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was detained on September 30, 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.
Released in the winter of 2023 upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
was detained on October 1, 2021 in Brest 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 the first half of March 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2 years in prison .
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Until 2020, he worked in the Investigative Committee in various positions. Retired Lieutenant Colonel of Justice. Convicted for participation in the marches on August 16 and 23, 2020.
On April 12, 2023, Alexey was released after serving his entire sentence.
After Senkov’s release, he was detained again at the end of July 2023. Propagandists claim that Alexey allegedly “tried to involve his former colleagues in resolving the issue for a bribe. At the same time, he committed obviously illegal actions in the interests of a Ukrainian citizen serving a sentence.”
On October 30, 2023, the verdict was announced in a new criminal case - 3 years of strict regime with confiscation and a fine of 400 basic.
2 years in a general regime colony
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Veterinarian. Convicted for throwing a chicken egg into a traffic police car on August 10, 2020.
2 years of "home chemistry"
Pavel was convicted of, according to the charges, acting in a group with other people, throwing pieces of paving slabs and other objects at police cars.
In February 2022, by a court decision, Pavel's sentence was replaced with a stricter one - imprisonment.
According to human rights activists, he was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Arseniy was convicted of allegedly acting in a group with others to throw pieces of paving slabs and other objects at police cars during the August 2020 protests in Lida.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence.
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On October 1, 2021, a search was carried out in Mozheiko’s house, a little later he was detained and placed in a detention center on Akrestsina Street as part of an initiated criminal case for an article in a publication about Andrey Zeltser. The Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation and the Union of Journalists of Russia called for the immediate release of the journalist
Mozheiko is the author of an article about Andrei Zeltser, a Minsk resident killed in a shootout with KGB officers. According to the prosecution, Mozheiko “acting on the basis of political and ideological hostility, committed a number of crimes between June 23, 2020 and October 2021.” He also “made and posted on the Internet negative, obscene and unacceptable” statements regarding Lukashenka.
The journalist pleaded not guilty in court.
01/23/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Alexander was tried for writing an offensive comment in Odnoklassniki on June 21, 2021, under a post about police officer Igor Volnich .
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
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!".
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
Initially, Sudnik was charged under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting Oleg Gaidukevich, however, due to the fact that the "crime" was committed on a call to 102, he was recognized as non-public and the charges were dropped.
Such conditions of “non-publicity” do not apply to Article 368 of the Criminal Code: the court considered that the policeman heard the insult and passed it on, which made it public. Therefore, Sudnik was found guilty that on January 6, 2021, she called the police twice and insulted Lukashenka .
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Nadezhda was accused of insulting an official on social networks, a police officer who did not appear at the meeting. Nadezhda Kuznetsova has a higher education and is raising two minor children.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the indictment, on April 30, 2021, Dmitry Smantser insulted Ruslan Kutsko, the detective of the group for combating economic crimes of the criminal police of the Ivatsevichi District Executive Committee, and left a comment on the Luhta telegram channel under a post about deanonymization of Kutsko with the following content: "Kutsko is <obscene word>" .
On October 27, 2023, the term of serving the sentence ended.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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Stepan was arrested in connection with the protests in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020, and convicted of participating in "mass riots." He was accused of attempting to hit police officers, as well as hitting a shield that hit the leg of police officer Polivoda.
At the trial, Stepan explained that he tried to pass by, but was pushed by a shield, he fell, and cut his knee. According to him, the gesture that looked like a throw on the video was actually an attempt to fix his sleeve.
He was released in February 2024, having served his entire sentence as determined by the court.
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The Gomel volunteer, who was present at the trials of political prisoners, helped with the transfers and wrote letters of support. On July 8, 2021, Ilya was arrested by the KGB as a witness in an "act of terrorism". On July 16 he was released. On September 30, 2021, Ilya was arrested for 3 days. Mironov did not go free and was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
Since Ilya was in a pre-trial detention center for more than a year, as a result of calculating the term 1 to 2 (1 day in a pre-trial detention center is equal to 1.5 days in a colony), he was released in the courtroom.
1.5 years in prison and 200 basic fines
For what reason the woman is kept in a pre-trial detention center is unknown. She has a public lawyer. Natalya Belobekhova works as a teacher-defectologist. She brings up two minor children (11 and 16 years old). It is known that Natalya is involved in a criminal case initiated under an article on treason against the state against employees of Belarusian factories who supported the strike and were members of the Workers' Movement. This initiative was recognized as extremist on September 21, and at the same time, workers were detained throughout the country.
She was released on November 12, 2021 on bail.