Detained in the «Zeltser's case*» 01.10.2021.
*Zeltser's case - detentions and arrests of people for comments and likes on social networks in support of IT manager Andrey Zeltser. Zeltser defended himself with a gun and was killed by a officer of the State Security Committee during detention. A officer of the State Security Committee was also killed.
In the summer of 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was detained for a chat-roulette conversation with Yuri Komar.
During the conversation, he asked Ukrainians for weapons, and to Komar's question: «Are you going to kill supporters of the current government?»; he answered: «Yes».
Dmitry was detained together with a friend — white-red-white flags were put on their heads, and then they were forced to wash the floor with these flags.
An appeal hearing was held on September 19, 2023. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 19.06.2023: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Evgeny Vasilevsky was detained almost a year ago in Moscow, from March 25 to April 7, 2022, he was sentenced to administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. Probably, we are talking about the transfer of personal data of security forces to protest chats.
In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Dmitry was detained on September 21, 2022 by GUBOPiK officers. The teacher was forced to read his own poems on camera and make excuses - he allegedly went to protests in August 2020, wrote messages on Facebook and VKontakte. Screenshots from his social networks criticizing the actions of the authorities also appeared on pro-government channels.
Children's poet and prose writer, winner of the Writers for Children competition (2017). He is a member of the International Union of Writers "New Contemporary", the Belarusian Literary Union of Writers "Polotsk Branch". Teacher at the Smart School private school.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years in prison
On March 3, 2023, the regional court considered the appeal against the verdict. At the moment, the details of the case, as well as the results of the trials, are unknown.
In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
It is known that Yakov was sentenced to imprisonment. He has already served his sentence and currently lives in Poland.
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
According to pro-government telegram channels, he was detained "for promoting extremist activities."
Trial outcome 21.07.2023: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.09.2023: the sentence was upheld.
He is involved in the "terrorism" case .
Convicted for "failure to report a crime." Released from custody in the courtroom in connection with the completion of the sentence in full.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
OMON officer of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. The man has been in service since 2006. Like many employees, his actions were subject to scrutiny. Thus, it is known that at the base of military unit 3214, Eduard participated in special forces training and exercises to disperse mass events with the participation of special equipment.
He is involved in the case of arson of the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
On September 29, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he has fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
3.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under a reinforced regime with deprivation of the right to hold public office and positions related to the performance of the functions of a representative of power for a period of five years, as well as deprivation of a military rank.
Former presidential candidate, detained in a criminal case.
Andrey Dmitriev is the co — founder and co-chairman of the «Govori pravdu» association.
In 2021, the association «Govori pravdu» was searched, after which the current account of the organization were blocked, and the office was sealed. On August 12, 2021, Dmitriev was detained for a short time, but then released.
The man was detained again on January 11, 2023 and put in the pre-trial detention center «SIZO -1». The Investigative Committee reported that Dmitriev participated in the post-election protests of 2020, therefore he became a suspect under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On April 20, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna was detained on January 17 and immediately faced criminal charges for her participation in the 2020 protests. Her boyfriend,Ivan Morozov, was detained 2 weeks earlier.
On April 15, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
| 31.07.2023 | 25.07.2023 г. была разгледжана апеляцыя, прысуд пакінуты ў сіле. Пераведзена ў ІК-4, Гомель |
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
At first he was sentenced to restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. His chemistry regime was tightened and Evgeniy was sent to serve his sentence in a colony.
the years of imprisonment in the colony are unknown.
According to the accusation, friends (Daria and Ekaterina) on November 22, 2022, while near the building of the dormitory of the «Minsk Komarovsky rinok» MTUE, tore the national flag from the facade of this building. Then they demonstratively waved them walking along Belomorskaya Street, after which they threw him to the ground.
At the same time, their actions were filmed on a mobile phone camera, and photo and video files were uploaded to a group on a social network, which publicly humiliated the state symbol.
During the court session, the girls admitted their guilt in full and sincerely repented.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
3 months of arrest.
Convicted for comments against Lukashenko.
1 year imprisonment.
A graduate of BSU, probably the son of a lawyer of LLC «Stepanovsky, Papakul and Partners. Legal services».
The man was found guilty of participating in three Marches in August-October 2020. In court, he was accused of repeatedly going out on the roadway and not listening to the demands of the police to stop participating in peaceful assemblies. Evgeny admitted his guilt. «Minsktrans» has filed a claim for compensation for material damage in the amount of more than 47 700 BYN, it will be considered in the framework of civil proceedings.
According to human rights activists, in the summer of 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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