Convicted in the "dance case" in Brest.
According to human rights activists, he was released in June 2023 after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom .
Convicted in the "dance case" in Brest.
Released at the beginning of June 2023 after the expiration of the sentence.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom .
pensioner, former driver of the Zhlobin District Department of Internal Affairs. He was detained on May 26, 2021 for participation in mass riots, and on May 28 he was taken into custody. He was accused of being an organizer and participant in mass riots in Zhlobin on the night of August 9-10, 2020: he stood in the line, blocked traffic and resisted. According to the charges, he also used violence against police officers while intoxicated. However, according to Vladimir, he was sober.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years in prison .
Convicted of disrupting state flag.
According to human rights activists, he was released in April 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom.
According to the indictment, Alexander Nagello left 13 comments in the Smorgon-CHAT telegram chat, in which he spoke sharply negatively about the actions of police officers during protests after last year’s elections, and the comments also contained calls for violence. Naghello was detained in early June and detained pending trial.
In June 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
| 25.09.2021 | She sent a letter to Grodno, on September 24 it was returned with the note "For departure" and the postscript "IK-3 Vitba". I understand that he was transferred. |
3 years in prison .
Andrei Petrovsky graduated from Belarusian State University and the Academy of Management. The man has about 20 years of teaching experience, he taught history and social science at various schools in Smorgon and the region. According to the prosecution , on March 12, on the eve of Constitution Day, at a civics lesson, a teacher showed grade 11 students a video called “The Constitution has gone into prostitution!” with a logo that was recognized by the court as extremist. The topic of the lesson was “The system of international relations”. According to investigators, the video "contains deliberately false information discrediting the president."
On January 31, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years in a colony under general regime conditions
Head of the financial department of the Leninsky district administration. Yuri was detained on April 30 and convicted five times in administrative cases, as a result of which he received 50 days of arrest. Then he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center and charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: under Article 342 of the Criminal Code - for participating in protests on August 16 and 23, 2020, and under Article 368 of the Criminal Code - for reposting on a telegram.
In April 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years in a general regime colony
According to the prosecution, on May 27, 2021, the police came to Natalia's house. There, a woman "publicly insulted" Lukashenka with the words "we have a fucking state" and "a fucking president", which, according to the state prosecution, committed a crime under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code. An hour after uttering these words, the investigators were already conducting an inspection in the woman's apartment. During it, according to the prosecution, "wishing to express her superiority and permissiveness," Turova tore up the protocol. So the woman "damaged an official document" (part 1 of article 377 of the Criminal Code). She was pardoned on 03/09/2022.
1 year and 1 month in prison .
resident of Svetlogorsk. He was accused of writing a one-word comment “Scum” on Odnoklassniki last August under a post that traffic police inspector, police major Andrei Bagraenok participated in the dispersal of peaceful assemblies and fined people for making sound signals of solidarity. He has been serving his sentence since August 21, 2021.
In September 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of restriction of liberty .
A resident of Lida, was detained on May 21, 2021 for insult. On October 28, 2020, he was sentenced to 3 days for a march. Then he was arrested on a criminal case.
Trial outcome 07.09.2021: 5 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions.
resident of Mogilev. He was found guilty of damaging property and causing damage to the owner for 10 rubles 34 kopecks.
2 months of arrest . Released 10/12/2021
accountant of the information agency "BelaPAN". She was detained on July 18 after a search and interrogation at the Investigative Committee. Released 08/28/2021
22-year-old loader of one of the Gomel enterprises, Sergei Balakhonov , posted an audio recording on his personal page on the VKontakte social network "Lukashenko, go away." Because of this, a criminal case was opened against Sergei under Article 368 (“Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus”). The sanction of the article provides for punishment of up to four years in prison.
1 year in prison .
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner finished serving his sentence in August 2022.
A well-known activist on Facebook, a supporter of Viktor Babariko, is charged with Article 368 of the Criminal Code (“Insulting the President”). The Mogilev resident faces up to four years in prison.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
| 27.09.2021 | Detained for 367 h2 registered prone to extremism |
3 years in a general regime colony
According to the indictment, on the night of August 9-10, 2020, Maxim Tishkevich was on Masherova Avenue, where he joined other protesters, went out onto the roadway, shouted slogans in public, clapped his hands loudly and waved his arms, and also showed insulting gestures to the side police officers.
In March 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2 yearsin prison .
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