Marina Alexandrovna Skalkovich
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Marina Alexandrovna Skalkovich
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Marina Aleksandrovna Skalkovich supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions in Belarus. Skalkovich is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Moskovsky District Court of the city of Brest, she handed down politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. As a result of her decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In March 2023, she convicted a 58-year-old resident of Brest and sentenced him to one year and six months of imprisonment in a general regime colony, as well as a fine of 3,700 rubles for comments on the social network Facebook. On November 18, 2022, Skalkovich sentenced 29-year-old political prisoner Anton Yakovuk. She found him guilty under Article 368 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to a year of imprisonment in a general regime colony for commenting on the Internet. On February 16, 2022, for political inscriptions on the facades of a building, a resident of Brest was sentenced to two years in prison to serve in a general regime colony. She handed down numerous convictions in the “round dance case,” when Belarusians sang songs and danced in circles at an intersection in the center of Brest, expressing their disagreement with Lukashenko’s regime. As a result, many received long sentences of imprisonment or restriction of freedom. Thus, Marina Aleksandrovna Skalkovich is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression of representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Skalkovich's actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Marina Aleksandrovna Skalkovich supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions in Belarus. Skalkovich is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Moskovsky District Court of the city of Brest, she handed down politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. As a result of her decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In March 2023, she convicted a 58-year-old resident of Brest and sentenced him to one year and six months of imprisonment in a general regime colony, as well as a fine of 3,700 rubles for comments on the social network Facebook. On November 18, 2022, Skalkovich sentenced 29-year-old political prisoner Anton Yakovuk. She found him guilty under Article 368 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to a year of imprisonment in a general regime colony for commenting on the Internet. On February 16, 2022, for political inscriptions on the facades of a building, a resident of Brest was sentenced to two years in prison to serve in a general regime colony. She handed down numerous convictions in the “round dance case,” when Belarusians sang songs and danced in circles at an intersection in the center of Brest, expressing their disagreement with Lukashenko’s regime. As a result, many received long sentences of imprisonment or restriction of freedom. Thus, Marina Aleksandrovna Skalkovich is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression of representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Skalkovich's actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
List of repressed
Alexander was a reserve lieutenant colonel, served in the 38th separate guards airborne assault Brest brigade of the Airborne Forces. Recently, he worked as an individual entrepreneur, engaged in food additives. As sources told the publication , Alexander Kulinich died on April 9, 2024, in the Brest pretrial detention center due to ischemic heart disease: this cause is indicated in the death certificate. In Brest pretrial detention center No. 7, journalists were told that they had a prisoner with that name, but they refused to confirm the fact of death.
It is known that Alexander was detained for comments he left in 2020. This happened on February 29, 2024, in the village of Dorogovo, Korelichi District, Grodno Region. On March 1, the "repentant" video appeared in one of the Telegram channels close to the security forces. But it contained footage of the detention from an apartment building. Relatives and friends of the deceased say that the video from the apartment is not Alexander. And later in the video, Alexander himself says that he was detained "for comments on the Internet." "In one of the accounts, I wrote "cattle" under the president's speech," the man explained.
Alexander Kulinich was buried on his birthday, April 11, 2024, in his native Molodechno.
The case was heard by Judge Marina Skalkovich from April 16 to May 31, 2024.
The appeal against the verdict will be heard on July 12, 2024. Chairman of the Judicial Collegium Dmitry Karasinsky.
It follows from the verdict that in 2021, on September 18 at 15:07, the man wrote a comment in the telegram chat "Chat Elekhtarata". There he "negatively assessed" A. Lukashenko. There was also an investigation against Kronda under another popular political article - Article 370 of the Criminal Code (Desecration of state symbols) - but that case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024.
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Konstantin was detained in October 2023 upon returning to Belarus from Poland, where he had most recently lived. He was accused of posting “numerous offensive comments” and later convicted of several online statements that, according to the prosecution, contained negative assessments of Lukashenko. Konstantin was also charged with insulting government officials, but this was dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
In September 2024, he was released under a pardon.
On January 23, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was released in early summer 2024, having served his full sentence.
As it became known , according to the prosecution, on August 23, 2021, Alexander wrote a comment about Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko. The comment was under the news of the Belarus of the Brain channel. The comment said that Golovchenko and Russian official Mishustin "discussed integration documents."
The message was assessed under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official). The prosecution requested one year in prison and a fine of 50 b.a. for this episode.
Another message was written in October 2021 in the LukhtaVikings Telegram chat. There, the prosecution saw an insult to Lukashenko, and the prosecutor requested another year in prison under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code.
On 08.12.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on December 8, 2024.
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Vyacheslav was convicted for insulting comments towards Lukashenko and police officers on Facebook.
It became known about the verdict from a video on State TV. In it, Prosecutor Pavel Kurpenich said that Vyacheslav was held in custody before the trial, and during the trial he fully admitted guilt.
Vyacheslav Kobrin is 58 years old. The man is married, enjoys fishing.
former investigator who resigned from the authorities in July 2020. Detained for participating in a protest action on September 13, 2020 in Brest (dance case)
On January 28, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.