Former police officer, lieutenant. He quit because he could not look at everything that was happening, then he got a job as a security guard. He was badly beaten during the arrest. Former colleagues came to court as victims and spoke well of Oleg, but nevertheless exacted moral compensation. At home, Oleg was left to wait for one mother.
6 years in prison
The musician of the TOR BAND, detained together with Dmitry Golovach, their wives were also detained. Golovach's wife was fined, Burlo's wife was placed under administrative arrest.
At the end of November 2022, Dmitry and Evgeny were sentenced for the third time for 15 days. TOR BAND became a popular band in Belarus during the 2020 protests. Many songs have become hits on different platforms. Information products, social networks and the logo of the TOR BAND were recognized as extremist materials, as well as their songs listed above.
8 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
According to the materials of the prosecution, Bobkov, in February 2022, posted a publication on social networks with a video recording of the movement of vehicles of paramilitary Russian units moving through the territory of the Republic of Belarus, indicating their location. Then, using a mobile phone, he sent it to telegram channels, including those recognized by the court as extremist formations.
Before the trial, Bobkov was at large, under surety. Artyom was taken into custody in the courtroom.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Convicted for one donation of $20 to one of the initiatives, which was later recognized as an “extremist formation.” The donation to help supposedly victims of repression was made back in 2021, when the initiative was not yet recognized as an “extremist group.” There were only eight hearings on the case; it was considered for two months, from November to January. On April 28, 2023, the verdict came into force after the appeal court.
5 years imprisonment in a colony
He was a registered observer at the 2020 elections in Minsk, prepared letters to the prosecutor's office about election fraud.
He was very badly beaten during detention. Felix allegedly had a pornographic image on his phone, his defender and family are sure that this is fiction. Felix is supported in the colony by an elderly sister.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In 2020, he was a member of the «Lida 97%» chat, where he actively wrote messages. He also wrote about his actions in the «Peramoga» plan - he said this in the video of the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the security forces, he called for strikes, protests, as well as sabotage on the railway.
In the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, news was published that criminal cases had been initiated against Dmitry for deliberately disabling communication routes and organizing group actions that grossly violate public order.
3 years in prison in a penal colony.
As a result of the Court of Appeal, the term was reduced from 3 years to 2.5 years.
On October 28, 2022, he was included in the list of persons prone to extremist activities.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
Valentin Fedorenko sent 160 text messages from a push-button phone to the Polish number of the Belsat TV channel. For this, he was accused of facilitating extremist activities. Valentin, who suffers from a mental illness, faced up to six years in prison. According to the source of Radio Svaboda, Valentin suffers from an incurable mental illness. The diagnosis was made back in the 1980s. After that, the pensioner did not go to the doctors. At the trial, the examination confirmed that the disease is incurable and only remission can occur. Fedorenko was sent for a new forensic examination.
In the messages, the man wrote about the movement of Russian military equipment in Gomel and the takeoffs of Russian aircraft from the airfields of the Gomel region. At the court hearing, Valentin admitted his guilt and repented. He stated that he did not know that the Belsat TV channel was an extremist formation.
unknown
According to the materials of the prosecution, Maxim Kurovsky intentionally posted messages in one of the Telegram chats against President Lukashenko, obscene in form and offensive in content.
The examination found that the messages contained a negative assessment of the head of state, humiliated his honor and dignity. Moreover, he used the Belarusian language at the same time. Former investigator of the Pruzhansky district department of the Investigative Committee. He retired from the service in 2020.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A 44 year old citizen of Latvia, who was temporarily registered in the Minsk region, is accused of calling for restrictive measures aimed at harming the national security of Belarus, inciting other social hostility, insulting a government representative and insulting Lukashenko.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was found guilty that in November 2020 and March 2021, he sent information about his former leader to the telegram bots of channels recognized by extremist groups in the Republic of Belarus. Subsequently, it was placed resources through which illegal activities were carried out as part of extremist formations. Also, according to the prosecution, the posting of information received from Borzenko entailed other grave consequences.
He was also found guilty of purchasing and storing firearms ammunition.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Ivan first held the position of investigator in Malorita, then transferred as an investigator to the Kobrin District Department of Internal Affairs. He had the rank of lieutenant.
According to information from the GUBOPiK video, he resigned from the law enforcement agencies and began mining cryptocurrencies. According to security officials, Ivan transmitted information about his colleagues to various telegram channels.
On November 28, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
7 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
the years of imprisonment in the colony are unknown.
In early September, the telegram channel of the volunteer initiative «Lists of Detainees» published information about the detention of an entire family: Jana, Anastasia and Ales Papkovich. Anastasia was released. And Jana and Ales were transferred to the pre-trial detention center -1. During the detention, Ales' phone and equipment were taken away. As a result, we found one photo from March 2020. For him, the guy was given 2 years in prison.
Ales was fond of music since childhood, - says the brother of the political prisoner. - He knows a lot of Belarusian performers, he played with some of them. For example, he performed with cover bands in Minsk clubs, and performed as a violinist with the D-Major group. The last two years before the arrest became especially creative for Ales - he wrote several lyrics for songs, music for them, made recordings. Ales sings in Belarusian.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
3 years imprisonment in a colony
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