He was detained on January 9, 2023 as part of a criminal case initiated in Brest on the events of September 13, 2020, when during a protest people danced on the roadway (the so-called "dance case")..
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
2.5 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
2.5 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
He was convicted in the "case of round dances " in Brest. Didn't admit guilt. On September 13, 2020, at the March of Heroes in Brest, at the intersection of Cosmonauts Boulevard and Masherov Avenue, the protesters danced, sang the songs "Mura" and "Try charapakhi", and danced. They were dispersed by a water cannon.
2.5 years of "chemistry"
She was convicted in the "case of round dances " in Brest. She did not admit guilt. On September 13, 2020, at the March of Heroes in Brest, at the intersection of Cosmonauts Boulevard and Masherov Avenue, the protesters danced, sang the songs "Mura" and "Try charapakhi", and danced. They were dispersed by a water cannon.
A few months after the verdict, on October 13, 2021, Yulia’s home was searched, after which she was detained in a new criminal case. Then she was accused of financing extremist activities (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) and illegal actions in relation to information about private life and personal data (Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code). Yulia was imprisoned in SIZO-7.
In mid-April 2022, information appeared that Yulia was charged under six articles of the Criminal Code.
On July 4, 2022, the trial began in the Grodno Regional Court. On July 18, Judge Viktor Senko found the political prisoner guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
On July 18, 2022, a second sentence was passed under 6 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - 5 years in prison under general regime conditions and a fine of 2,650 rubles and 5,000 rubles of moral compensation in favor of one of the injured prosecutors.
On October 18, 2022, following the consideration of the appeal , Yulia was reduced by three months - from 5 years in prison to 4 years and 9 months , and also reduced the amount of the fine by almost a thousand rubles.
A criminal case was opened because of a protest action on September 13 in Brest, when people danced at the intersection of Masherova and boulevards, after which they were dispersed by a water cannon and detentions began. The actions of the protesters are qualified by the investigation as "Actions grossly violating public order" (Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). Igor was also convicted for damaging two cameras of Beltelecom and applying "cynical inscriptions" under Part 2 of Art. 339. Released in the courtroom on 3 June 2021.
activist from Pruzhany. Elena was sentenced in the "round dance case" to 2 years of restriction of freedom without a referral. After that, she was re-convicted for "insulting the president", the total term was 3 years of "home chemistry". On January 11, 2022, she was detained and given 15 days of arrest for violating the regime of serving "home chemistry". After the arrest, Elena was not released; a new criminal case was opened against her. She was convicted for posting on social networks Facebook and Instagram and sent to a colony for 3.5 years. At the initiative of the administration of the Gomel colony, a criminal case was opened against Elena under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. In addition, she was deprived of almost all programs, calls, dates, and the otovarka was reduced from three basic units to one (32 rubles).
4.5 years in prison.
Elena was detained in connection with the “round dance” case. She was returning from Poland to Brest. At passport control, the border guards became interested in the fact that the woman was born in Ukraine. She was handed over to unknown people in civilian clothes who demanded a phone number.
As a result, the woman was detained. After that there was an administrative court (15 days of arrest under Part 2 of Article 19. 11 of the Administrative Code) through two reposts in Telegram. And then the woman was placed in a pre-trial detention center until trial.
It is known that Elena lived in Brest and went to Poland for shopping.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Convicted in a round dance case.
3 years of restriction of liberty without referral to an open correctional facility
Grigory Vasilkov returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Aleksey, as well as the previous defendants in the “round dance” case , was tried for the fact that on September 13, 2020 in Brest, protesters danced at the intersection to the music from the speakers until they were dispersed by a water cannon. The atmosphere of that protest action was described by the persons involved in the "round dance" case on other courts as "the atmosphere of a holiday."
2 years of restriction of freedom without referral to a correctional institution.
According to the investigation-prosecutors-judges, the criminal act happened on 09/13/2020, when in Brest, to the music from the speakers, people danced at the intersection until they were dispersed by a water cannon. The atmosphere of that protest action was described by the persons involved in the "round dance" case on other courts as "the atmosphere of a holiday."
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
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