According to a pro-government video, a Yandex.Food courier was detained for the 2020 protests. In addition, the video showed his correspondence with BYSOL.
Maxim was accused of leaving an offensive comment on the Odnoklassniki social network in a group titled "Belsat TV Channel" under a news story about a single mother's sentencing. The story claimed the single mother had allegedly insulted police officer Kutsko with an "offensive symbol" and received two years of "house arrest." Maxim's own comment also targeted Kutsko, and the story was accompanied by a photograph of "police officers in uniform."
The police officer demanded compensation for "moral damages," the court upheld the claim, and Maxim's phone was confiscated by the state as "an instrument of committing a crime."
Trial outcome 19.02.2024
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 50 basic values fine, 2000 rubles of compensation.
According to information published in the pro-government video, Alexander Malikov, in December 2021, left an offensive comment on one of the social networks addressed to the commander of a military unit based in the Lida region. The defendant’s last posts on social networks date back to October 2023. Presumably, that's when he was detained.
He did not admit his guilt in court, explaining that he did not intend to insult the serviceman.
On March 19, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 24.01.2024
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the prosecution , on November 5, 2022, the telegram channel “Belarus beyond the Moscow Ring Road” published a video of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with its signature. In that video, teachers and cadets of the Academy read Ekaterina Dovlatova’s poems “It’s not easy for men.” And 20 minutes after the publication of such a post, Fedoruk left a comment under it, with which (according to the prosecution) he publicly insulted women. Two teachers from the video filed a claim against Fedoruk “for compensation for moral damage” for 2,000 rubles each.
The prosecutor proposed to punish Alexander Fedoruk with 2 years of “chemistry” (restricted freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility. On January 15, 2024, the judge announced the verdict. What it turned out to be is still unknown.
Trial outcome 15.01.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom in an open correctional facility
In a video from pro-government channels, Ulyana says that she participated in almost all Sunday marches and women’s protests. For this she has several administrative fines. Ulyana has a small child. According to the lists of detainees, the woman was also detained near the polling station on February 27, 2022. Information about the arrest appeared on October 23, 2023.
A resident of the Volkovysk region, detained after returning to Belarus from Poland.
Alexander says in a video on a pro-government channel that he was detained for distributing “extremist” materials on the Internet, and that he also participated in rallies in 2020.
Since 2009 he has lived in Poland and has had a residence permit since 2017. On January 6, he arrived in Belarus with his family.
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