17 people from Baranovichi were immediately convicted under the “people’s” article. They were found guilty of participating in a march in Baranavichy on the night of August 10-11, 2020. They were allegedly on the roadways, shouting loudly, shouting “slogans” and “displaying” national flags.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
17 people from Baranovichi were immediately convicted under the “people’s” article. They were found guilty of participating in a march in Baranavichy on the night of August 10-11, 2020. They were allegedly on the roadways, shouting loudly, shouting “slogans” and “displaying” national flags.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
17 people from Baranovichi were immediately convicted under the “people’s” article. They were found guilty of participating in a march in Baranavichy on the night of August 10-11, 2020. They were allegedly on the roadways, shouting loudly, shouting “slogans” and “displaying” national flags.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
It is known that on July 19, 2022, Roman arrived in Belarus and disappeared: nothing was known about his whereabouts, and the South-West search and rescue team announced a search for him. Later it became known that Galuza was alive and his whereabouts had been established - without any details. But an acquaintance of Roman wrote on social networks that he was in a KGB pre-trial detention center.
In Poland, Galuza graduated from university, received citizenship, and volunteered, including helping Belarusian refugees. Roman’s detention could have been planned in advance by the Belarusian security forces.
Now he faces up to 15 years in prison.
Architect. She wasdetained during a massive raid by security forces on architects in Minsk.
The man was accused of liking and reposting a publication on Odnoklassniki with text about Lukashenko, in which he was accused of committing a serious and especially serious crime. The court saw this as slander against the politician.
Before the trial, Alexander was under recognizance not to leave. He fully admitted his guilt.
Alexander Zakharchik has a secondary education and works as a driver.
3 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility
At the trial, Tatyana was accused of the fact that in October 2021 , “through correspondence on the social network Facebook, she intentionally and illegally disseminated information about personal data constituting a personal secret of an investigator of the criminal investigation department of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Mogilev District Executive Committee without his consent in connection with his official activities.” " As a result, an “unlimited circle of people” became familiar with the policeman’s personal data.
Presumably, before the trial, the woman was kept in Baranavichy pre-trial detention center No. 6: she herself lives in either the Lyakhovichi or Luninets districts, but in December 2023 she was tried twice in the Baranavichy court under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (the second time she was tried via Skype). This follows from the decisions of the Baranavichy court regarding Makarova. In those administrative cases, the woman was given 10 days of arrest, a fine of 20 basic (740 rubles) and her phone was confiscated.
2,5 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who expressed solidarity with the political prisoner.
On September 15, 2023, 57-year-old Gennady Vasilyuk was fined for “distributing extremist materials.” Subscriptions for “extremist” materials were found on Gennady’s Odnoklassniki page. In addition, Vasilyuk was fired from the locomotive depot “by agreement of the parties.”
On December 7, 2023, Gennady was detained as part of a criminal case for “slander of Lukashenko” (Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code) and placed in custody in a pre-trial detention center. The case was considered on February 22 and 26, 2024.
The man was accused of putting the “class” reaction on the Odnoklassniki social network under three videos with the participation of economist Yaroslav Romanchuk on June 8, 9 and 17, 2022.
Gennady admitted guilt and said that on the indicated days in June he went to a village in the Zhabinkovsikm district, which is confirmed by an extract from the mobile operator. The man uses a push-button telephone, so in the village he could not access Odnoklassniki.
Prosecutor Yegor Kronda considered Gennady's guilt fully proven and requested one year and six months of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions for him. The exact sentence is unknown.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
2 years 8 months imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Forensic expert.
On February 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
3 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
Diana is a 34-year-old Brest resident. Works at EPAM and leads the testing team there. After the start of the war, she and her son, who is now 7 years old, went to Tbilisi. But at some point I decided to return to Belarus, although I traveled abroad from time to time.
On her Instagram there is a photo from Warsaw, which dates back to June 29, 2023, three days later a photo from Mir Castle was published. And then the girl disappeared from everywhere.
On May 3, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
He was detained in September 2023, allegedly for chatting with friends. A criminal case was opened. During his arrest he was severely beaten.
Specialty: maxillofacial surgeon.
Truck driver. The man was initially accused of hooliganism (Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code) and the creation of an extremist group or participation in it (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code).
The Minsk City Court completed its consideration of the criminal case on February 29, 2024. Burako was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of five years under Part 3 of Art. 361-1 CC. The hooliganism charge was dropped.
According to the investigation , on the evening of May 11, 2023, on the M-5 Minsk-Gomel highway near the village of Yasen, near Bobruisk, “the driver of a DAF vehicle, driving past a stopped military transport convoy, detonated an unidentified device, independently made from pyrotechnic products, by throwing him towards the military personnel and military equipment and then tried to hide.
However, during the pursuit, his car was blocked by the military, and he himself was detained."
It was established that “extremist” symbols were pasted in the cabin of the car, and several subscriptions to radical channels recognized as extremist, including the “victory” plan, were on the mobile phone.
On April 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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