According to the prosecution, in December 2021, Sergei Kemezh "after reading the information published in the destructive groups of the Vkontakte social network, posted an offensive comment against the commander of one of the military units" . It is alleged that he was registered under an invalid name and used a VPN, but he was still identified.
Sergei was already tried in September 2021 for the fact that on January 25, 2021, on the social network Vkontakte, under the news about the verdict for insulting the commander of the OMON Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he wrote an insulting comment about this policeman. appointed him two years of "chemistry", as well as compensate 3,000 rubles for moral damage. Sergey was also accused of extortion from the wife of a former classmate, for which he was also awarded 2 years of "chemistry". In total, the man was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of "chemistry".
In September 2022, Sergei was included in the "List of extremists".
In the Lida District Court on June 19, 2023, he was sentenced for “insulting a military serviceman” to two years in a general regime colony and 100 basic fines.
Trial outcome 21.09.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 19.07.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
According to the telegram channels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was detained for registration in the «Peramoga plan».
He was detained on October 13, 2022 under an administrative article, on October 28 he was arrested again under the article for participating in protest actions.
On August 5, 2023, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
According to the version of the prosecution, Pavel from December 2020 to June 2022 in ok.ru on his page he posted publications with images of Lukashenko, in which he humiliated the honor and dignity of the victim using, among other things, profanity.
In December 2020, he posted a digital image with a combination of a red background and a green swastika with an ornament, which violated the National Flag of the Republic of Belarus..
Detained in connection with searches of the State Enterprise "Belagro" for participation in protests in 2020. Released on July 12, 2023 at the end of the term.
Shortly before her release, it became known that she would be immediately deported from the country as a Russian citizen.
When she was taken out of the gates of the colony, she was only able to see her daughter and friend for a few minutes and arrange a further meeting.
A resident of the village of Shchorsy in the Novogrudok district. He was accused of reposting a message from the group "Grodno Region of Change!" on his page on the social network "Odnoklassniki". The message itself was dedicated to two employees of penal institutions.
Before the trial, Viktor Pilzhis was placed under house arrest as a preventive measure from September 12, 2022. This means that Pilzhis was prohibited from leaving his home, using the Internet, or using communications.
In addition to the two-year prison sentence, the court ordered Viktor Pilzhis to pay the two security officials 10,000 Belarusian rubles as compensation for their moral damages.
On 06.12.2022, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 12, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 13.10.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vasily was convicted in a criminal case brought under the articles “insulting a government official” and “discrediting the Republic of Belarus” and sentenced to imprisonment.
On February 27, 2024, a hearing was held in the Borisovsky District Court on the case "on the establishment of preventive supervision." This meant that Vasily was to be released in early March after his term expired. However, in June of the same year, he was given a new trial under the article "malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration." This article is usually applied to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, often for fictitious violations.
On March 17, 2025, a hearing was held in the Volkovysk District Court “on the establishment of preventive supervision.”
According to human rights activists, Vasily was released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Maxim was accused of insulting the deputy commander of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Khazalbek Atabekov.
On February 17, the man left a comment on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus": "A rare asshole, I know him personally, fate turned out in such a way that I had to meet him when he was the brigade commander of 3214...".
According to the expert's conclusion, the comment contains "a negative assessment of Kh. B. Atabekov, which has an obscene form of linguistic expression."
According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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