Was detained on September 23, 2020 under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them and Art. 364 of the Criminal Code. The national TV channel showed Vitalij confessing his participation in mass riots, he was shown in the forest with his hands tied.
6 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
Volunteer in Viktar Babaryka's presidential campaign team. According to Ihar's parents, he was beaten during the arrest (August 12, 2020), after which he was hospitalized and underwent surgery. On August 18, 2020, he was transferred to the KGB pre-trial prison.
Charges: Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participaton in riot and organization of civil unrest).
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5 years in a medium-security prison
He was detained on charges of mass unrest and accused of participating in “radical” telegram channels.
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5 years in a medium-security prison
The blogger of the telegram channel "Army with the People" was detained on July 21, 2020 and taken into custody as part of a criminal case related to the events of May 29 in Grodno.
4.5 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions
Lawyer and member of the presidium of the Coordination Council for the Resolution of the Political Crisis.
Maxim was detained on September 9, 2020 and charged with conspiracy and extremist activities, including public calls to seize power and actions threatening national security, using the media and the Internet.
10 years imprisonment in a maximum security colony
Convicted of insulting the commander of the riot police of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, D. Balaba, to restriction of freedom without direction. 13.10. 2023 the regime was replaced by imprisonment.
12/02/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
unknown months of imprisonment.
According to the prosecution , Andrei Kholupko, using a mobile phone on the Odnoklassniki social network, in 2020, 2021 and 2023, put four likes on caricatured images of Alexander Lukashenko, in which he was shown as a clown, a monkey, and also together with Vladimir Putin in the pit, thereby publicly, in the public domain, insulted the president.
At the trial, Kholupko indicated that by liking he did not think that this was an insult, he added that no one paid him money for this and he acted impulsively.
On February 24, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel Yanchuk is from the Kamenets region, but lived in Brest. Before the trial, Pavel was placed in custody.
According to the prosecution , on April 17, 2022, Pavel Yanchuk wrote an offensive comment about A.L. Lukashenko under a publication in the telegram channel “Real Belarus”.
On July 18, the appeal was considered, the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
It is known that during a search at home in connection with the case, a white-red-white flag was taken from Vlasyuk, which was later included in the materials of the criminal case.
According to the prosecution, an online comment written on April 22, 2022 under a video of Alexander Grigorievich’s speech was considered a public insult to Lukashenko. This message contained obscene language.
In October 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Semyon was accused of participating in the November protest in 2020 and of allegedly paying his subordinates salaries “in envelopes.”
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a criminal case was opened against Mikhail for insulting Lukashenko. In total, representatives of law enforcement agencies counted 860 comments of Mikhail against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.
Before the trial, Mikhail was under house arrest, on the day of the verdict he was taken into custody in the courtroom
According to human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Former presidential candidate, detained in a criminal case.
Andrey Dmitriev is the co — founder and co-chairman of the «Govori pravdu» association.
In 2021, the association «Govori pravdu» was searched, after which the current account of the organization were blocked, and the office was sealed. On August 12, 2021, Dmitriev was detained for a short time, but then released.
The man was detained again on January 11, 2023 and put in the pre-trial detention center «SIZO -1». The Investigative Committee reported that Dmitriev participated in the post-election protests of 2020, therefore he became a suspect under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On April 20, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Detained for insulting Lukashenko A.G.
On February 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
In September 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
1 year imprisonment in a colony
Convicted for participating in the 2020 protests.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in April 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
On August 31, 2023, the restriction of freedom was replaced by imprisonment in a colony for a period of 7 months and 21 days.
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