Marina was found guilty in June 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social media site Odnoklassniki addressed to Yuri Chernyshkov, an operative of the Drogichin District Police Department. The comment was posted under a post alleging that Chernyshkov had punched and kicked a girl on a square in Drogichin on August 10, 2020, and then "handed her over" to riot police.
Trial outcome 24.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Natalia was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki regarding the leadership of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs.
According to the indictment, on the night of February 9-10, 2021, Tatyana obstructed the lawful activities of police officers, namely, a search of her home. According to the officers, during her arrest, Tatyana bit the finger of one of the officers, bit through the glove of another, and kicked a third officer in the head. They also claimed that the woman called them "bandits," "fascists," and "punishers."
In May 2021, Tatyana was found guilty of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and sentenced to a restricted sentence in an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony.
Ekaterina was found guilty in January 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for reposting a photograph and personal information, as well as for posting a comment on this post on the Telegram channel "Slonim for Life," about a riot police officer from the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, Senior Police Sergeant Sergei Oskolkov. According to the investigation, under the repost, she posted a message "containing offensive content, degrading the honor and dignity of Oskolkov."
Trial outcome 22.01.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
Ekaterina was found guilty in February 2021 of a criminal offense under the article on insulting a government official for a comment she left on the Telegram channel "Smolevichi Political Movement" regarding the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Major General of Police Ivan Kubrakov.
Trial outcome 17.02.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Inessa was convicted on charges of distributing leaflets in the city by posting them, which contained “knowingly false” information that slandered police officers.
Maria was found guilty in February 2021 of "desecration of buildings and property damage" for spraying graffiti on the walls of a bus stop, a Tabakerka kiosk, a KBO, and her own home in the village of Bol'shiye Zavshitsy after Ruslan Okostko's arrest.
Lyudmila was found guilty in March 2021 of a criminal case filed under the article "insulting a judge." According to the charges, on December 20, 2020, while at her residence in Minsk, Lyudmila used a personal computer on the website "Mogilev.Online" to post comments under a published article, out of base motives, addressing a judge of the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev regarding her administration of justice. These comments were offensive and degrading, expressed in an obscene manner.
Olga was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "slander" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Svetlana was detained and convicted for, according to investigators, scattering about 45 metal screws near the Minsk prosecutor's office on December 13, 2020. As a result, the car driven by the victim Klintsevich ran over them, and two tires were punctured.
Trial outcome 03.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Olga was found guilty of insulting a government official for her comments in a Viber group about the actions of Dmitry Voronov, head of the State Automobile Inspectorate department of the Stolbtsy District Department of Internal Affairs, during the dispersal of a peaceful demonstration in Stolbtsy in August 2020.
Trial outcome 09.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Darya was found guilty in March 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social network VKontakte in the group "My Country Belarus." The comment was directed at Sergei Kolyada, a senior district police inspector at the Pruzhany District Executive Committee, and Tarasevich, a district police inspector at the same department. The comment read: "Scum".
Trial outcome 11.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2174 rubles of compensation.
Svetlana was found guilty in March 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official. According to the charges, on October 26, 2020, she left the comment "Shoot yourself, b*tch" under a photo of Minsk Regional Executive Committee OMON Sergeant Vitaly Fyodorov on Facebook "with the intent to humiliate the honor and dignity of both the victim personally and the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs." In addition to her restricted freedom, Svetlana was also ordered to pay compensation for moral damages to the "victim."
Trial outcome 24.03.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation.
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