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Vyacheslav, a former director of Belteleradiocompany, was detained and convicted for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020, as well as for hitting a BT cameraman at one of them.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
| 04.05.2021 | I received a reply dated 04/28/2021, where Vyacheslav indicated a different return address: Ivatsevichi, Brest region. PO Box 20 PS "IK#22" 225295 |
Artem was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Artem was arrested on October 19, 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison in an open-type correctional facility for participating in protests against the election results in Minsk in August 2020. In early February 2022, Artem escaped from the correctional facility, but was later arrested again.
In April 2022, the court considered the case of Artem's transfer to a different type of correctional facility and changing the conditions of his sentence. The court ordered that he be sent to a penal colony for nine months.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Artem was detained on August 17, 2020 and convicted for participating in protest actions.
He was released in August 2021 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry was detained on October 21, 2020, and was brutally beaten. As a result, he spent two days in the hospital with a moderate head injury and multiple injuries to his right hip. He was convicted of hitting a police officer in civilian clothes who was filming a street concert, as well as for "restricting the victim's freedom, attempting to strike twice, and making threats."
He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Viktor was arrested and convicted for defending a peaceful protester from an attack by riot police during a protest against the election results that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Ilya was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Gleb was detained in connection with a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates, and convicted under several criminal articles.
In November 2021, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Anatoly was arrested and convicted of resisting a protest that took place in Minsk on September 20, 2020. According to the prosecution, he hit three riot police officers while lying down.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Mikhail was convicted of blocking transport during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in January 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Ilya was convicted of attempting to prevent a protester from being detained during a protest that took place on July 14, 2020, in Minsk.
He was released in September 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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The former Narodnaya Volya correspondent was detained and convicted for blocking a road in the Serebryanka microdistrict of Minsk on October 13, 2020. In January 2022, Olga was convicted again for a comment addressed to a Brest police officer and sentenced to one and a half years of "house arrest". As a result of the addition of terms, her total sentence increased by six months.
She was released in December 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
| 25.11.2021 | squad number 3 |
| 30.06.2021 | After the punishment cell, she has a monthly limit in the store of 58 rubles. for half a year. Therefore, he asks for everything in the transmission. Her mom needs help collecting gear. |
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Ilya was detained and convicted for allegedly punching a riot police officer in the face. On October 17, 2020, students gathered for a march to express their disagreement with the violence following the rigged elections. Dozens of people were detained that day, including BNTU students. Ilya tried to run away from the riot police, but fell and hit his elbow. The riot police officer said that the student hit him in the face with his knee during the arrest. “It was unintentional. I was running away, maybe I just accidentally hit you. I didn’t feel it. I was just running away and fell,” Ilya said when he was forced to comment on “his actions” on video.
According to human rights activists, he will have served his entire sentence in the fall of 2022.
Vladislav was convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
On October 24, 2023, Vladislav was arrested for two months for violating supervision.
Igor was convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.