Dmitriy Sergeyevich Karsyuk
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Dmitriy Sergeyevich Karsyuk
Included in the top 10 most unprincipled judges of Lukashenko. In politically motivated cases, he awarded a total of at least 7.5 years of administrative arrest, 53,703 Belarusian rubles. fines and decades of imprisonment and restriction of freedom. Karsyuk sentenced Oksana Kolb, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Novy Chas”, to 2.5 years in prison; in the case of Pavel Voropai, he sentenced him to 3.6 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 12,800 Belarusian rubles. rub. and compensation for the “victims”.
Included in the top 10 most unprincipled judges of Lukashenko. In politically motivated cases, he awarded a total of at least 7.5 years of administrative arrest, 53,703 Belarusian rubles. fines and decades of imprisonment and restriction of freedom. Karsyuk sentenced Oksana Kolb, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Novy Chas”, to 2.5 years in prison; in the case of Pavel Voropai, he sentenced him to 3.6 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 12,800 Belarusian rubles. rub. and compensation for the “victims”.
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He was convicted under the article on insulting the president (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
In April 2025, he was added to the list of extremists, as convicted under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which means that Sergei was tried for the second time in 2025, but this time for participating in the 2020 protests. The sentence is unknown.
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On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On January 28, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Later it became known that Vladimir was detained again in May 2023 and placed in a pre-trial detention center on a new criminal case under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority) and Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenko). On December 22, 2023, he was sentenced to another 1 year in prison.
On February 16, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
20-year-old mechanic Artem Sakovich was accused of participating in actions that grossly violate public order, preparing to participate in mass riots on August 10-12, 2020, and preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose destructive effect is based on the use of flammable substances. As part of the criminal case, Artem was detained only on June 22, 2021, when he came to the police department as a witness in another “non-political” criminal case. Before that, as it turned out, he was wanted, although he was not hiding: he lived at home, went to work.
He was released in early May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Anastasia was convicted of “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after the March of Heroes protest, which took place on September 13, 2020, in Minsk.
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Diana was detained in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for restoring graffiti with "DJs of Change" in the famous protest courtyard "Square of Change" under the article "malicious hooliganism committed by a group of persons." After 72 hours, she was released from the temporary detention facility and placed under house arrest. In August of the same year, Diana was sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction.
It is known that in October 2024, a case was considered against her within the framework of special proceedings to replace the restriction of freedom.
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Leonid was found guilty of participating in an unauthorized protest in Minsk on September 20, 2020, by stepping onto the roadway, shouting slogans, and clapping, thereby grossly disturbing public order. He was also charged with obstructing public transportation on several streets, which resulted in the shutdown of traffic, including public transportation.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with a sentence of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Timur, an activist with the "Honest People" initiative, was arrested on June 16, 2021, at the premiere of the play "White Rabbit, Red Rabbit" and convicted twice under administrative law. After 30 days of administrative arrest, he was not released and was transferred to a pretrial detention center as part of a criminal case opened under the article "Organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation therein."
In September 2021, he was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
Timur left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
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Anastasia was convicted in July 2021 for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in August–September 2020.
Pavel was arrested on June 23, 2021, as part of a criminal case for participation in mass riots, initiated in connection with the events in Minsk in August 2020.
In October of the same year, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place on August 10–11, 2020, and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in March 2025, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, he was required to report regularly to the police, and his home was subject to nightly inspections. His parents' homes were also searched. Due to this persecution, Pavel left Belarus in late May 2025.
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In November 2020, Elena took part in a medical protest at the 1st City Clinical Hospital, after which she was fined for participating in an unauthorized mass event. In March 2021, the doctor who worked at the children's clinic was fired.
In July 2021, she was convicted under the article "Insulting a government official", sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction and ordered to pay compensation to police officer Grushevsky.
In December of the same year, Elena was convicted again under the same article - for a comment addressed to the district police inspector of the Central District of Gomel, Artem Zhevnyak. The court again imposed a restriction of freedom and ordered her to pay a large compensation.
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Egor is a former investigator, worked for the Investigative Committee for more than six years, dealt with economic crimes. In 2019, he quit, took up sports analytics and planned to move to IT.
On June 11, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated under the article “Active participation in actions that grossly violate public order,” and on October 8 of the same year, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
The basis for the charges were photographs from the Marches of August 23 and 30, 2020 in Minsk, which were given to the security forces by a man who had previously been involved in a case investigated by Yegor himself.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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Vasily was arrested in May 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for restoring graffiti with "DJs of Change" in the famous protest courtyard "Square of Change" under the article "malicious hooliganism committed by a group of persons." In August of the same year, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom with direction and released from custody in the courtroom before the verdict came into force.
It is known that in October 2024, a case was considered in relation to Vasily within the framework of special proceedings to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Sergei was found guilty of posting photos of Lukashenko with obscene comments on his VKontakte page in July 2019 and September 2020. Due to the presence of obscene language, the text was not read out in court.
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Valery was detained on April 29, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened after a protest action, the March of Heroes, which took place in Minsk on September 13, 2020. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
In July 2022, his sentence was changed and he was transferred to “house arrest” due to health reasons.
Vadim was arrested in April 2021 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk against the falsification of the presidential election results.
In November and December 2024, as well as in February 2025, in absentia court hearings were held regarding Vadim “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”