Irina was detained in December 2020 along with her son as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case." The authorities called Nikolai Avtukhovich "the organizer and leader of a terrorist group." She was accused of participating in a "terrorist organization" involved in arson of police property. Irina was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "act of terrorism," "attempted seizure of power," and for participating in a protest that took place in September 2020 in Brest.
02.07.2023
В колонии за июнь 2023 получила 2 рапорта и была лишена посылок/передач на 3 месяца, свиданий - также на 3 месяца. Письма приходят только от сына
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Gennady was placed in a pretrial detention center long before the trial and has been in custody since late April 2024. The media wrote about the man in 2021, since he had an image of a white-red-white flag on his balcony at home, and then the Pogon coat of arms (and because of this, the security forces paid attention to the man).
The man has two minor children waiting for him at home.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in February 2025.
Trial outcome 24.07.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Elena was detained in connection with the “round dance” case. She was returning from Poland to Brest. At passport control, the border guards became interested in the fact that the woman was born in Ukraine. She was handed over to unknown people in civilian clothes who demanded a phone number.
As a result, the woman was detained. After that there was an administrative court (15 days of arrest under Part 2 of Article 19. 11 of the Administrative Code) through two reposts in Telegram. And then the woman was placed in a pre-trial detention center until trial.
It is known that Elena lived in Brest and went to Poland for shopping.
He was detained on January 9, 2023 as part of a criminal case opened in Brest based on the events of September 13, 2020, when during a protest, people danced in a circle on the roadway (the so-called “round dance case”).
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2024after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome:
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Grigory returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
Trial outcome 23.12.2022
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alesya was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Trial outcome 08.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Aleksey, as well as the previous defendants in the “round dance” case , was tried for the fact that on September 13, 2020 in Brest, protesters danced at the intersection to the music from the speakers until they were dispersed by a water cannon. The atmosphere of that protest action was described by the persons involved in the "round dance" case on other courts as "the atmosphere of a holiday."
Trial outcome:
2 years of restriction of freedom without referral to a correctional institution.
According to the investigation-prosecutors-judges, the criminal act happened on 09/13/2020, when in Brest, to the music from the speakers, people danced at the intersection until they were dispersed by a water cannon. The atmosphere of that protest action was described by the persons involved in the "round dance" case on other courts as "the atmosphere of a holiday."
According to the investigation-prosecutors-judges, the criminal act happened on 09/13/2020, when in Brest, to the music from the speakers, people danced at the intersection until they were dispersed by a water cannon. The atmosphere of that protest action was described by the persons involved in the "round dance" case on other courts as "the atmosphere of a holiday."
It is unknown whether Lyudmila served a sentence of restricted freedom with a referral, but if she did, she was supposed to be released in the spring of 2025.
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