In July 2021, Yuri was found guilty of leaving a derogatory comment under a video of Gomel Regional Executive Committee Chairman Solovey answering citizens' questions on August 16, 2020.
On January 5, 2021, he was transferred to home confinement as part of a pardon.
In July 2021, Tatyana was convicted of "insulting a government official" for posting a video on social media containing verbal obscenities directed at traffic police officers, which was viewed by at least 120,000 people.
Yuri was convicted in July 2021 for a comment under a photo of Major Lishko, head of the juvenile affairs department at the Berezovsky District Police Department. According to the prosecution, on February 27, 2020, he publicly insulted a government official, expressing hostility toward him.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 800 rubles of compensation.
Anatoly was convicted in July 2021 of insulting a government official. According to the indictment, on October 29, 2020, while at home, he left a comment under an image describing police officer Alexander Kravchenko on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus," using obscene language. The investigation classified this as a public insult intended to cause the police officer emotional distress.
In November 2022, Anatoly faced trial under the same article. The nature of the charges, the details of the case, and the outcome of the trial are unknown.
Trial outcome 30.07.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Sergei was convicted in July 2021 for participating in post-election protests that took place on the night of August 9-10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
In January 2024, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a non-custodial sentence. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Ilya was convicted in July 2021 for participating in post-election protests that took place on the night of August 9-10, 2020, in Zhlobin.
In January 2024, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a non-custodial sentence. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Trial outcome 29.07.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Pavel was arrested on June 17, 2021, in connection with a criminal case involving group actions grossly violating public order. In September of that year, he was convicted of participating in the post-election protests that took place in Minsk in August 2020.
Dmitry was convicted for a comment on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" under a photo of Valeria Taratynko, Senior Assistant Prosecutor of the Frunzensky District of Minsk. According to the prosecution, the comment humiliated her honor and dignity.
In the summer of 2021, Dmitry was accused of insulting government officials via the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. The victims were police officers Dmitry Dedyun and Nikita Mikhalochkin; Dedyun demanded 2,000 rubles in compensation. Dmitry had previously been sentenced to two years of restricted freedom under the same article. The verdict in the second case was to be handed down after the appeal hearing of the first verdict, which took place on August 17 of that year. However, the outcome of the second case is still unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Svetlana is the mother of political prisoner Igor Yermolov, sentenced to five years in a maximum-security penal colony for "preparing for mass unrest." She was accused of insulting a Minsk riot police officer, citing a Facebook comment she allegedly left, and sentenced to restricted freedom and compensation for moral damages.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Maxim was convicted of participating in "mass riots" in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave the country, but at the trial on July 19, 2021, the measure of restraint was changed and he was taken into custody.
In September 2022, as part of a pardon, his sentence was replaced with "house arrest".
In March 2024, a court hearing was held regarding Maxim “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
Sergei was convicted of leaving graffiti on various sites in Slonim and the Slonim district, including bus stops in the village of Shiloviči, following election fraud and the beating of peaceful protesters in 2020. One of the graffiti on an abandoned wall referred to the head of the local police department and conveyed the message: "The people will not forgive."
Trial outcome 19.07.2021
1 year 1 month restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Viktor was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" for applying graffiti and inscriptions at bus stops. He fully compensated for the material damage in a pre-trial manner and admitted his guilt.
In September 2021, the sentence was replaced by "house arrest" as part of a pardon.
Trial outcome 13.05.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 358 rubles of compensation.
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