Sergei was detained and convicted of violating public order during mass protests. It is known that the reason for initiating the case was his participation in the hitch on August 9, 2020. He was wounded that day.
Released in January 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Natalia was detained on the evening of April 29, 2021, after a "concerned citizen" reported to the police that unknown individuals were painting white-red-white flags on buildings on Bogdanovich Street in Minsk. Following her administrative arrest, a criminal case was opened against her and she was released on bail pending trial.
In September 2021, Natalia was convicted of "desecration of buildings and damage to property."
Alexander was detained on the evening of April 29, 2021, after a "concerned citizen" reported to the police that unknown individuals were painting white-red-white flags on buildings on Bogdanovich Street in Minsk. Following his administrative arrest, a criminal case was opened against him and he was released on bail pending trial.
In September 2021, Alexander was convicted of "desecration of buildings and damage to property."
Sergei was convicted of leaving graffiti on various sites in Slonim and the Slonim district, including bus stops in the village of Shiloviči, following election fraud and the beating of peaceful protesters in 2020. One of the graffiti on an abandoned wall referred to the head of the local police department and conveyed the message: "The people will not forgive."
Trial outcome 19.07.2021
1 year 1 month restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A resident of Zhabinka was convicted under the article “violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies” for, according to the charges, throwing a bottle with a flammable mixture towards the car of the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers.
Trial outcome 05.11.2020
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A resident of Baranovichi was convicted under the article “violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies” for, according to the charges, throwing a bottle with a flammable mixture towards a serviceman on August 10, 2020.
Trial outcome 09.11.2020
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Elena was convicted in December 2020 for writing “I AM WITH US” on the Minskkommunteploset building and for “using violence against a police officer” during her arrest.
According to the prosecution, she sprayed paint from a can towards the employee’s head, torso and limbs, and also restricted his movement by holding him by his clothes.
Trial outcome 17.12.2020
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1081 ruble of compensation.
Vladislav was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" in a criminal case initiated for writing the words "3%", "Go away", "Long live Belarus" on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" in a criminal case initiated for writing the words "3%", "Go away", "Long live Belarus" on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Denis was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" in a criminal case initiated for writing the words "3%", "Go away", "Long live Belarus" on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Kirill was convicted under the article “Hooliganism committed by a group of persons” in a criminal case initiated for writing “3%”, “Go away”, “Long live Belarus” on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander was accused of intentionally, while intoxicated, committing "property damage" by writing graffiti on the building of the colony in Orsha, causing "property damage." He used "an unspecified type of brush, gloves, and red paint" as "the means of committing the crime."
He was released in September 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was detained in October 2020 and brutally beaten when security forces tried to extract a confession on camera. He was free until his trial. In June 2021, he was convicted under the following articles: "hooliganism committed by a group of persons", "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and "failure to report a serious or especially serious crime". At the trial, he stated that he acted in protest against the situation in the country after the elections on August 9, 2020 - arbitrary detentions and torture. Initially, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom, but in August, after an appeal was considered, the punishment was toughened, replacing it with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Yaroslav was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" in a criminal case initiated for writing the words "3%", "Go away", "Long live Belarus" on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
At the time of the trial, he was serving in the army and continued to do so after serving his sentence in the guardhouse in Minsk. The time served was not counted towards his overall military service.
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