Victoria Valeryevna Shabunya
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Victoria Valeryevna Shabunya
Since 2010, he has been actively judging activists and Belarusians who dared to take to the streets on the day of protests. Representatives of probably all political parties and movements passed through her hands. Until the age of 21, she judged administrative cases, and now she sends people to real terms. The total amount of known sentences in administrative cases - fines - 102527.5 rubles and a day - 1949. The sum of the terms of imprisonment and restriction of freedom lasts for tens of years.
Since 2010, he has been actively judging activists and Belarusians who dared to take to the streets on the day of protests. Representatives of probably all political parties and movements passed through her hands. Until the age of 21, she judged administrative cases, and now she sends people to real terms. The total amount of known sentences in administrative cases - fines - 102527.5 rubles and a day - 1949. The sum of the terms of imprisonment and restriction of freedom lasts for tens of years.
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Alexander was convicted in the fall of 2024 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
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Igor is a journalist for Belsat TV. He previously worked for the newspaper "Belorusy i Rynok" (Belarusians and the Market) and the Belarusian service of Radio Svaboda. He has also published in Russian and Ukrainian publications. Together with his wife, journalist Ekaterina Andreyeva, he wrote the book "Belarusian Donbass," a study of the role of Belarusians in the war in eastern Ukraine.
He was first detained on July 16, 2021, during mass searches of independent journalists on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them." His apartment was searched, his equipment and books were seized, and he was then placed in a temporary detention facility. He was released on July 26.
In October 2024, news of his second arrest broke . Pro-government Telegram channels published a photo of Igor in handcuffs and a video in which he claimed he was being persecuted for an interview with media outlets deemed "extremist" in Belarus. Shortly before his arrest, in a commentary to the Dozhd TV channel, he noted that "Putin has embarked on a course of sharp escalation and is leading the country toward all-out war," while Lukashenko, in his opinion, "most likely does not want to participate directly in it, but is forced to face increasing pressure from the Kremlin."
In February 2025, Igor was charged with "discrediting Belarus" and "assisting extremist activity." The trial began on February 21 in Minsk. The court rejected the request for an independent expert examination, and on September 5 of that year, the journalist was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
