his decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
In particular, in 2011 he tried participants in silent protests, and in 2017, participants in non-parasite protests. In 2018, he tried residents of Brest who opposed the construction of a battery plant.
Among others, Semenchuk condemned the following citizens: Brest local historian, editor of the newspaper “Church” Igor Baranovsky, Belsat journalists Ales Levchuk and Milana Kharitonova, human rights activist Roman Kislyak, bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov, teacher Lyudmila Karchevskaya, anarchist Alexander Kozlyanko, politician Nikolai Statkevich , journalist Maxim Khlebts and pensioner Elena Gnauk.
Thus, Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk 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. His work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Semenchuk’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Semenchuk is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Leninsky District Court of the city of Brest, for a long period of time he passed politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. As a result of his decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
In particular, in 2011 he tried participants in silent protests, and in 2017, participants in non-parasite protests. In 2018, he tried residents of Brest who opposed the construction of a battery plant.
Among others, Semenchuk condemned the following citizens: Brest local historian, editor of the newspaper “Church” Igor Baranovsky, Belsat journalists Ales Levchuk and Milana Kharitonova, human rights activist Roman Kislyak, bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov, teacher Lyudmila Karchevskaya, anarchist Alexander Kozlyanko, politician Nikolai Statkevich , journalist Maxim Khlebts and pensioner Elena Gnauk.
Thus, Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk 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. His work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Semenchuk’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, whistled, clapped their hands, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
Trial outcome 07.10.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.12.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
2 years 6 months imprisonment in a correctional colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexander's wife and little daughter are waiting for him at home.
Trial outcome 08.05.2024
unknown.
Appeal 05.07.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On February 2, 2024, a telegram channel close to the Brest GUBOPiK published a repentant video with Timur Lozko.
In the video, security forces showed how men with shields and weapons, in full uniform, burst into the house. This is followed by footage where Timur Aleksandrovich, with his hands behind his back, says that he was found with subscriptions to Nekhta, and that he also donated to this telegram channel. The man also says that he works at Lode as an anesthesiologist and resuscitator.
On the Internet you can find that Lozko was detained back in October 2020 (and in solidarity with him, other doctors in Brest went out to protest with the inscriptions “I/we are Timur”). And during the referendum in February 2022, he was detained again, and under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offences, “Illegal picketing,” he first served in a temporary detention facility, and then received a fine of 50 b.v.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Stanislav, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in May 2021 in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against election fraud that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in “mass riots.”
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Dmitry was a witness in the case of Brest political prisoners, bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov, who were sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony in April of this year. As the activist told Brest human rights defenders, a criminal case was opened against him for refusing to answer questions from the judge who was considering the case of Petrukhin and Kabanov, since he did not show the judge's service ID.
Released on 26.02.2022.
On December 11, 16 and 17, 2024, new hearings of Dmitry's case took place in the Leninsky District Court of Brest under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Dmitry was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment.
Trial outcome 21.09.2021
3 months of arrest.
Trial outcome 17.12.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Ruslan was first detained on August 10, 2020, during a protest in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. After a brutal beating, he was hospitalized and then sentenced to 7 days of administrative arrest. A criminal case was later opened against him, but he left the country during the investigation.
Upon returning to Belarus, Ruslan attempted to cross the border into the European Union, but was detained. In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in “mass riots.”
In July 2024, he was convicted again, this time for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution.” This article is used to try prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, based on fictitious violations.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
It is known that Sergei Gorun was detained at the end of October last year. In the "repentant video," the man said that he participated in the 2020 protests, threw paving stones towards the security forces and blocked the road with a bench.
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