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.
He was prosecuted twice for putting up posters. According to the state prosecution, the flyers also contained grounds for a criminal case: some information of insulting nature against an officer of Leninski District Police Department in Brest.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with direction.
Sergei was convicted for unfurling a banner with the inscription: “While there is lawlessness in the country, resistance is our duty,” blocking traffic.
Left Belarus.
Trial outcome 31.03.2021: 1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A defendant in the criminal case of “round dances”, initiated after the action that took place on September 13 in Brest. He was convicted for participating in protests.
2 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility
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