citizen of Belarus, but was born in Magnitogorsk, Russia. Has three children. According to the prosecution, on April 8, 2021, Yurkov, while drunk, made obscene remarks towards Lukashenko at the Molodechno district police department. In custody since November 8, 2021.
According to human rights activists, he was released on April 25, 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years in prison under strict regime conditions + 1 year of LTP
The person involved in the criminal case initiated under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
On June 21, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year in prison
was detained on August 17, 2021, together with former riot policeman Maxim Klimovich, for participating in last year's protests.
Mikulich was charged with organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order, and was placed in a pre-trial detention center
In the summer of 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
3 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
According to the prosecution, the defendant “from August to January 2020 collected information about the private life of 27 law enforcement officers of the Gomel region from various sources and sent them to an indefinite circle of people who administer the destructive Telegram channel” . Vladimir Koshko previously worked for three months as a policeman in the Security Department. A few years later he returned to the post of patrol officer, but four years later he was fired. Since the end of 2019, he has not worked. According to the verdict of the court, Vladimir is obliged to pay 13,600 rubles in moral damages.
3 months of arrest .
Arrested for commenting on the Zeltser case. According to relatives, she was tried for videos and comments on Tik-Tok. Alina suffers from epilepsy. A psychiatric examination was appointed in the case - the break lasted a month. The daughter is waiting for the political prisoner at home.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
2 years in prison
Gomel resident, native of Kazakhstan. Detained in Russia in October 2021 for participating in a protest in Gomel in August 2020 and was placed in a pre-trial detention center. On May 3, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights banned the Russian authorities from extraditing Zubkov, his lawyer Roza Magomedova (“Civic Assistance”) notified the state authorities about this. Zubkov was supposed to be released - the term of arrest expired on May 14, 2022. However, at 10 am on May 13, 2022, he was forcibly extradited to Belarus, which was a gross violation of international law.
Released in May 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years in prison in a penal colony.
A resident of Soligorsk, convicted of insulting the former deputy head of the Soligorsk police, Soloviev. He has been serving his sentence since October 12, 2021. On February 14, the court replaced the political prisoner with 2 years of restriction of freedom with an open type of imprisonment.
On January 26, 2023, he fully served his sentence.
On February 14, 2022, the regime was changed for 9 months in a general regime colony.
A resident of Molodechno, convicted of insulting Alexander Lukashenko.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open-type correctional institution ("chemistry")
Native of Kazakhstan. Worked for Grodno-Azot. In Grodno he was detained on November 4, 2021 as part of a criminal case for insulting a government official.
At the beginning of June 2024 he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years in prison.
She was detained on November 3, 2021 as part of a criminal case under two articles: 368 of the Criminal Code (Insult of the President) and 369 of the Criminal Code (Insult of a government official). The woman was placed in a pre-trial detention center.
On July 4, Natalya was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court, without even waiting for the appeal to be considered.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony
He was detained in early June 2021 while posting leaflets with the image of Alexander Lukashenko. Sergei was left in custody and charged under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the president).
On November 18, the court of the Leninsky district of Mogilev delivered a verdict.
07/31/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
2.5 years imprisonment in a penal colony
Vitaly was tried for a comment left on 08/16/2020 under a video with Karaev (then Interior Minister), with the words "you are a criminal", and containing "a statement expressed in an obscene form of speech expression" . In addition, Vitaly was also tried under Part 1 of Article 368 (insulting the President). On August 9, 2020, Vitaliy left a comment on the Internet about the "preliminary voting results" that had already appeared, according to which Alexander Lukashenko was ahead of his rivals by a wide margin. He expressed his assessment of such results, again, using "abnormal forms of speech expression" . He has been serving his sentence since December 11, 2021.
Released in December 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of restriction of liberty in an open facility
He is accused of posting on a personal page on the social network Instagram in the public domain a video recording of offensive content with a negative assessment of traffic police inspector Ivan Zaretsky in connection with the performance of his official powers.
08/07/2022 released after the expiration of the sentence.
1 year restriction of liberty .
She was detained at the end of September 2021 in a criminal case on the creation of an extremist group (telegram chat) and for a performance at the city cemetery, when a group of young people placed a portrait of Lukashenka on the grave and opened champagne.
In the spring of 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
2 years in prison.
Resident of Baranovichi. Convicted for tearing down a flag. He has a minor son, whom he has to take to Minsk for treatment every month.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in 2023.
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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