A resident of Bobruisk was detained on February 26, 2024, the day after returning from Poland.
First, he was convicted under administrative article 19.11 (distribution of extremist materials), and then a criminal case was opened under article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (creation of an extremist group). Maxim is allegedly considered involved in the creation of the extremist group “Bobruisk 375”.
He was detained in February when he returned to Belarus from work. Previously, Alexander worked at a locomotive depot, but after 2020 he was either fired or quit himself - it seems that the dismissal was politically motivated. After that, Kamlenok worked as a truck driver in Western countries. And when he returned home from work, he was detained. He was accused of insulting a government official.
The Verkhnedvinsky District Court recognized Alexander’s page on Odnoklassniki as extremist.
Most likely he was detained in the summer of 2023. In 2013, Arthur opened his own business store, Grandbazaare, where he sold branded clothing and shoes. The VKontakte group has more than 40 thousand subscribers. In recent years, his company has specialized in the Under Armor brand. And from 2023, he translated the pages of his business into the Belarusian language.
Arthur is interested in sports, but especially football, and even previously played in amateur leagues as a goalkeeper. He uses football players and other athletes as photos for his avatars on social networks.
In addition to imprisonment, Arthur was awarded a fine of 700 basic units.
9 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
Detained for solidarity with political prisoners.
Ekaterina Mendrik is 26 years old. According to information on social networks, she was born in Lida, but moved to Grodno as a child. Ekaterina studied at the University of Warsaw and lived in Poland for a long time.
According to the court schedule, before her arrest in the criminal case, Ekaterina was convicted at least twice under political administrative protocols after crossing the border. It is unknown whether she lived abroad.
Mendrik was detained after the January raid on supporters of political prisoners, as she sent parcels and made transfers to political prisoners in pretrial detention. According to human rights activists, the detention occurred a little later, as the girl was abroad at the time of the raid - she was detained upon her return to Belarus.
Trial outcome 16.09.2024: 3 years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Citizen of Poland. 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.
Igor worked in Poland as an electrician. He was detained while crossing the Polish-Belarusian border.
In the pro-government video, Sorokin says that he went out onto the roadway and blocked traffic. The video clearly shows a protest on August 10, 2020, which took place in Brest. Namely, the moment of the clash at the intersection of boulevards and Masherov Avenue.
1.5 years imprisonment
Georgy Cherevako was detained in August while returning from the United States. He was convicted for a donation of $21.29, which he sent from his PayPal account in support of the Kalinowski Regiment. A Belarusian card was linked to the account, from which the funds were debited. The authorities considered these to be deliberate actions “for the purpose of financing activities for the recruitment, training, and other preparation” of persons for armed conflict in Ukraine.
At the trial, he said that he voluntarily told the officers who detained him that he was subscribed to numerous “extremist” telegram channels, and admitted that he had made a transfer to the account of Polk Kalinovsky.
He himself gave the employees passwords to enter the payment system. He said that he made a donation because he hoped that these funds would be used to purchase helmets, body armor, and medicines, but he understood that they would use them according to their own understanding and, among other things, buy weapons and ammunition with them.
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
It is known that the woman was detained when she returned from Italy.
On March 15, 2024, the appeal was considered.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Originally from Vitebsk , studied in Gomel, but recently lived in Grodno. An engineer by profession, he recently worked as a system administrator at Whitebird. Judging by social networks, he lived in Warsaw.
The man is also a radio amateur. Member of the Belarusian Federation of Radio Amateurs and Radio Athletes.
The consideration of the case began in January 2024, the last meeting was held on March 29, 2024
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Detainee Konstantin Bich said in his “repentance” video that he had previously been prosecuted under administrative article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences, and also received a fine for hanging a white-white flag. According to him, and for insulting a police officer on social networks. Pro-government telegram channels report that the man recently returned to Belarus from EU countries. On November 24, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
1 year of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
He was detained in early May 2023, when he came to make a transfer to his brother Maxim Lopatin, who was detained in the Machulishchi case. Before this, the man lived in Lithuania. He was detained in the same case of sabotage in Machulishchi and charged under Art. 289 of the Criminal Code. Later, the article was reclassified to 361-2 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activities).
On July 5, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
4 years imprisonment in a colony
Natalya was detained after returning from Poland. Her telegram account was tied to her own Belarusian number, so she could be found from the comments.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024: unknown years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024: the sentence was upheld.
Kirill has served in the police since 2007. Detective officer, left the authorities in August 2020 and moved to IT. It is known that he was detained on February 19, 2023, right at the border: he lived in Poland for six months, and came to Brest to visit his wife and small child.
Little is known about the criminal case against Kirill: the trial was held behind closed doors. It is only known that the case was connected with the “Black Book of Belarus”.
An appeal court hearing is scheduled to take place on October 10, 2023.
8 years in a maximum security colony...
He lived and worked in Poland for a year and a half and returned to Belarus, where he was detained at the end of November 2022. According to the security forces, it was in Poland that he registered in the Peramoga plan. He also allegedly wrote messages threatening the security forces.
6 years in prison in a penal colony.
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