Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. She was detained after she was invited to pick up her mobile phone at the police department (which was not returned when she was detained in 2020).
Trial outcome 31.10.2023:
2 years 7 months of restriction of freedom without direction.
The reason for the criminal case was a woman’s comment on Instagram with the following content: “The Belarusian leadership will not do anything against the RACISTS!!! They feed her!!!!” It was this phrase that was considered “inciting hostility.”
On March 22, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 04.01.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Marina, a seamstress by trade, was convicted in October 2023 for posting an image of Lukashenko on Odnoklassniki, which the court deemed "undermining the authority of state power." She was detained before being charged and remained under house arrest pending trial.
Trial outcome 19.10.2023
3 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The girl is a citizen of Ukraine, originally from the city of Kherson. She studied in China, graduated from the university there in 2015, and in 2016 moved to Belarus. In Belarus she worked as a translator from Chinese.
Ekaterina was detained while crossing the Belarusian border. They demanded that she give her phone for verification; she provided it to the employees along with the passwords. Belarusian security forces found that on March 30, 2022, she sent 2 videos to the chatbot of the Zerkalo editorial office. The video showed the movement of Russian military equipment near Minsk, which she herself captured.
On December 12, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
Trial outcome 13.10.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Natalya was accused of participating in a protest in Minsk in 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. She fully admitted guilt. Natalya and her friend Vasily were identified from the video recording.
Before the trial, both were on bail of 7,400 rubles
The woman was accused of calling the police station three times on the evening of August 10th, after drinking alcohol and arguing with her partner out of jealousy. As a witness, a senior duty inspector, testified in court, the woman asked the police to come without stating the reason for the call, and subsequently allegedly insulted Lukashenko. Elena partially admitted her guilt.
Elena Mikhalyuk has a secondary specialized education and is raising a minor child.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the summer of 2024 , having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 05.10.2023:
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
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