Sergey Viktorovich Shatilo
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 226 decisions awarding at least 2,071 days of administrative arrest and fines of at least 117,637 rubles in fines and at least 2 years of restriction or imprisonment. Included in the recommended list of persons for the imposition of individual sanctions by the EU. Sentenced Natalia Hershe, a Swiss citizen, to 2 years and 6 months in prison for torn balaclava and causing bodily harm to an Interior Ministry employee. Sentenced journalist Taras Tarnalitsky to 25 days. He massively tried civilians for participating in solidarity rallies in August and July. He also tried citizens detained in line at the Symbal.by store. In 2019, he tried Pavel Sevyarynets for protesting against integration. He tried Sergei Chalov for “Charnobyl Ways.” He tried civilians en masse for participating in solidarity rallies. He sentenced Olga Gorbunova to 3 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to a closed-type institution and the same for Irina Radkova.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 226 decisions awarding at least 2,071 days of administrative arrest and fines of at least 117,637 rubles in fines and at least 2 years of restriction or imprisonment. Included in the recommended list of persons for the imposition of individual sanctions by the EU. Sentenced Natalia Hershe, a Swiss citizen, to 2 years and 6 months in prison for torn balaclava and causing bodily harm to an Interior Ministry employee. Sentenced journalist Taras Tarnalitsky to 25 days. He massively tried civilians for participating in solidarity rallies in August and July. He also tried citizens detained in line at the Symbal.by store. In 2019, he tried Pavel Sevyarynets for protesting against integration. He tried Sergei Chalov for “Charnobyl Ways.” He tried civilians en masse for participating in solidarity rallies. He sentenced Olga Gorbunova to 3 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to a closed-type institution and the same for Irina Radkova.
List of repressed
The first time she was detained for participating in protest actions.
She was detained again on September 23, 2022 while trying to cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
He is on trial together with Egorov Kuzin and Nikolai Kuleshov about illegal border crossing.
Igor was convicted for a comment left online about Lukashenko.
According to human rights activists, he was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Oleg is a journalist for Radio Svaboda, previously worked for the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency. In the summer of 2020, he actively covered the protests in Belarus and conducted live streams. In August, he lost his Foreign Ministry accreditation along with other journalists from foreign media outlets.
On July 16, 2021, he was detained during a large-scale search of independent journalists' homes. He was released ten days later, remaining a suspect. On December 23 of that year, security forces again raided his home and took him into custody on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them."
In March 2022, the court found Oleg guilty, declaring that he participated in unauthorized protests during which Minsktrans calculated damages of 56,000 rubles.
In September 2022, the journalist was released as part of a pardon.
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- Human rights activists
Yulia, a human rights activist and volunteer at the Moscow Center for Civil Society and Information (MCGI) "Our House," and the daughter of renowned human rights activist Natalia Goryachko-Basalyga, was detained on July 14, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In March 2022, the court found Yulia guilty and sentenced her to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
Yulia was released in the courtroom. Her time in custody was counted toward her sentence, so her sentence was considered fully served.
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- Parents of minors
Tatyana, a volunteer, was detained on July 9, 2021, during a "large-scale KGB operation to purge radicals" as part of a criminal case. Despite having a young son at home, she was transferred to a pretrial detention center and charged with "financing the activities of an extremist group."
In May 2022, the measure of restraint was changed to a written undertaking not to leave. Tatyana left Belarus before the trial began.
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- Bloggers
- Journalists
- Athletes
Aleksander, a football player for the Krumkachyov club, a journalist for Tribuna.com and the author of the YouTube channel ChestnOK, was detained at home on June 3, 2021. He was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - allegedly for the flag on the window, but after serving his term he was not released and transferred to a pre-trial detention center in a criminal case on "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order." In January 2022, Oleksandr was sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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Alexander, an activist and volunteer for the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was detained in May 2021 and convicted for participating in a mass protest against election fraud and violence in the country that took place on September 16, 2020, in Minsk.
Before he began serving his sentence, he managed to leave Belarus.
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Andrei, a biker, was first detained and convicted in a criminal case opened after an incident on September 19, 2020, near the Europa shopping center in Minsk. At that time, unknown persons tried to detain one of the motorcyclists, and the others began to defend him.
In June 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.
In August 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Andrei, and he became a suspect under the article on gross violation of order. The basis for this was photographs. He was later convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Alexey was arrested and convicted in a criminal case opened after the August 2020 protests in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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- Entrepreneurs
- Parents of minors
Dmitry was arrested and convicted for trying to protect a man from being beaten by three plainclothes police officers by using a pepper spray against them as a means of self-defense.
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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Dmitry was detained on October 21, 2020, and was brutally beaten. As a result, he spent two days in the hospital with a moderate head injury and multiple injuries to his right hip. He was convicted of hitting a police officer in civilian clothes who was filming a street concert, as well as for "restricting the victim's freedom, attempting to strike twice, and making threats."
He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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- Foreign citizens
- Parents of minors
Natalia, a citizen of Belarus and Switzerland, was detained on September 19, 2020, during the Women's March, a protest in Minsk. During her arrest, she tried to free herself and tore off the balaclava of a riot police officer. As a result, she was charged and convicted of "resisting a police officer."
In September 2021, the court changed Natalia's detention regime to prison.
She was released on February 18, 2022, thanks to diplomatic efforts by the Swiss authorities.
Ivan was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened after the protest action, the "March of Heroes", which took place on September 13, 2020 in Minsk. He was accused of damaging an official car and attacking riot police officers. As a result, the court found him guilty under the articles on "violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies" and "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order." Ivan pleaded guilty only to damaging the car.
He was released in June 2023, having served his full sentence.
