Andrey Vatslavovich Grushko
He handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where he imposed penalties in the form of a fine in a total amount of at least 9,920 rubles and in the form of administrative arrest for at least 275 days. He tried 11 people, who were later recognized as political prisoners, and sentenced them to imprisonment for terms of 3.5 to 5 years, and also sentenced two minors to up to 3 years in an educational colony. Everyone took part in the rally after it became clear that the elections were rigged and were found guilty under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He found Ilya Smolsky, accused of insulting the national flag under Article 370 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, guilty and sentenced him to 1 year of restriction of freedom and sent to an open institution. Ilya tore down the flag at the choreographic school in the city of Brest. Tried an activist of the independent trade union REP for a comment in a Radio Radio article. He handed down a sentence of 3.5 and 4 years in a maximum security colony to those involved in the “Pinsk case,” when people began to defend themselves from attacks by representatives of security forces.
He handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where he imposed penalties in the form of a fine in a total amount of at least 9,920 rubles and in the form of administrative arrest for at least 275 days. He tried 11 people, who were later recognized as political prisoners, and sentenced them to imprisonment for terms of 3.5 to 5 years, and also sentenced two minors to up to 3 years in an educational colony. Everyone took part in the rally after it became clear that the elections were rigged and were found guilty under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He found Ilya Smolsky, accused of insulting the national flag under Article 370 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, guilty and sentenced him to 1 year of restriction of freedom and sent to an open institution. Ilya tore down the flag at the choreographic school in the city of Brest. Tried an activist of the independent trade union REP for a comment in a Radio Radio article. He handed down a sentence of 3.5 and 4 years in a maximum security colony to those involved in the “Pinsk case,” when people began to defend themselves from attacks by representatives of security forces.
List of repressed
Igor was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 11, 2020, in the city of Brest.
Sergei was convicted under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
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.
- Associations
- Service sector
The Overchuk brothers were detained in early June. Pro-government telegram channels reported this. In the confessional video, the men say that on August 10, 2020, they were in Brest at a protest rally.
Matvey is engaged in car repairs.
Also involved in this case are Oleg Litvinchuk and Alevtina Gudkova.
Vitaly was found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for participation in protests in Brest on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
Artem was found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for participation in protests in Brest on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
On September 15, 2023, 57-year-old Gennady Vasilyuk was fined for "distributing extremist materials." Subscriptions to "extremist" materials were found on Gennady's Odnoklassniki page. In addition, Vasilyuk was fired from the locomotive depot "by mutual agreement."
On December 7, 2023, Gennady was detained as part of a criminal case for "slandering Lukashenko" (Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code) and placed in custody in a pretrial detention center. The case was heard on February 22 and 26, 2024.
The man was accused of posting the "like" reaction on the Odnoklassniki social network on June 8, 9, and 17, 2022, under three videos featuring economist Yaroslav Romanchuk.
Gennady admitted his guilt and reported that on the specified days in June he went to a village in the Zhabinka district, which is confirmed by an extract from a mobile operator. The man uses a push-button phone, so he could not log into Odnoklassniki in the village.
Prosecutor Yegor Kronda considered Gennady's guilt to be fully proven and requested one year and six months of imprisonment for him.
Gennady was convicted for the second time on September 16, 2024, for participating in protests. His wife and three other people were convicted along with him. 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.
The court sentenced Gennady to one and a half years in prison, but taking into account the unserved previous (political) term, the final sentence was only 2 years in a general regime prison.
According to the court, the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, in Brest, people "shouted slogans, whistled, clapped, displayed white-red-white banners, and stepped onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the summer of 2025, having served her full sentence.
According to the court, the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, in Brest, people "shouted slogans, whistled, clapped, displayed white-red-white banners, and stepped onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
He was expected to be released on November 1 , 2025 .
According to the court, the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, in Brest, people "shouted slogans, whistled, clapped, displayed white-red-white banners, and stepped onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
He was expected to be released on November 6, 2025.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Accused of participating in protests in Brest on August 10, 2020.
It is known that Oleg is a father of many children; he has six children.
He was released in August 2025.
The Overchuk brothers were detained in early June. Pro-government telegram channels reported this. In the confessional video, the men say that on August 10, 2020, they were in Brest at a protest rally.
Also involved in this case are Oleg Litvinchuk and Alevtina Gudkova. His brother Matvey was also detained.
In 2020, when Artem participated in the meeting, he was 16 or 17 years old. He was found guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for participating in protests in Brest on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the winter of 2025.
Grigory returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
