sentenced Alexey Khvatyuk for commenting on the Internet to two years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, and also to recover from him material compensation for moral damages to the offended policeman in the amount of 1,000 Belarusian rubles,
On November 25, 2020, he conducted the trial against local human rights activist Oksana Dobriyanets. The girl was accused of taking part in an unauthorized picket against police violence in the country on August 14. Punishment is a fine of 25 basic units.
On December 1, 2020, he awarded a 30 basic fine to Sergei Sakhvon for participating in an unauthorized rally at which Sergei allegedly held a poster in his hands, although he had a bicycle in his hands.
sentenced Alexey Khvatyuk for commenting on the Internet to two years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, and also to recover from him material compensation for moral damages to the offended policeman in the amount of 1,000 Belarusian rubles,
On November 25, 2020, he conducted the trial against local human rights activist Oksana Dobriyanets. The girl was accused of taking part in an unauthorized picket against police violence in the country on August 14. Punishment is a fine of 25 basic units.
On December 1, 2020, he awarded a 30 basic fine to Sergei Sakhvon for participating in an unauthorized rally at which Sergei allegedly held a poster in his hands, although he had a bicycle in his hands.
State TV reported on the details of the trials of the two men (Borisov Vadim Sergeevich and Volk Oleg Aleksandrovich). The voiceover said that one of the men, drunk, tore a state flag off a store on the evening of September 8, 2023 in the village of Novaya Mysh (Baranovichi district), damaging the fastening. He put the flag in a backpack and took it home. The police came for the man in the morning.
On 19.01.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on June 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 31.10.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In a confessional video on a pro-government channel, Alexander says that he was detained for sending a video of military equipment to a chat. At that time, he was allegedly scared, so he posted the video out of emotion. “In this chat there was a narrative that hostilities were about to begin between Belarus and Ukraine,” says the engineer.
The video shows screenshots from the chat. The explanation for the video with military equipment says that it is moving along the M1 highway towards Brest. It is unknown when this was filmed.
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 releasedon December 8, 2024.
Trial outcome 06.10.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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