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.
The goalkeeping coach of the Lviv football club, Vasily, was arrested in Belarus for protesting against the Lukashenka regime in 2020. Vasily returned to his homeland for a knee operation. According to Lvov head coach Oleg Dulub, Khomutovsky did not allow the thought that he could be detained in Belarus, and planned to return to Ukraine soon.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
A 37-year-old native of Baranovichi was detained on August 22, 2022 at the train station, when she once again arrived in Belarus from Andorra, according to pro-government channels.
In the video, Olga herself said that in August 2020 she considered that the elections were rigged. On Instagram, she subscribed to the "Nexta" page, from where she took screenshots and posted them on her page, made comments.
Released for 24,000 euros, charges dropped.
Allegedly arrested for insulting comments on the Internet.
He was detained upon his return to Belarus.
unknown years of restriction of liberty
Yuri is accused of the fact that on January 25, 2022, from his mobile phone “in order to humiliate the honor and dignity of the head of state, guided by base motives” in one of the online communities, he wrote a comment about Lukashenko: “He organized terrorism and genocide in the country, and also "were engaged in occupation."
According to linguistic expertise, this comment “has a negative assessment of the activities of the head of state, which is not true.”
It is known that the man is 39 years old, he is from Ivanovo, a builder by training. Before his arrest, Yuri lived and worked in Russia for several years and visited Belarus on vacation.
According to human rights activists, he was released in early spring 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Epam employee.
Ekaterina returned from Lithuania, where she left in February 2022.
She was detained along with her sister Yulia Glinskaya in Minsk, where Ekaterina returned to get the cat. The detention was carried out by the GUBOPik; the girls were captured as they walked to their car. The apartment was then searched.
She was released on May 2, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment.
Igor Fedorov worked for many years as a mechanical engineer at the Aviation Repair Plant in Baranovichi. But after the events of August 2020, when the man, together with other factory workers, actively expressed his civic position, he was brought to administrative responsibility under Art. 23.34 and Art. 24.3 Code of Administrative Offences. After this, his contract was not renewed, and subsequently Igor was forced to emigrate altogether, fearing criminal prosecution.
On February 27, 2022, he returned home to participate in the referendum. The guy was detained near the polling station and placed in a temporary detention center in Baranavichy. On March 2, he was transferred to pre-trial detention center-6.
12/18/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The 36 year old youngest son of the legendary Belarusian businessman from the village of Komarovo, Eduard Voitekhovich, was traveling to his father's funeral from Riga and was arrested by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption right at the border.
He tried to enter Belarus on January 14, 2022, the Belarusian border guards did not let him go for a long time, and then the staff of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption arrived from Minsk and took him to the detention center on the «Okrestina».
According to human rights activists, he will be released at the beginning of October 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Artyom was detained on 23.11. 2021. He came to the Republic of Belarus for one day to pass the certification at work and was detained right at the office. From November 23, he was in a temporary detention center, on December 2, 2021 he was transferred to SIZO-1. Allegedly blamed for riots in 2020
3 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
Citizen of the Russian Federation, volunteer of the initiative group of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. He was detained on June 6, 2020 in Belarus, on November 26, Andrei Novikov was simply taken to the border with Russia, they put a stamp on the prohibition of entry into the territory of Belarus for 10 years. He left behind a wife and two children in Belarus.
Andrei Novikov was again detained on April 13 in Postavy, where he secretly came to visit his wife and children. Novikov is charged with Art. 371 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("Illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus"). Prosecution under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code has not been removed from him either.
On October 31, 2022, he was released at the end of his term and handed over to the FSB of the Russian Federation during deportation from the Republic of Belarus.
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