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 .
From the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the "extremist formation" Black Book of Belarus "".
Over Olga has passed trial in absentia .
12 years in prison
A media manager, in the telegram channel of the pro-government department he is called the administrator of the “extremist formation Black Book of Belarus”.
Over Dmitry passed the trial in absentia.
12 years in prison
According to the indictment , Sedenevsky, Yakubovsky, Zakharkevich and Stepantsova grossly violated public order at the protests by threatening and committing violence against police officers. The case involves 11 injured employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
3.5 years restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
Inga was detained in October 2022 under an administrative article, after serving her term, she was not released. In 2020, Inga was detained under an administrative article for participating in protests, but the case was closed due to the statute of limitations.
2 years of freedom restriction without referral to an open institution
1.5 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
Orthodox Christian, researcher and guide Valeria Chernomortseva, after serving a 10-day administrative arrest, was transferred to SIZO-1.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
The reason for the detention of Sergei was a photo from the book "I'm leaving." According to the results of the examination of the phone, another photo with a different date was found. As a result of the case, there were 2 episodes of participation in protests.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
3 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
Actor (more than 30 film roles), casting director (8 film projects), director (2 short films). He was detained under an administrative article, but after a day he was not released. Presumably, a criminal case has been opened for participating in protests and openly expressing one's opinion.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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