Volunteer of the Gomel branch of the Human Rights Center "Vesna".
She was detained late in the evening on January 18 and placed in a temporary detention center. Her house was also searched. Previously, Maria Tarasenko actively advocated the abolition of the so-called decree on "parasites" and sued local officials of the Gomel region, who forbade protests against the decree. She was released three days later on bail.
Arrested November 15, 2020. After the elections, she took part in protests. She was arrested 4 times. The last time - at a rally on the "Square of Changes", after which a criminal case was opened against her.
an activist from Dubrovno convicted in a criminal case of libel. He has been serving his sentence since October 10, 2021.
3 years restriction of liberty with referral to an open-type correctional institution ("chemistry")
Denis was detained on September 9, 2021. Denis was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Actions grossly violating public order) for participating in the August protests in 2020 and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
Detained on July 15, 2021. Former teacher of the Minsk gymnasium. She was convicted 7 times under the administrative article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities) for sending news from telegram channels to each other with her husband.
In total, Anastasia received 126 days of administrative arrest. Also under this article, her husband Sergei is serving another administrative arrest.
Arrested on July 15, 2021. A programmer from Minsk, convicted 7 times under the administrative article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities) because he and his wife forwarded messages to each other from Telegram channels.
In total, the man received 127 days of arrest. Also under this article, his wife Anastasia is serving another administrative arrest.
He was detained for participating in a coupling at protests. Was calculated from the photo.
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
sound engineer from the Theater for Young Spectators. The son of a famous culturologist, teacher of the Academy of Arts Vadim Saleev. He was detained on September 14, 2021.
3 years restriction of liberty in an open facility
The person involved in the criminal case initiated under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) on protests in Grodno.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
On October 7, 2021, the verdict was announced to Svetlana Baranovskaya, who was charged with insulting representatives of the authorities - nine riot police officers. According to the prosecution, on March 1, 2021, she left a comment under a photo of nine OMON officers posted on the Punishers of Belarus telegram channel with the following content: “Here are the scum.”
Detained on December 14, 2021 with her daughter under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral . On March 31, she was convicted again. Final sentence - 3 years of restriction of liberty without referral
On September 13, 2020, at the March of Heroes in Brest at the intersection of Cosmonauts Boulevard and Masherov Avenue, protesters danced in a round dance, sang the songs “Mura” and “Three Charapakhs”, and danced.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom .
Resident of Baranovichi. According to the indictment, on September 21, 2020, Vitaly Korshun posted a message in the telegram chat “Borovki 97%” under a photo of the victim with the following message: “Who is this? Riot police? Then I propose to burn his apartment <expletive>, tell me the address.”
In January 2022, Vitaly was most likely detained again. In the pro-government video , the man says that he “called for violence against riot police officers, simply out of emotion.”
2 months of arrest .
Author of the "Adveku" project. The man was engaged in the search for ancestors in Belarus, genealogical research, genealogy, search in the archives. Yevhen was detained on September 8, 2021 after a search in his house. The reason for the detention was a photograph dated August 9, 2020, where he and several other people during a rally on the stele are at a pedestrian crossing at a traffic light. Yevgeny is on trial for group actions that grossly violate public order.
3 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
was detained on July 27, 2021 near his home for an offensive comment about the prosecutor.
It is also known that Vadim wrote a book about the protests.
By absorbing a less severe punishment into a more severe one, on October 29, 2021, the political prisoner was finally sentenced to restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility for a period of three years. Vadim Gil was released from custody in the courtroom while he appealed the verdict.
Vadim left Belarus.
3 years of restriction of liberty with a referral
Director of an online store of musical instruments and recently fired musician of the Khoroshki ensemble. The reason for the dismissal was his civic position. Dmitry refused to participate in the concerts that the Ministry of Culture organized on the stage of the Kupala Theater, as well as in official ones.
He is accused of organizing an "underground printing house" where unregistered newspapers and leaflets were produced. After a search of the apartment, absolutely all the money disappeared, including the proceeds from the recent sale of the car. Now Dmitry's family (wife and 2 small children) is left without a livelihood.
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