A teacher of chemistry and biology at the secondary school in Molozhin. According to investigators, he collected information about the existing shortcomings in the work of trade and service facilities, and also carried out photo and video recording of the movement of military equipment in the Gomel region, which he passed on to "extremist" channels.
He was detained for taking photographs of military equipment with a mobile phone camera, filming the movements of military vehicles and subsequently passing this information on to the administrators of “extremist” Telegram channels.
04/21/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Dmitry was accused of sending photos and videos of military equipment with comments to the «Nexta» chat-bot in a telegram.
On February 12, 2022, he sent a video showing an unmarked plane flying at night, and he made a similar video on February 27. On March 3, Dmitry took off a tanker truck with the identification mark «V». On March 17, he sent a photo and video where something was allegedly launched from Baranovichi towards Ukraine.
None of these materials, as well as textual information, have been published in the «Nexta» channels.
Trial outcome 03.08.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The young man was accused of taking military equipment on his phone on February 27, March 1 and March 2, 2022 and transmitting these photos to the telegram channel.
He was detained before he reached the age of majority.
Oleg is accused of posting three messages on the Internet about an airplane flying over Gomel, showing the time and applied geolocation. And then adding a video about the movement of Russian PAZ buses.
Oleg has a son. Before his arrest, he worked as a taxi driver and volunteered for several charitable organizations.
Alexander, a student at the Belarusian State Aviation Academy, was arrested on June 6, 2022 and convicted of, according to investigators, "systematically providing information to the Nexta Telegram channel."
He was released in September 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
He is an employee of the «Mozyr Oil Refinery». Vadim once worked at the «Mozyr oil refinery», and then left for Poland.
For the first time, employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption detained him right at home after returning to Belarus — for allegedly going to rallies in 2020, and after the war began, photographing military equipment and sending pictures to telegram channels.
According to human rights activists, when Vadim was detained, they beat him, seized his phone and spoiled his documents. After restoring the documents and re-obtaining a Polish visa, Mozyryanin went to the police station to find out the fate of the seized phone. There he was detained again and six protocols on administrative offenses were drawn up, and then a criminal case was opened under the article.
The young man was charged with the fact that on February 27, 2022, he sent a video of a military aircraft to the telegram bot. Since this video was posted on the telegram channel recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus, these actions were qualified under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (Support of extremist activity).
Konstantin was taken into custody in the courtroom.
Released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Olga lives in the working settlement of Rechitsa, Stolin District (7 km from the Belarusian-Ukrainian border). On March 21, 2022, she took the child to kindergarten. On the way, I saw military equipment with identifying red squares, took a photo and video and sent them to the telegram bot of the Belarusian Gayun project. Soon the woman was detained, and a "repentance video" was recorded with her.
Trial outcome:
4 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Activist from Mozyr. He was accused of making a publication on the Belarusski Gayun telegram channel about the movement of Russian troops in the city of Mozyr and was taken into custody.
Pavel Nozdrya is known for being the representative of the Green Watch initiative in Mozyr. He organized a number of environmental actions and initiatives in the city, in which representatives of government agencies also participated. Pavel Nozdrya is also one of the co-founders of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party.
During the arrest, Alexander’s phone was taken away and after they looked through it, they drew up a report on art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offences, and later sentenced to administrative arrest.
But after “24 hours” Alexander was not released. The reason for opening a criminal case was the transfer of photos of Russian military equipment to the telegram channel “Belarusian Gayun”.
On April 15, Lucinovich was placed in Gomel pre-trial detention center-3 and charged.
Released on January 13, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 22.07.2022:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A former teacher from Khoyniki was accused of videotaping the movement of a column of military equipment, and then sent the recording to the telegram channel «Belaruski Gayun».
Trial outcome 06.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.02.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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