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Convicted for the comment "The Kingdom of Heaven to them!", written in the group "ATN: News of Belarus and the World" under the video recording of the story "In Belarus they said goodbye to hero pilots Andrei Nichiporchik and Nikita Kukonenko" from the territory of the Russian Federation, where he was at that time , in the social network Facebook.
Sergei was released from custody in the courtroom. As a result, the pensioner spent two months more in custody than was appointed by the court, but compensation in this case is not provided for by law.
3 months of arrest
Daria was detained on June 16. First, the girl was sentenced to 11 days in an administrative case. After her arrest, Daria went to the police department to pick up the phone, but there she was re-detained on a criminal case. The basis for initiating the case was photographs from peaceful protests in 2020, Tik-Tok videos and private correspondence.
She was released at the end of the summer of 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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Artist, former head of the creative community "Pogonya". He was detained in August 2022 and sentenced to 15 days of arrest. It later became known that a criminal case was opened against Gennady for participating in protests in 2020.
According to human rights activists , he was released on February 26, 2025.
Vyacheslav was detained on March 22, 2022, allegedly for disobeying employees. The court appointed 15 days of administrative arrest, after which Vyacheslav was charged under the first part of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for a comment in social networks. He was placed in custody.
12/01/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Goalkeeper of the football club «Smena» (Volkovysk). An employee of JSC «Bellakt», a public activist.
It follows from the materials of the prosecution that Yuri in the «STOP LUKA» community, which is recognized as an extremist formation, posted an image of a red-green flag against the background of Nazi symbols (swastikas), the semantic content of the image of which is the author's opinion that Nazi ideology is used in the administration of the Republic of Belarus. Yuri did not actually admit his guilt in court, he explained that he did not intend to mock the national flag and only accidentally liked it.
Initially, an administrative case was brought against Yuri under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code and punished with a fine, and later a criminal case was also initiated. Yuri has a minor child
Released in early autumn 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
1 year of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the materials of the prosecution, at the end of September 2021, Oleg Dutchik posted in vk.com a comment in which he spoke negatively about the death of an employee of the State Security Committee Dmitry Fedosyuk in Minsk.
In addition, over the past year, the man has repeatedly posted negative statements in various communities with insults to the president, humiliated his honor and dignity.
The last post in his account in vk.ru it was made on March 27 and was as follows: «Arrest is a restriction of freedom».
During the trial, the man pleaded not guilty.
Convicted for a comment on the Internet insulting a representative of the authorities.
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Former employee of the Minsk Tractor Plant.
On December 13, 2022, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
On October 28, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Journalist and TV presenter, who previously held a position in the “presidential pool” of the ONT TV channel.
In August 2020, Semchenko resigned in protest against the brutal dispersal of peaceful protests. Dmitry and his wife were detained on September 15 in Minsk. Yulia was later released, and Dmitry was left behind bars pending trial. A day later, the man was arrested for 15 days. But after 15 days, Dmitry was not released and was sentenced to another 13 days of arrest under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for distributing "extremist materials" on his social networks. When Dmitry Semchenko was not released on October 13, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him.
According to human rights activists , he was released in July 2025, having fully served his sentence.
According to the prosecution , on February 28, 2021, in the VKontakte public group “Polotsk, Novopolotsk...” Maxim posted a publication with a photo of the injured police officer Lyashko, his personal data, thereby “publicly insulting him as a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties.”
According to human rights activists , he was released on May 11, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Oleg Krichkovsky, being at his place of residence, on the evening of December 31, 2020, under the image of Alexander Lukashenko in vk.com during the presentation of the highest insignia of the special police unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs — a black beret — he left an offensive comment, which, according to the expert opinion, is a non-normative form of speech expression and carries a negative assessment of Lukashenko.
Krichkovsky refused the services of a lawyer, and explained to the court that on New Year's Eve he drank a glass and under the influence of emotions left an offensive comment, which he later completely forgot. Therefore, I was surprised when in May 2022 he was called to the police department, where he was familiarized with the contents of the message. At the same time, he was detained.
In the summer of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
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1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020 and for comments on social networks.
On 28.03.2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2025, having served his entire sentence.