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.
Trial outcome 20.01.2023
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 01.11.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Alexey Yaroshevich, back in April 2021, using a mobile phone on a page on a social network ok.ru posted an image of Alexander Lukashenko and accompanied it with an obscene text message.
Trial outcome 23.01.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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.
The reason for the criminal case was a video recorded by Yuri in the Tik Tok. According to Yuri's explanations, on October 5, 2022, he called the local district police officer Dmitry Tiunov to help resolve a family conflict. The district police officer promised to come, but did not do it. On emotions (and being drunk), Yuri recorded a video where he said that the police were working poorly, and insulted Tiunov.
59 years old, he is a resident of Svetlogorsk. Anatoly was detained on October 25, 2022 for drinking alcohol in a public place. While in the police duty room of the railway station in Babruisk, he repeatedly insulted Lukashenko.
According to human rights activists, he was released on August 3, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 23.01.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In a video from a public page related to the security forces, Nikita Karpenko said that he was subscribed to VKontakte groups, which were recognized as “extremist” and, in addition, left some offensive comment in one of them.
07/05/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 31.01.2023:
2 years in a colony under general regime conditions
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the case of two Gomel residents, Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted on one of the social networks publications calling for participation in the Kastus Kalinovsky battalion, "Azov" and other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also transferred 21 euros for the Kastus Kalinovsky battalion. Both guys were also accused of making cynical inscriptions and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court assessed the damage at 130 rubles.
According to human rights activists, he was released on May 7, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 09.01.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In comments on social networks, he insulted a judge, a prosecutor, a juvenile affairs inspector and two district police officers of the city of Dubrovno. He lived in Moscow in 2020-2021 and from there wrote comments in Odnoklassniki under the publication of Mikhail Chemurako (an activist who was convicted of chemistry and is now in exile).
Detained on November 14, 2022 upon his return to Belarus.
01/19/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
Trial outcome 19.01.2023:
1 year and 2 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to human rights activists, Oksana was detained at the end of December 2022. She was a member of the core team of the Coordination Council. In June 2021, she was detained during the premiere of the production “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit” and was released after drawing up a report. In May 2021, her apartment was searched.
Oksana was tried together with political prisoner Bohdan Korovets , founder of the Astronim company and the White Square advertising and marketing festival.
Oksana Zaretskaya’s father has health problems, Bogdan is raising a child with a disability.
According to human rights activists, Oksana felt unwell after the verdict was announced and was hospitalized. The woman spent at least three days in a coma, and after some time she was returned to Volodarka. The pre-trial detention center doctors did not provide proper medical care to Zaretskaya, and did not even take valerian for her in the packages from her relatives.
On April 10, 2024, she was releasedafter fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome:
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Andrei is registered in the urban settlement of Ushachi (Vitebsk region), but in recent years he lived and worked in Russia. On September 23, 2022, he was detained in Moscow and placed in custody because Belarusian security forces put Andrei Nikolaevich on the international wanted list.
As was announced at the court in Brest, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office refused to extradite Protasevich to Belarus due to the absence of a crime in his actions under Russian law.
However, he was expelled from Russia under the procedure of "violation of migration legislation" and transferred to Belarus. In Belarus, Andrei Nikolaevich has been in custody since November 7, 2022. He was sentenced to three months of arrest for a comment on social networks.
It is known that Andrei had another trial, under Article 368 Part 1 (insulting Lukashenko). The outcome is unknown.
April 2, 2024 Andrey had his appeal reviewed. It is known that Andrey began serving his sentence.
In January 2025, he was released after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 13.01.2023
3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 19.01.2024
1 year 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In November, pro-government telegram channels reported the detention of two friends - 25-year-old Denis Pishchalo and 24-year-old Ilona Zaitseva.
In the “repentance” video, the guy says that he participated in post-election protests and went out onto the roadway, was subscribed to “extremist” Telegram channels, and also left offensive comments.
On 06/06/2023 the appeal hearing of the court took place and the verdict entered into force.
On July 27, 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 21.03.2023:
2 years in prison.
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