Leader of the independent trade union "Naftan". Olga worked at the company for 16 years and was fired because of her position. In May 2022, she was released after 75 days of arrest for speaking out against the war. She was detained on November 1 again under administrative charges.
Two days later, the court found her guilty of distributing “extremist materials” and sentenced her to 15 days of arrest. On November 11, she was again sentenced to 15 days for “unauthorized picketing.” The reason for the investigation was a drawing with the inscription “No to war”, which Olga published on social networks.
On November 21, 2022, it became known that Olga was transferred to a pre-trial detention center in Vitebsk.
In less than 2022, Britikova spent 105 days behind bars, including 75 days in a row in the spring.
She was detained again under Article 361 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus in August 2023. However, in the spring of 2024, Olga was tried under Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 11, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
According to the materials of the prosecution, 20 year old Nikita, along with a friend, was walking in Bobruisk on an autumn evening and, deliberately jumping up near one of the shops, grabbed the flag of the national flag of the Republic of Belarus, mounted on a flagpole in a metal bracket, pulled it down with force. As a result, the flag, together with a fragment of the state, broke off from the attachment point and fell on the paving slabs…
Then, holding it in his hands by the flagpole, the accused ran at least 20 meters, waving it. The next day, the panel was thrown out into the street.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In addition to imprisonment, Mikhail was awarded compensation for moral damage to the victims and damage caused by a public transport stop in the amount of 49 000 BYN (~ 20 000 USD).
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
7 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
Chairman of the primary trade union organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Employees of JSC «Grodno Azot».
The reason for the initiation of a criminal case against the trade union leader, according to the state prosecutor, was his conversation with a journalist of the Belsat TV channel, during which he "gave her some information."
Andrei's phone was tapped, and the conversations were recorded by the special services. After his dismissal from the factory, a criminal case was initiated against him.
He is accused of facilitating extremist activities and discrediting the Republic of Belarus. Earlier, the primary organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Employees of JSC «Grodno Azot» was recognized as extremist. The Grodno Regional Court decided to ban the activities of the organization and its liquidation.
He was taken into custody in the courtroom, before that he was on his own recognizance not to leave.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
It became known about the detention of Yevgeny Glushkov, a resident of the village of Zyabrovka in the Gomel region. According to some media reports, on the night of August 10-11, 2022, an incident occurred at the airfield in Zyabrovka, about which the media wrote a lot, then local checks began.
Eugene found an old picture of the airfield in his phone, which he took from a drone. And we also found contacts of different Ukrainians. That was enough to detain him. The guy before his detention worked as a veterinarian in one of the clinics in Gomel, has exceptionally positive characteristics from employers. Before the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Yevgeny lived abroad for a long time. In recent years - in China, where he studied music and planned to stay to live. But due to the coronavirus epidemic, he was left without sources of income and was forced to return to his homeland.
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
In 2020, he was a member of the «Lida 97%» chat, where he actively wrote messages. He also wrote about his actions in the «Peramoga» plan - he said this in the video of the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the security forces, he called for strikes, protests, as well as sabotage on the railway.
In the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, news was published that criminal cases had been initiated against Dmitry for deliberately disabling communication routes and organizing group actions that grossly violate public order.
3 years in prison in a penal colony.
As a result of the Court of Appeal, the term was reduced from 3 years to 2.5 years.
Presumably detained for participating in protests in 2020.
On March 14, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
5 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
He was convicted for comments in social networks after the death of Andrei Zeltser. Started serving a sentence
2.5 years in prison
4,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
According to the prosecution, Afonasenko, in the period from August 9 to 10, 2020, while in the center of Zhlobin, took an active part in mass riots, interfered with the movement of public transport and trade establishments, got into a hitch and did not obey the demands of police officers.
The yearsof restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution are unknown.
As it was established during the preliminary investigation, from July to September 2021, Vitaliy Ostreiko allegedly posted several publications in the Telegram messenger using a mobile phone with deliberately false information about Lukashenko’s activities. Moreover, a number of comments he left were offensive and humiliating.
It is known that Ostreyko was detained on September 29, 2021, along with many other people who left comments on social networks about the death of Andrei Zeltser and a KGB officer.
The consideration of the political prisoner’s case began in the court of the Moskovsky district of Minsk on November 18, 2022. Human rights activists are clarifying the decision.
Vitaly was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1, and then in investigative prison No. 8.
On March 16, 2023, Vitaly was tried again in the Minsk District Court, this time under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority). The verdict is unknown.
It is still unknown where the political prisoner was transferred.
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According to the materials of the prosecution, Andrei Kasparovich on January 22 last year after viewing a publication posted on a social network ok.ru, in the foreground of which Lukashenko is depicted in a military uniform, and in the background — a swastika, posted this drawing on his open page, giving access to it to an unlimited circle of Internet users, which humiliated the honor and dignity of Lukashenka. He also left an inscription that the government uses Nazi ideology and is not a democratic country.
He also deliberately placed an image of the national flag of the Republic of Belarus inside a swastika made in the shape of a cross on his open page on one of the social networks, giving access to it for free viewing and copying to an unlimited circle of Internet users, thereby committing an outrage against the flag of Belarus.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Public figure and musician.
Convicted of varnish in ok.ru with the mention of the victim Senior Inspector Viktor Lutchenko.
On January 26, 2023, Boris was given a tougher sentence due to a prosecutor's appeal.
1).3 years of restriction of liberty without referral
2). 2 years imprisonment in a colony under the general regime.
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