BJD employee. According to preliminary information, he was detained under articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“treason against the state” and “conspiracy or other actions committed to seize state power”).
12 years in a colony under enhanced regime conditions
Assistant foreman at the Khimvolokno plant (part of Grodno Azot), deputy chairman of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union Grodno Azot. According to preliminary information, he was detained under articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“treason against the state” and “conspiracy or other actions committed to seize state power”).
12 years in a colony under enhanced regime conditions
Former operator of the GPU workshop "Ammonia-3". According to preliminary information, he was detained under Articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“treason to the state” and “conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power”).
Vladimir was placed in a KGB pre-trial detention center, then transferred to pre-trial detention center-3.
On November 9, 2022, the Gomel Regional Court began considering the “Rabochaga Ruhu case”, in which ten political prisoners are involved. On the second day of the trial, all the defendants in the case told the court that they did not admit their guilt in treason and the creation of an extremist group. All the defendants in the “Rabochaga Ruhu case” refused to testify at the trial. On December 27, the trial was closed until the verdict was pronounced, although before that it was held in the open.
On November 16, 2023, Vladimir’s regime was changed to prison and he will be transferred to prison No. 4 in Mogilev.
15 years in a colony under a reinforced regime
Former mechanic-repairman of the shop "Ammonia-3". According to preliminary information, he was detained under articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“treason against the state” and “conspiracy or other actions committed to seize state power”).
14 years in a colony under enhanced regime conditions
Former apparatchik of the shop "Ammonia-3". According to preliminary information, he was detained under articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“treason against the state” and “conspiracy or other actions committed to seize state power”).
14 years in a colony under enhanced regime conditions
Former legal adviser of OJSC Naftan, plant Polymir. He was detained on the territory of the Russian Federation without legal grounds. No one explained the reasons for the detentions, and Alexander was urgently handed over to the KGB of Belarus, who secretly took him to Minsk from the Russia/Ukraine border crossing "Troebortnoe". In the first days after his arrest, his leg was broken and his arm was injured.
On April 10, 2024, a trial was held in Bobruisk in the case of replacing the detention regime for a political prisoner. By decision of judge Pavel Kartinin, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
15 years in a colony under a reinforced regime
She is accused of terrorism : she allegedly participated in "throwing Molotov cocktails" at the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
11 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
He is accused of terrorism : he allegedly participated in "throwing Molotov cocktails" at the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
21 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime with the first five years served in prison, deprivation of military rank
He is accused of terrorism : he allegedly participated in "throwing Molotov cocktails" at the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
| 27.09.2021 | Middle name - Mikhailovich |
19 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime, with the first five years served in a prison
She is accused of terrorism: she allegedly participated in "throwing Molotov cocktails" at the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
11 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
As Shchitnikov noted during the process, he unintentionally ran into a traffic police car, this happened after his wife, who was sitting next to him, screamed: she saw a man being knocked down near the road. Unexpectedly, the Nissan driver ran into a standing traffic police car. Shchitnikov was subsequently detained and, according to him, beaten in the Moscow police department, with a head injury he was taken to the detention center at Akrestsina.
5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
Artem Sakovich, a 20-year-old locksmith , was accused of participating in actions grossly violating public order, preparing to participate in mass riots on August 10-12, 2020, and preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose damaging effect is based on the use of combustible substances. As part of the criminal case, Artem was detained only on June 22, 2021, when he came to the police department as a witness in another “non-political” criminal case. Before that, as it turned out, he was wanted, although he did not hide: he lived at home, went to work.
4 years in prison under enhanced regime
Convicted for a comment from the Odnoklassniki network: "... we need to drive this scum ..." in relation to the traffic police inspector, police major Andrei Bagraenko, who took an active part in the beating of peaceful protesters in Svetlogorsk on August 9-10, 2020.
3 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
Vyacheslav was detained for transferring the data of representatives of law enforcement agencies to the telegram channel.
7 years of imprisonment in a colony under the conditions of an enhanced regime with deprivation in accordance with Art. 60 of the Criminal Code of the special rank of "lieutenant colonel of justice" of the reserve.
Convicted for commenting on a telegram channel under a photo of a police officer of the Central District Department of Internal Affairs in Brest.
| 05.09.2021 | 10.8.2021. Registered as a salon for extremist and other destructive activities. |
3 years of restriction of liberty with a referral
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