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On October 1, 2021, a search was carried out in Mozheiko’s house, a little later he was detained and placed in a detention center on Akrestsina Street as part of an initiated criminal case for an article in a publication about Andrey Zeltser. The Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation and the Union of Journalists of Russia called for the immediate release of the journalist
Mozheiko is the author of an article about Andrei Zeltser, a Minsk resident killed in a shootout with KGB officers. According to the prosecution, Mozheiko “acting on the basis of political and ideological hostility, committed a number of crimes between June 23, 2020 and October 2021.” He also “made and posted on the Internet negative, obscene and unacceptable” statements regarding Lukashenka.
The journalist pleaded not guilty in court.
01/23/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Alexander was tried for writing an offensive comment in Odnoklassniki on June 21, 2021, under a post about police officer Igor Volnich .
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
Bogacheva was accused of commenting on a publication on the telegram channel "Punishers of Belarus" on January 15 about a senior assistant to the prosecutor Valeria Taratynko , who supported the prosecution in many politically motivated cases. Anna Bogacheva wrote: "Well, nothing, then she will work as an escort, sh**a!".
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
Initially, Sudnik was charged under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting Oleg Gaidukevich, however, due to the fact that the "crime" was committed on a call to 102, he was recognized as non-public and the charges were dropped.
Such conditions of “non-publicity” do not apply to Article 368 of the Criminal Code: the court considered that the policeman heard the insult and passed it on, which made it public. Therefore, Sudnik was found guilty that on January 6, 2021, she called the police twice and insulted Lukashenka .
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Nadezhda was accused of insulting an official on social networks, a police officer who did not appear at the meeting. Nadezhda Kuznetsova has a higher education and is raising two minor children.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the indictment, on April 30, 2021, Dmitry Smantser insulted Ruslan Kutsko, the detective of the group for combating economic crimes of the criminal police of the Ivatsevichi District Executive Committee, and left a comment on the Luhta telegram channel under a post about deanonymization of Kutsko with the following content: "Kutsko is <obscene word>" .
On October 27, 2023, the term of serving the sentence ended.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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Stepan was arrested in connection with the protests in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020, and convicted of participating in "mass riots." He was accused of attempting to hit police officers, as well as hitting a shield that hit the leg of police officer Polivoda.
At the trial, Stepan explained that he tried to pass by, but was pushed by a shield, he fell, and cut his knee. According to him, the gesture that looked like a throw on the video was actually an attempt to fix his sleeve.
He was released in February 2024, having served his entire sentence as determined by the court.
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The Gomel volunteer, who was present at the trials of political prisoners, helped with the transfers and wrote letters of support. On July 8, 2021, Ilya was arrested by the KGB as a witness in an "act of terrorism". On July 16 he was released. On September 30, 2021, Ilya was arrested for 3 days. Mironov did not go free and was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
Since Ilya was in a pre-trial detention center for more than a year, as a result of calculating the term 1 to 2 (1 day in a pre-trial detention center is equal to 1.5 days in a colony), he was released in the courtroom.
1.5 years in prison and 200 basic fines
For what reason the woman is kept in a pre-trial detention center is unknown. She has a public lawyer. Natalya Belobekhova works as a teacher-defectologist. She brings up two minor children (11 and 16 years old). It is known that Natalya is involved in a criminal case initiated under an article on treason against the state against employees of Belarusian factories who supported the strike and were members of the Workers' Movement. This initiative was recognized as extremist on September 21, and at the same time, workers were detained throughout the country.
She was released on November 12, 2021 on bail.
Arrested for graffiti at an abandoned construction site. He spent three months in custody, was released on 12/08/2021 on the day of the verdict.
| 20.04.2022 | In April, he was registered as prone to extremist and other destructive activities. Located in IFET 9 Vitebsk |
| 27.01.2022 | Court of Appeal 25.02.2022 |
1 year of restriction of liberty in a closed institution
09/28/2022 released after the expiration of the sentence
1 year restriction of liberty . Released on June 9, 2022 after the expiration of his sentence.
In a letter to freedom, Igor wrote that before being placed in the IUOT, he worked as a forklift driver for the Coca-Cola company. I got married in April 2021 and have a 6 year old son. Also in the past, he was engaged in sports acrobatics, was a master of sports of international class, a European champion. He worked as an acrobat artist in the Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard and is a laureate of the international competition in Monte Carlo, the most prestigious circus festival.
According to estimates by human rights activists, in the winter of 2023, he fully served his sentence.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom .
According to the prosecution's version, Castro da Silva Sergio on the night of August 9-10, 2020, took an active part in mass riots in the center of Minsk in the Nemiga district and in the area of the «Riga» shopping center.
Released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
Nikita was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Lida in August 2020. On August 12, he was detained and fined under an administrative article (10 basic units). In February 2021, he was detained again for the same events, but this time on a criminal case. After posting bail, he was released pending trial, and in June of the same year, he was sentenced to restricted freedom with direction.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence.
Resident of the village of Vilchitsy. Convicted of insulting police officers S.V. Shramova in Odnoklassniki. and Shlupakova A.L.
In November 2022, Sergei’s regime was changed to a more strict one.
26.08.2023, he was released after his sentence had expired.
| 03.08.2022 | On 07/08/2021, professional accounting was hung up: extremism; attacks on employees ... |
3 years of restriction of freedom.