Detained in March 2024, on 16.05.2024 the measure of restraint was changed to house arrest. Again taken into custody in the courtroom. Convicted for a comment in the chat of the messenger "Telegram".
On 13.08.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 18.06.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the court , Andrei Timonin, Valeria Ivchina, Mikhail Pishchalo, Svetlana Kotova and Denis Kotov took part in marches in Minsk in August and September, “went out onto the roadway” and “blocked traffic.”
All defendants admitted guilt.
According to activists, Svetlana and Denis Kotov have small children.
Trial outcome 13.06.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Two brothers - Pavel and Vladimir Dzhezhor, and the wife of one of them - Elena Nedbalskaya were accused of participating in three protests in 2020 (one of the brothers - in four) blocking the road. The verdict notes that they took part in the actions “for the purpose of publicly expressing their socio-political views and protest through illegal means, conducting destructive activities, aimed, among other things, at aggravating tension in society.”
At the trial, all three admitted guilt. From the case materials, it is known that they were identified from video recordings and photographs from the roadway at protest rallies.
Elena and one of the brothers were held on bail in the amount of 12,000 rubles before the trial. It is known that the woman has dependent young children.
Trial outcome 17.05.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Before the trial, the woman was under recognizance not to leave the place.
According to the investigation , Tatyana Chekel, while intoxicated at her place of residence, “deliberately and publicly expressed a phrase containing a negative assessment of Alexander Lukashenko, expressed in an indecent, offensive form.”
In the presence of a police patrol, which was called by a pensioner whose mobile phone had disappeared, the woman insulted Lukashenko. The woman’s partner heard this phrase and testified against her in court.
Trial outcome 21.05.2024:
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
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