According to the prosecution, on August 25, 2020, “in one of the social networks, under a photo in uniform, the deputy head of the police department of the Kobrin district executive committee posted a comment that contradicts universal morality, established rules of communication between people, which is an abnormal form of speech expression, has a negative assessment of the victim.”
journalist of Radio Svaboda. He began working for Svoboda in the early 1990s. Prior to that, he worked as a department head and executive secretary in the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency (Advertising and Digest). In the summer of 2020, he actively covered socio-political events in Belarus, hosted the then popular streams of Radio Liberty. In August 2020, he was deprived of accreditation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with most journalists from foreign media.
Oleg was detained on July 16, 2021 during mass searches of independent journalists in Minsk and other cities of Belarus. After administrative arrest, he was released on bail. Arrested on December 23, 2021.
Resident of Molodechno. He was judged for comments in the local telegram chat "Molodechno for Life Chat". The victims were the Molodechno policemen and the Grodno OMON officer, as well as public figures - Lukashenka, Yermoshina and Karpenkov.
Sergei was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020 against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
According to the prosecution, in one of the telegram channels, a resident of Brest, Yevgeny Poshelyuk, published insulting comments about a judge from Brest. On September 15, 21, the punishment in the form of restriction of freedom with a referral to the IUOT was replaced with "home chemistry".
Trial outcome:
2 years with referral to an open correctional institution.
On May 23, 2021, Sofya Sapega and Roman Protasevich were detained in Minsk - they were flying from Athens to Vilnius, but the plane made an emergency landing in Belarus after a false report of a bomb on board. The trial was held behind closed doors. As a result, the girl was charged under two articles (initially there were seven).
During the trial in Grodno, Sophia was ordered to pay compensation to the victims for moral damage in the amount of 167,500 rubles (more than 65 thousand dollars) and a court fee of 7,488 rubles.
06/07/2023 was pardoned.
Trial outcome 06.05.2022
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 167500 rubles of compensation.
In the summer of 2020, during mass protests against the falsification of the presidential elections, he was the editor-in-chief of the NEXTA telegram channel. After leaving NEXTA, he became the editor-in-chief of the Belarus Brain telegram channel, which was previously administered by political prisoner Igor Losik . Both channels were recognized as extremist by the Belarusian authorities.
On May 23, 2021, as a result of the forced landing by the Belarusian authorities of a Ryanair passenger airliner flying on the Athens-Vilnius route, Roman Protasevich was detained at the National Airport of Minsk by representatives of the special services. It is known that Sofia Sapieha, a student at the European Humanities University, was arbitrarily detained with him.
On May 3, 2023, the verdict was announced to the novel, until the verdict came into force, Roman was left under house arrest.
Valentin was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020 against falsifications in the presidential elections. After the detention, the man felt ill and was taken under escort to the Pinsk Central Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a pre-infarction condition and placed in intensive care. As soon as his condition improved, he was transferred to a temporary detention facility and later convicted of participating in "mass riots."
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