At the beginning of the trial, Sergei Matyukhevich was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code for messages on the Internet. However, under Article 369 of the Criminal Code, the judge released the man from punishment: the statute of limitations had expired. But under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code, Sergei was found guilty.
As the prosecutor reported in a video broadcast by state media, Matyukhevich was accused of using his phone and the Internet to incite citizens to use violence against security forces on July 15, 2020.
On 13.01.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Sergei has two young sons. The youngest was born while Sergei was in prison awaiting trial.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Mikhail Nemtsov on January 5, 2022, using an iPhone mobile phone, posted a message in the Telegram messenger, which contained an obviously negative assessment of persons serving in the army and internal troops of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. These assessments are related to the events in Kazakhstan, when there were unrest and the death of peaceful protesters. In the publication, according to the investigation, Mikhail used profanity, called for violent actions against the specified group of persons.
In addition, on January 6, 2022, the accused posted a message on the Internet in which he humiliated the honor and dignity of A.G. Lukashenko.
Trial outcome 14.11.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
A resident of Zhlobin, born in Bobruisk. He was tried for a video of planes in Zhlobin. At the trial, he said that "he was scared and thought that a war had started here too." The case was heard by judge Oleg Khoroshko.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 22, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Valentin Fedorenko sent 160 text messages from a push-button phone to the Polish number of the Belsat TV channel. For this, he was accused of facilitating extremist activities. Valentin, who suffers from a mental illness, faced up to six years in prison. According to the source of Radio Svaboda, Valentin suffers from an incurable mental illness. The diagnosis was made back in the 1980s. After that, the pensioner did not go to the doctors. At the trial, the examination confirmed that the disease is incurable and only remission can occur. Fedorenko was sent for a new forensic examination.
In the messages, the man wrote about the movement of Russian military equipment in Gomel and the takeoffs of Russian aircraft from the airfields of the Gomel region. At the court hearing, Valentin admitted his guilt and repented. He stated that he did not know that the Belsat TV channel was an extremist formation.
Trial outcome 12.10.2022
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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