Person involved in the "case of round dances". An orphan, parents are deprived of parental rights. He was brought up in the Kobrin children's village.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom .
Two criminal cases were initiated against Andrey: under article 361 of the Criminal Code (“Calls for actions damaging national security”) and under article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the president). The case for insulting the president was initiated after Andriy's interview dated March 29, 2021, which, according to the prosecutor's office, contained calls for protests on his behalf, as well as language and expressions publicly insulting the president.
Andrei's wife, activist Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk, is in custody on a criminal case of violence against police officers, insulting the president and officials. There are two children in the family.
Andrey Sharendo has been under house arrest since May 31.
was detained on September 9, 2020 near the station. m. "Pushkinskaya" in Minsk for putting the inscription "Let's not forget" on the sidewalk.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral .
legal adviser TUT.BY. Ekaterina graduated from the Faculty of Law of Belarusian State University. Prior to TUT.BY, she worked in a large advertising campaign.
TUT.BY journalist. She started working at TUT.BY in 2014. At first she was a journalist for the "Construction and Real Estate" section, and after a couple of years she moved to the "Money and Power" section. Released from jail on July 18, 2022. The status of the criminal case remains unknown.
editor-in-chief of the political and economic bloc at TUT.BY, journalist. Olga graduated from three universities - Belarusian State University, Belarusian State Economic University and Oxford University, and on Tut.by, together with analyst Sergei Chaly, led the program "Economy on the Fingers". The preventive measure was changed on March 17, 2022.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution ("chemistry")
The man was accused of insulting two police officers . The trial was held behind closed doors.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
Accused in the case of "riots" in Brest. On March 27, 2022, information appeared that Victoria had successfully left the country.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom . On July 26, 2021, she began serving her sentence.
2 years of restriction of freedom.
Accused in the case of "riots" in Brest.
| 08.06.2021 | Error in information, article 342 part 1 (not riots) |
2 years of restriction of liberty .
According to the indictment, “Viktor Shauro, together with Vitaly Shitikov and other unidentified persons, took an active part in group actions on the evening of August 10, grossly violating public order <...> together with others, they moved along the carriageway of Molodezhnaya Street in Novopolotsk, walked ahead of a group of citizens, on forbidden traffic signal, blocked the traffic, loudly shouted “Long Live Belarus!”, “Shame”, “Shame”, “Go away!”, applauded, obscene language towards representatives of law enforcement agencies.
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
Matvey is a third-year student at the Minsk College of Entrepreneurship and works as a freight forwarder. Matvey Budnitsky was found guilty of taking an active part in a mass event on October 4 on Masherov and Pobediteley avenues, as well as Pritytsky, Lyubimy, Surganov, Kalvariyskaya and Prilukskaya streets. It was associated with a clear disobedience to police officers, loud applause with hands. Matvey "acted jointly and in concert in group actions, using a mouthpiece" - according to the prosecution, this caused a disruption in the work of transport and enterprises.
2 years of restriction of liberty .
Brest resident accused of insulting a judge. On March 29th, 2021, people with machine guns burst into Vital's house and detained him. As part of the criminal case, they wanted to take him to Minsk for a psychiatric examination, but he did not come to the Investigative Committee for summonses. On this occasion it was decided to detain him and put him in custody for two months.
12/08/2022 released after expiration of sentence.
On September 5 and 6, 2023, the Brest District Court considered a new criminal case against Vitaly Zaryadei.
It is not known exactly where and in what condition the Zarodey is located . He did not enter the courtroom.
It is also not known for certain what Zarodey was charged with this time; from the very beginning, Judge Sukhodolskaya closed the process. But the court schedule indicated the articles that were presented to Zarodey: Art. 391 (insulting a judge), part 2 of Art. 368 (insulting Lukashenko), part 1 of Art. 377 (damage to documents) .
2 years imprisonment.
Convicted for an action with a banner, held on November 21st at the intersection of Hasciniec-Chmiaĺnickaha in Maladzyechna.
He left the country.
1.6 years of restricted freedom with placement in an open-type correctional facility.
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