a teacher at Lida's music school, detained for commenting after the murder of A. Zeltser on September 30, 2021. Oksana left a comment under the post of anti-people reporter Alexander Pleskachev about the murder of a law enforcement officer with the following content: "Andrei Zeltser defended his house, his family in his apartment from unknown people who broke down the door with an ax. He defended himself as best he could ... ".
04.12.2021
Translated. 230023 Grodno, st. Kirova, 1 Prison 1.
Detained on September 20 in a criminal case on the creation of an extremist formation (telegram chat). After the temporary detention facility, she was immediately transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
17.06.2022
According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August.
17.06.2022
According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August.
Trial outcome 20.05.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
She was detained on September 20 in a criminal case for a performance at the city cemetery, when a group of young people placed a portrait of Lukashenka on the grave and opened champagne. After the temporary detention facility, she was immediately transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
17.06.2022
According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August.
Trial outcome 20.05.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the charges, at the end of 2020, Natalya posted an offensive comment on one of the Telegram channels under a photo of a man with the text stating that he was a district inspector of the Svetlogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs and was engaged in the political persecution of protesters, and was perjuring himself in court. And thus, according to the prosecutor, the accused publicly insulted a government official with an obscene and negative comment. In addition to the term, Natalya was awarded 700 rubles in compensation for moral damage.
On November 24, 2021, the regional court upheld the prosecutor's protest and replaced the sentence with 2 years of restriction of freedom with sending to a correctional institution.
In early December 2023, she was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court.
Due to new persecution for political reasons on the eve of her release, she was forced to leave the Republic of Belarus.
04.12.2021
IUOT No. 51 Minsk from 02.12.2021
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
On October 7, 2021, the verdict was announced to Svetlana Baranovskaya, who was charged with insulting representatives of the authorities - nine riot police officers. According to the prosecution, on March 1, 2021, she left a comment under a photo of nine OMON officers posted on the Punishers of Belarus telegram channel with the following content: “Here are the scum.”
Detained on December 14, 2021 with her daughter under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Tatyana was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Anna was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Left Belarus.
In December 2024, as part of a special proceeding against Anna, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
On September 29, 2021, she was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
The woman was diagnosed with a tumor. On October 20, 2022, Marina was released from the Gomel SIZO-3.
Trial outcome 29.08.2022
1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On September 30, 2021, she was detained in Krupki in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, and Andrei Zeltser, an IT specialist, in a Minsk apartment.
30.03.2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
Trial outcome 18.07.2022:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
was detained on September 29, 2021 in Miory in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment. In mid-September 2022, she was transferred to house arrest.
At first it was reported that the political prisoner was accused under Articles 369 and 130 of the Criminal Code, but in the end she was tried for insulting Lukashenko (Article 368 of the Criminal Code) and a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).
The political prisoner was handcuffed in the courtroom. She has about 4 months left in prison.
02.05.2023 released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
In October 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against the former political prisoner. She is accused under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official). This became known from a report of incidents published in the local district newspaper.
22.02.2022
02/10/22 received a postcard with the return address Vitebsk SIZO 2 Kam.20
Trial outcome 17.11.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
She was detained on September 30, 2021 in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
She was released in September 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
was detained on September 29, 2021 in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
She was detained on September 29, 2021 in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On January 5, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
21.10.2022
20/10/2022: Melanie Vogel, member of French Senate, became Natalia's godmother via Libereco https://www.libereco.org/en/pinchuk-berasnieu-nikitsina/
04.06.2022
Jun 2nd, 2022: Special Rapporter for Belarus will forward Natalia's case to the WGAD, Working Group of Arbitrary Detention.
was detained on September 29, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
09.19.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
Trial outcome 10.08.2022:
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Bogacheva was accused of commenting on a publication on the telegram channel "Punishers of Belarus" on January 15 about a senior assistant to the prosecutor Valeria Taratynko , who supported the prosecution in many politically motivated cases. Anna Bogacheva wrote: "Well, nothing, then she will work as an escort, sh**a!".
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