Nikolai, a volunteer at Viktor Babariko's headquarters, was detained on the night of August 12-13, 2020, along with Vladislav Koretsky, on charges of involvement in mass riots. He was convicted of participating in protests.
He was released on 01.02.2025, having fully served his sentence.
A volunteer for Viktor Babariko's headquarters, Igor, according to his parents, was beaten and was in a military hospital until August 18, 2020, where he underwent surgery. He was later convicted of "mass riots." During the debate, the prosecutor demanded not only imprisonment, but also the confiscation of a car belonging to Igor's mother.
09.06.2021
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Trial outcome 10.06.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, unknown rubles of compensation.
Initially, there were 12 defendants in the case. Since the fall of 2020, only David Slashchev has remained at large. Several political prisoners have reported being tortured during their detention or while writing "confessions."
All of them are accused of participating in a "radical" Telegram chat. The testimony mentions several chats, including "OGSB" (Civil Self-Defense Unit), "Rabota Minsk," "100," and "101." They are also accused of intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka stores.
Dmitry Lastovsky stated in court that he was an apolitical person and was happy with what he had: his family and his job. He noted that he had been looking for a work assistant in the "Part-time Job Minsk" chat.
He is expected to be released in early March 2025.
23.05.2021
Dmitry wrote that the first court session was postponed to June 7, Semashko, 33
Journalist for the TUT.BY portal. She was detained on November 19, 2020 in connection with a criminal case on the alleged disclosure of medical secrets of Roman Bondarenko, who was beaten to death.
Andrey was first detained and wounded on August 9, 2020. After spending three days in the Zhodino temporary detention facility, he was released. However, on September 1, 2020, he was detained again in a criminal case and later convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 16.02.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1220 rubles of compensation.
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, 2020 in Grodno.
He was released in July 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 07.05.2021
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, military service restriction.
Sergey is a former professional football player. In 1997-1998, he played 36 matches in the Major League, played for Molodechno and Slonim's Kommunalnik. After finishing his career, he went into the media business. He worked as the commercial director of Alfa-Radio. After that, he was the director of the advertising agency Prime Media Group and the editor-in-chief of the TV channel TV RAY.
He was arrested and convicted in connection with a case of mass riots initiated following the events of August 9-13, 2020.
In June 2023, the court decided to transfer Sergei to prison regime until the end of his term.
On August 1, 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
The businessman, co-founder of the online publications kyky.org and TheVillage-Belarus, owner of the Vondel/Hepta agency and the Ў Gallery space, was detained by the DFI officers.
On February 4, 2022, he was released in the courtroom due to the expiration of the period of prosecution.
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