According to the prosecution , Shichko, while in the city of Lida, left offensive comments regarding Alexander Lukashenko on the telegram channel “Grodno 97%”, which “humiliated the honor and dignity of the individual and were associated with accusations of committing a particularly serious crime.”
Before the trial, Vitaly Shichko, who has two dependent daughters, was in custody.
Trial outcome 15.03.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
An architect and restorer who was detained on February 14, 2024, during mass arrests and searches of architects. It was later revealed that he was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Roman has two small children. The second child was born during his imprisonment. The author of the restoration of the Pobeda cinema, the Minsk factory kitchen, the Main Post Office, the Lida and Grodno breweries, an active participant in the campaign to protect Osmolovka.
Trial outcome 28.06.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 25.03.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
An architect who was detained on February 14, 2024 during mass arrests and searches of architects. Later it became known that he was accused under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 28.06.2024:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Triathlete. At the end of August 2020, Valentina’s contract at the Minsk triathlon club Tristyle was not renewed. As the athlete said, the director of the club, Dmitry Tolkachev, promised her to continue cooperation, but refused it after he saw Zelenkevich’s “protest” post on Instagram with a photo in which she stood with a white-red-white flag on the roadway during one of the peaceful rallies.
In the fall of 2020, Zelenkevich moved to Russia, where she continued to train and also worked as a triathlon and swimming coach. According to Tribuna, some time ago Zelenkevich returned to Belarus, and soon after that she was detained and remained behind bars until trial.
Trial outcome 07.03.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Before the verdict, the Gerasimenko spouses were free on bail of 200 basic units each. In the first case, it amounted to 8,000 rubles, in the second - 7,400 rubles, which indicates that they were assigned a preventive measure at different times.
The Gerasimenko spouses were accused of participating in one of the protests in Minsk in 2020. They admitted guilt and noted that they took part in the event out of curiosity; they said that they took pictures with white-red-white flags, which they took from strangers in the crowd.
Trial outcome 11.03.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Before the verdict, the Gerasimenko spouses were free on bail of 200 basic units each. In the first case, it amounted to 8,000 rubles, in the second - 7,400 rubles, which indicates that they were assigned a preventive measure at different times.
The Gerasimenko spouses were accused of participating in one of the protests in Minsk in 2020. They admitted guilt and noted that they took part in the event out of curiosity; they said that they took pictures with white-red-white flags, which they took from strangers in the crowd.
Trial outcome 11.03.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Vadim was accused of participating in a protest in Minsk in 2020 and entering the roadway. He fully admitted his guilt. He was in custody until the trial.
The Minsk resident was identified from video recordings from March, which were found in a laptop that was taken from Osaenok during the search.
Vadim Asaenok has a higher education and is unemployed.
Trial outcome 07.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Seventeen people from Baranovichi were charged under the "people's" article. They were found guilty of participating in a march in Baranovichi on the night of August 10-11, 2020. They were allegedly on the roadway of the streets, shouting loudly, shouting "slogans" and "displaying" national flags.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025, having served his full sentence.
Seventeen people were charged under the "people's" article, but the terms announced for eight of them are known so far. They were found guilty of participating in the March in Baranovichi on the night of August 10-11, 2020. They were allegedly on the roadway of the streets, shouting loudly, shouting "slogans" and "demonstrating" national flags.
On July 29, 2024, the Moscow District Court held a hearing on Kristina's case "on the release of a convicted person, to whom a deferment of execution of punishment was applied, from further serving the sentence after the child reaches the age of three or in the event of his death."
Trial outcome 01.04.2024:
1 year of imprisonment in a colony , suspended (until the child turns 3 years old).
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