former head of the department for drug control and combating human trafficking of the Lida District Department of Internal Affairs, police major. In August 2020, he resigned from the authorities and made a video message in which he stated that looking at everything that was happening "became unbearable."
12 years imprisonment in absentia
25 years imprisonment in absentia
Stanislav Luponosov has been working at GUBOPiK since July 2020, after the elections he quit and left the country.
18 years in prison in absentia.
Former member of the Investigative Committee. Resigned due to protests in Belarus, fled to another country.
12 years imprisonment in absentia
Former fighter "Diamond". Now in exile, he is engaged in social and political activities.
Belarusian state, political and public figure. Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus. Member of the Coordinating Council for organizing the process of overcoming the political crisis. Head of the People's Anti-Crisis Administration.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Pavel Latushko, Olga Kovalkova, Maria Moroz, Sergei Dylevsky were tried in the same criminal case. In total, they were charged with 12 articles.
Pavel Latushko refused the lawyer assigned to him. According to him, the Investigative Committee is trying to create the appearance of legality, but it does not work well. He also demanded to receive a copy of the decision to initiate a criminal case or to recognize him as a suspect. But I did not receive the corresponding document.
18 years of imprisonment in a colony "in absentia"
Candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Belarus in the 2020 elections. After the announcement of the official results, protests began. Tikhanovskaya announced the usurpation of power by the incumbent president and called for new and fair elections. On August 11, 2020, Tikhanovskaya left Belarus. Her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky, a blogger and politician, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Pavel Latushko, Olga Kovalkova, Maria Moroz, Sergei Dylevsky were tried in the same criminal case. In total, they were charged with 12 articles.
On January 11, Svyatlana Tikhanovskaya applied to the Minsk City Court demanding that she be granted the right to familiarize herself with the materials of the case in her trial in absentia. She also notified the court that she was going to exercise her right to a lawyer. She also wrote to the Minsk City and Republican Bar Associations that she wanted to contact the lawyer assigned to her and work out a position.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya stressed that she considers the procedure of trial in absentia a violation of basic human rights and freedoms.
15 years of imprisonment in a colony "in absentia"
Belarusian journalist, blogger, director, TV presenter, author and creator of NEXTA channels on social and political topics.
The creators and editors of the Nexta project: Stepan Putilo, Yan Rudik and Roman Protasevich, are accused of a number of criminal articles, and a lawsuit has been filed against them for a total amount of more than 30 million rubles. Putilo and Rudik were subjected to "special proceedings". Protasevich complied with the terms of the pre-trial cooperation agreement concluded with him in full, therefore he remains under house arrest - he is the only one of the accused who actually participates in the trial. According to the Belarusian state agency BelTA, the defendants are accused of committing at least 1,586 crimes.
Earlier, the KGB put Putilo and Protasevich on the "terrorist list", and Nexta in Belarus is a "terrorist organization".
20 years in prison in absentia.
in the telegram channel of the pro-government department, he is called the administrator of the "extremist formation" Black Book of Belarus "".
Daniil was tried in absentia .
12 years in prison
in the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the “extremist formation Black Book of Belarus.” Yanina also leads the YouTube channel "Dzikae palyavanne".
Yanina was tried in absentia.
12 years in prison
in the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the “extremist formation Black Book of Belarus.”
Valeria was tried in absentia .
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