On January 30, 2023, 18 year old Maxim was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime. He was found guilty under part 1 of Article 130, Article 369 and Article 391 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
At the time of detention on May 10, 2022, the guy was a juvenile.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Released from criminal liability due to the expiration of the statute of limitations
Detained for participating in protests in 2020. Victor has three children, one minor.
On November 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
3 years imprisonment in a colony
Pensioner. Was detained at home for commenting.
On February 27, 2023, the woman turned 68 years old, which she met in prison.
| 02.08.2023 | 07.08.2023 пачнецца суд: 10.00, Мінскі гарадскі суд (вул. Дуніна-Марцінкевіча,1) |
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
The man, according to the materials of the prosecution, posted publications in Telegram in which he gave a negative assessment of Lukashenko — profanity was used in the messages. In them, the accused allegedly also called for violence against military man of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, law enforcement officers, incited national and social enmity: «Russian invaders participating in the forcible seizure of foreign state territory by military force».
Trial outcome 31.03.2023: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel is a resident of Gomel, studied at the Francysk Skaryna Gomel State University. An active player in the quiz.
With the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the man on his vk.com page actively spoke out against the war. Later, his page was blocked by the decision of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
Pavel's anti-war statements in social networks could be the reason for accusing him of inciting other social hostility.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in September 2023.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Ilya and his friend Vladislav Mazurov were accused of the fact that on October 27, 2022, the guys, being drunk, tore down the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, hanging on the club building in the a-t. Temny Les. At the same time, they broke the flagpole. Then, returning from the a-t. Temny Les at the place of residence, the guys arranged a photo session with a flag.
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
3 months of arrest.
Vladislav and his friend Ilya Kovalev were accused of the fact that on October 27, 2022, the guys, being drunk, tore down the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, hanging on the club building in the a-t. Temny Les. At the same time, they broke the flagpole. Then, returning from the a-t. Temny Les at the place of residence, the guys arranged a photo session with a flag.
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
3 months of arrest.
Citizen of Ukraine. The court found Pavel guilty of “undercover activity” in favor of Ukraine. Authorities accused him and two other men of sending data to Ukrainian military intelligence.
Propagandists claim that Kuprienko was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Taras Machinsky is accused of transmitting data on the deployment and movement of military equipment in Belarus to Kuprienko, and he, in turn, to the Ukrainian special services. It is reported that Dmitry Solovyanchik was “used in secret.” In the video they say that Dmitry filmed the movement of military equipment in Belarus and asked his relatives about it, and then passed it on to Kuprienko, “not knowing what they were for.”
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
It is known that during a search at home in connection with the case, a white-red-white flag was taken from Vlasyuk, which was later included in the materials of the criminal case.
According to the prosecution, an online comment written on April 22, 2022 under a video of Alexander Grigorievich’s speech was considered a public insult to Lukashenko. This message contained obscene language.
In October 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In a video published by security forces , Stepan reports that he was detained for distributing extremist materials and insulting police officers on the Internet.
01/24/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
On May 2, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. In the fall of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
However, as a citizen of the Russian Federation, after his release he was most likely deported.
1 year imprisonment in a colony
The circumstances of the case are still unknown to human rights defenders, since the court session was closed. It is known that Konstantin was detained in early November 2022 and was in pre-trial detention center № 3 all the time.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a criminal case was opened against Mikhail for insulting Lukashenko. In total, representatives of law enforcement agencies counted 860 comments of Mikhail against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.
Before the trial, Mikhail was under house arrest, on the day of the verdict he was taken into custody in the courtroom
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Anatoly came to Belarus to be examined: he was diagnosed with cancer.
At first, the man was convicted under administrative article 19.11 (distribution of extremist materials) before his arrest. But even before the end of this arrest, he was charged under article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenko, and put in prison.
10.23.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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