Design engineer at Naftan, is deputy head of the independent trade union of Naftan workers. He was detained on September 27, 2021 at his workplace. In the Novopolotsk GAUS, a protocol was drawn up against the man under art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities). The offense, according to the police, is that on his Instagram page “Alexander distributed an information product included in the republican list of extremist materials.” A screenshot of the publication was attached to the written materials of the case, in which a man stands with a poster “I/we are TUT.by.”
Alexander’s case was reviewed on October 1 by Novopolotsk district judge Zinaida Balabolova. Balonkin did not admit his guilt at the trial and tried to find out how the police discovered that this was his Instagram page. According to Alexander, he does not have a personal page, so he does not know who owns the publication. Despite this, Judge Balabolova arrested the man for 15 days precisely because of the “extremist” logo in the photo on Instagram.
In August 2023, he was detained along with other members of the independent trade union "Naftan": Olga Britikova and Alexander Kukharenok.
In fact, it is known that on August 9, 2020, she was at work and in the evening she went home to her parents. Walking past the World of Products store, I saw a large crowd of people, opposite whom stood police officers armed with special equipment.
Valeria became interested in what was happening and she approached the people. During the investigation and trial, she explained that she did not call anyone to participate in the event, just as she was not called. She said that she got there by accident, but at the same time, the woman admitted her guilt.
Boris was found guilty of leaving a comment in a telegram channel under a photo of cadets of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Sidorov admitted guilt.
Trial outcome 08.09.2023:
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Irina was accused of participating in protests in August 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. The woman fully admitted guilt and repented of her crime. As the press service of the prosecutor's office reported, the teacher allegedly "set a negative example for young people through unlawful behavior."
Irina Mazharskaya is now a former geography teacher at Minsk gymnasium No. 25 named after Rimma Shershneva. She prepared students to participate in the Republican Olympiad and was the leader of the Minsk city team in geography. Last year, one of her students at the Olympics received a third-degree diploma in geography, and the gymnasium administration expressed gratitude to Irina for her good work.
Trial outcome 19.09.2023:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Detained for his relationship with Maxim Lopatin: the day before Maxim’s arrest they met, Maxim repaid him a debt of 20 rubles. Sergey is a father of many children. The youngest daughter is 14 months old.
In the "repentance video", Sophia says that she participated in a protest in 2020 - namely, she stood on the road with a banner. According to security forces, footage of the girl was found in a DELFI film about Belarusian protests, and therefore she was detained.
Trial outcome 12.09.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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