Vyacheslav was detained on March 22, 2022, allegedly for disobeying employees. The court appointed 15 days of administrative arrest, after which Vyacheslav was charged under the first part of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for a comment in social networks. He was placed in custody.
12/01/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Goalkeeper of the football club «Smena» (Volkovysk). An employee of JSC «Bellakt», a public activist.
It follows from the materials of the prosecution that Yuri in the «STOP LUKA» community, which is recognized as an extremist formation, posted an image of a red-green flag against the background of Nazi symbols (swastikas), the semantic content of the image of which is the author's opinion that Nazi ideology is used in the administration of the Republic of Belarus. Yuri did not actually admit his guilt in court, he explained that he did not intend to mock the national flag and only accidentally liked it.
Initially, an administrative case was brought against Yuri under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code and punished with a fine, and later a criminal case was also initiated. Yuri has a minor child
Released in early autumn 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
1 year of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the materials of the prosecution, at the end of September 2021, Oleg Dutchik posted in vk.com a comment in which he spoke negatively about the death of an employee of the State Security Committee Dmitry Fedosyuk in Minsk.
In addition, over the past year, the man has repeatedly posted negative statements in various communities with insults to the president, humiliated his honor and dignity.
The last post in his account in vk.ru it was made on March 27 and was as follows: «Arrest is a restriction of freedom».
During the trial, the man pleaded not guilty.
Convicted for a comment on the Internet insulting a representative of the authorities.
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Former employee of the Minsk Tractor Plant.
On December 13, 2022, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
On October 28, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Journalist and TV presenter, who previously held a position in the “presidential pool” of the ONT TV channel.
In August 2020, Semchenko resigned in protest against the brutal dispersal of peaceful protests. Dmitry and his wife were detained on September 15 in Minsk. Yulia was later released, and Dmitry was left behind bars pending trial. A day later, the man was arrested for 15 days. But after 15 days, Dmitry was not released and was sentenced to another 13 days of arrest under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for distributing "extremist materials" on his social networks. When Dmitry Semchenko was not released on October 13, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him.
According to human rights activists , he was released in July 2025, having fully served his sentence.
According to the prosecution , on February 28, 2021, in the VKontakte public group “Polotsk, Novopolotsk...” Maxim posted a publication with a photo of the injured police officer Lyashko, his personal data, thereby “publicly insulting him as a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties.”
According to human rights activists , he was released on May 11, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Oleg Krichkovsky, being at his place of residence, on the evening of December 31, 2020, under the image of Alexander Lukashenko in vk.com during the presentation of the highest insignia of the special police unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs — a black beret — he left an offensive comment, which, according to the expert opinion, is a non-normative form of speech expression and carries a negative assessment of Lukashenko.
Krichkovsky refused the services of a lawyer, and explained to the court that on New Year's Eve he drank a glass and under the influence of emotions left an offensive comment, which he later completely forgot. Therefore, I was surprised when in May 2022 he was called to the police department, where he was familiarized with the contents of the message. At the same time, he was detained.
In the summer of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
| 27.11.2023 | Освобожден по сроку |
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In August 2022, Sergei was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for a repost from a telegram channel recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
But after the administrative arrest, Sergei did not leave the IVS: he was charged with criminal article 130. As it became known, the case was already going to court, forensic examinations were carried out — but suddenly the man was charged with another criminal article. This time according to Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The first sentence was pronounced on 11/28/2022 , Sergei is waiting for a second trial.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020 and for comments on social networks.
On 28.03.2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2025, having served his entire sentence.
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Dmitry lived in Ukraine for a long time, and in 2019 he married a Ukrainian woman there. He did not serve in the Belarusian army, but in Ukraine he joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a supply officer. From March to October 2021, he worked as a guard at a military warehouse in the demarcation zone between the DPR/LPR and the territory controlled by Ukraine.
In the fall of 2021, having lost his Belarusian passport, Dmitry went to the embassy in Kyiv, where he was issued a temporary document and advised to go to Belarus for a new passport. However, immediately after crossing the border, he was detained. For two days in a row, the KGB interrogated him on suspicion of "terrorism" and "weapons transportation."
No facts were found, but Dmitry was transferred from the temporary detention facility to a pretrial detention center and a case of "mercenarism" was opened (Article 133 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). Later, the article was reclassified, and in March 2022, he was convicted of "participation in military actions on the territory of a foreign state without the authorization of Belarus." During his stay in the pretrial detention center, Dmitry's daughter was born.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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The reason for the detention was a comment in the networks regarding A.G. Lukashenko.
Victor is an orphan.
The judge considered that two years had passed since the crime was committed on August 17, 2020, and this is the statute of limitations under the article for insult, so there is nothing to punish Artyom for. Moreover, insult is not a socially dangerous crime.
The case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
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