On April 04, 2023, the trial began in closed mode.
It is known that prior to his arrest, Nikolay Davydov worked as a leading design engineer of JSC «Gomselmash».
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
unknown
Member of the Belarusian community for free software, one of the creators of the scientific and educational samizdat «Pamylka». Yury Adamov studied theoretical physics at Belarusian State University, received his doctorate in the UK, and conducted research in American laboratories and universities.
According to pro-government media, he was detained for 24 donations to the extremist «BySol» and «ByHelp», totaling $1,590. Now a criminal case has been opened.
3 years in prison
Former employee of BelVEB bank. Vasily was detained in early July 2022. Pro-government telegram channels claimed that he was detained for allegedly leaking personal data of security forces, teachers and doctors. In the “repentance” video, Ermakov said that he participated in rallies in Minsk and passed information about Interior Ministry employees to the “Black Book of Belarus” bot, “using his official powers.”
Vasily was severely beaten, he even lost consciousness, his ribs were broken. They were transferred to pre-trial detention center-1 from the hospital.
He has 1 child.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under a reinforced regime.
Pavel Pashukevich was detained for comments in the telegram chat “Dyatlovo for life.”
On May 18, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
The court found Pavel guilty of agent activity in favor of Ukraine. The authorities accused him and two other men of sending data to the military intelligence of Ukraine.
Propagandists claim that Kuprienko was recruited by the Ukrainian special services. Taras Machinsky is accused of transmitting data on the deployment and movement of military equipment in Belarus to Kuprienko, and he, in turn, to the Ukrainian special services. It is reported that Dmitry Solovyanchik was used without informing for what purposes. In the video, they say that Dmitry filmed the movement of military equipment in Belarus and asked his relatives about it, and then handed it to Kuprienko, not knowing what he needed them for.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Former police officer Alexander Sazonov and Evgeniy Vasilevsky were detained almost a year ago - on February 27, 2022 in Minsk, and on March 1, both were punished with administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk sentenced Sazonov to 13 days of arrest and Vasilevsky to 15 days for participating in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. Probably, we are talking about the transfer of personal data of security forces to protest chats.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with a general regime.
Dmitry was detained on September 21, 2022 by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption. He was forced to read poems that he himself wrote on camera and admit that in August 2020 he went to protest actions against the current government of the Republic of Belarus, and wrote insults in messages on Facebook and VKontakte. Also in the news in the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, screenshots from the man's social networks appeared criticizing the actions of the authorities.
Dmitry is a children's poet and novelist, winner of the contest «Pisateli - detiam» (2017). He is a member of the International Union of Writers «Novy Sovremennik», the Belarusian Literary Union of Writers «Polotsk vetv». Teacher of the private school «Smart Skul».
2 years in prison
44-year-old resident of Baranovichi.
It is known that after graduating from BSU, he continued to work in the prosecutor's office of the Frunzensky district. At the time of 2020, Pavel worked as a senior investigator in the investigative department of the city of Minsk.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
9 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime
Yuri was detained on January 12, 2022 right at the department of the university where he works.
Yuri Bubnov has been the head of the Department of Humanities at the Belarusian University of Food and Chemical Technologies (formerly MGUP) since 1997. His portrait is on the veterans honor board of the Belarusian State University of Technology (formerly MGUP). The man was awarded the badge «Vydatnik adukatsi». In Mogilev, Yuri Bubnov is known as an expert sociologist, one of the founders of the Center for Urban Initiatives and the festival «Dranik-fest».
2 years in prison
In a video from a public page related to the security forces, Nikita Karpenko said that he was subscribed to the VKontakte groups, which were recognized as “extremist” and, in addition, he left some kind of offensive comment in one of them.
2 years in a colony under general regime conditions
In the period from August 2020 to July 26, 2022, Alexander administered the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!», for which he was detained on July 27, 2022.
On November 24, 2022, by the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!» was recognized as an extremist formation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
The trial of Alexander took place on February 9, 2023, where he was accused under 5 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: Part 1 of Article 361-1, Part 1 of Article 342, part 2 of Article 367, Article 369, part 3 of Article 361.
It is known about Alexander Sumar that in 2006 he worked in the Luninetsky district police Department as a forensic expert. In recent years, he lived in Moscow (Russia).
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Andrei was convicted of slandering Lukashenko and participating in protests 2020. The circumstances of the case are unknown, as the court session was held in closed form.
On March 22, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Former military, topographer. Allegedly detained for participating in protest chats. The film, shot by the pro-government TV channel, claims that Dmitry allegedly shot a video appeal to the military and security forces in 2020, and a year later he contacted the Busly Lyatsyats organization. Also, according to the TV channel, this year Gulin monitored the chats of Brest-97, Gomel-97, Kalinkovichi, Luninets and actively left comments there.
Presumably held in the KGB pre-trial detention center.
14 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
The man worked as a therapist in the emergency room of the city hospital of Lida. According to preliminary information, he was detained for likes and comments of materials against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.
Soon it became known that Andrei Krasnik was going to be tried again: on April 17, 2023, a hearing on the case against the political prisoner under Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code (Violence or threat against an official) and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate the order, or active participation in them). A judge has been appointed to consider the case Vladimir Fedorovich.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
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