In late August 2020, Alexander was detained along with his sister on a trolleybus, and on December 4, 2020, he was arrested as part of a criminal case. He was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In January 2023, Alexander's regime was intensified, and he was transferred to a prison in Zhodino.
Trial outcome 17.05.2021:
5 years imprisonment under strict security conditions
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Member of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's initiative group. Was detained on September 27, 2020 during the peaceful protest in Gomel. Charges indicted: Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots.
In the winter of 2023, he was transferred to a prison regime for a term of 3 years.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Was detained on September 29, 2020. The national television showed him in the video "Ministry of Internal Affairs identifies administrators of "anonymous" chats and protesters". Charges indicted: Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots.
In May 2023, a second sentence was passed under Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of the colony), Yevgeny was added 1.5 years in prison.
Trial outcome 03.05.2023:
9.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony (total)
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Activist, member of the public initiative "Dzeja". Was detained on November 3, 2020 for allegedly breaking into the computer system of Minsk City Executive Committee.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Was detained on October 22, 2020 along with his wife Svetlana. Charges indicted: Art. 365 of the Criminal Code. Also accused of disseminating data of law enforcement officers.
Trial outcome 08.02.2022:
11 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Was detained on September 11, 2020 as a participant of August protests. Charges indicted: Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots; Part 3 of Art. 293 of the Criminal code - Training or other preparation of persons for participation in mass riots, or financing of this activity.
Trial outcome 10.06.2021:
5 years imprisonment in a maximum security colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Was detained on October 7, 2020 near his home. Charges indicted: Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots.
Trial outcome 19.07.2021:
5 years in a medium-security prison
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
One of the administrators of the "Army with People" telegram-channel. Antanina Kanavalava's husband. Detained on October 2, 2020. Charges indicted: Art. 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.
On January 26, 2023, the court appointed another 9 months of imprisonment under Article 411.
Trial outcome 26.01.2023:
6 years and 3 months of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Activist, editor of popular telegram channels, including Maya Kraіna Belarus.
Irina was detained on November 18, 2020. She was employees of the Investigative Committee, who were dressed in the uniform of the ZhES. When Irina's mother entered the entrance of the house, "ZHES employees" asked her if there was hot water in the apartment. When the girl's mother replied that she did not live here, people went into the entrance with her and cruelly pushed the woman away. A search was conducted in Irina's apartment, a laptop, phone, and money were confiscated. After that, Irina was taken to the UK for interrogation.
On November 27, 2020, Irina was charged under Part 1 of Art. 13 and part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (preparation for participation in riots). On May 25, 2021, the Mogilev Regional Court announced a verdict in a criminal case against seven political prisoners: Pavel Severinets, co-chair of the organizing committee for the creation of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party, blogger Dmitry Kozlov, social activist Irina Schastnaya, activists of European Belarus Yevhen Afnahel, Pavel Yukhnevich, Maksim Vinyarsky and Andrey Voynich. The trial began on May 12 and was held behind closed doors, because, as the court explains, " the case materials are classified as a secret protected by law ."
Trial outcome 25.05.2021:
4 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Activist of "European Belarus". He was detained on September 25, 2020 and convicted in the case of mass riots.
Trial outcome 25.05.2021:
5 years imprisonment in a maximum security colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained on September 25, 2020 as part of a criminal case initiated after a protest in Minsk. On state television, Vitaly was shown with his hands tied in the forest, where he admits to participating in mass riots.
Trial outcome 02.07.2021:
6 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A resident of Svetlogorsk, he was detained on September 29, 2020 in connection with mass riots and accused of participating in “radical” telegram channels.
Trial outcome 19.07.2021:
8 years in a medium-security prison
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained on September 23, 2020 as part of a criminal case initiated after a protest in Minsk.
Pavel was found guilty of calling for participation in mass riots, pre-planned under the guise of mass events, on September 23, from 21:00 to 23:00, and blocking communications, which disrupted the work of Minsktrans. He also “restricted the right of respectable citizens to quiet rest and free movement” and resisted the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In July 2022, he was convicted again for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution.”
Trial outcome 13.07.2022:
6.5 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Volunteer of the headquarters of Viktor Babariko. In July 2020, he was detained under an administrative article for participating in solidarity chains, served an administrative arrest against Akrestsina. The second time he was detained on August 14, 2020 under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, together with other volunteers of Babariko's headquarters.
Before the trial, Vlad was first in the KGB pre-trial detention center, then in SIZO-1 in Minsk.
It is known that in the Novopolotsk colony No. 1 he was often placed in a punishment cell. From autumn to early March 2023, the political prisoner was held in the PKT. In the Novopolotsk court on March 6, 2023, a trial was held to change the regime for Vladislav and he was transferred to a prison regime . Soon the political prisoner was placed in Mogilev Prison No. 4 .
Vlad's mother is a pensioner and a disabled person of the 3rd group.
Trial outcome 10.06.2021:
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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