She was convicted for a comment "Vo padlyuka" in the address of Lisitsa S. - the head of the department of education, sports and tourism of the Glusk district executive committee.
Trial outcome:
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
An activist of the Mothers 328 movement, she sent many complaints about the illegal detention of her son and his sentencing under a criminal article.
She was detained for “slander” and sentenced to 4 years of restriction of freedom with a referral to the IWOT. She served her sentence in IUOT-1. On April 12, 2024, a court hearing was held to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a colony for 10 months.
According to the case materials , in January 2021, Gavrilov purchased and provided two acquaintances, Tatyana and Oleg Birulya, with aerosol cans of paint. After which, from January to February 2021, the latter applied inscriptions and drawings to various infrastructure objects in Soligorsk, "causing them to become damaged." They also applied an inscription to the wall of one of the houses regarding Lukashenko, "in which they accused him of a particularly serious crime, that is, they committed slander."
Then, from August to December 2021, the accused distributed leaflets and other printed materials in Soligorsk . The content of these leaflets was allegedly aimed at inciting social hatred and discord on the basis of a different social affiliation.
At the end of winter 2024, it became known that Tatyana was being transferred to a prison in Zhodino.
Trial outcome 12.12.2022
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
For comments in the Telegram channel. The victims were the chairman of the Volkovysk district executive committee, Mikhail Sitko (the only one who did not file a claim for compensation for moral damage), OMON policemen of the Grodno Internal Affairs Directorate Daria Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich, head of the police department of the Volkovysk district police department Valery Romanchik, head of the Volkovysk district police department Vitaly Osotsky. In total, the victims estimated their moral suffering at 5,000 rubles - while the accused has a pension of 500 rubles. The woman in the last word said that imprisonment would be a "death sentence" for her, but judge Andrei Tolochko sentenced her to 2.5 years in prison.
Olga was detained in August 2021 in connection with the case of the Voitekhovich family, accused of terrorism, namely the attack on the Gaidukevich house, and taken into custody.
Released from custody on December 13, 2021.
Subsequently, in August 2022, Olga was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in post-election protests.
Trial outcome 03.08.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Anastasia, a BGEU graduate, was arrested in February 2022 on criminal charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. Anastasia was identified from a photograph.
In April 2022, Anastasia was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Trial outcome 29.04.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Anastasia, a master's student majoring in psychology at BSPU, was arrested in January 2022 on criminal charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," for "blocking roads" during the August 2020 protests in Minsk.
In May 2022, Anastasia was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In October 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of increasing the severity of the punishment.
She was detained for drawing "Pahonia" stencils. On September 20, the Central District Court of Minsk sentenced three political prisoners: Anatoly Latushka, the cousin of politician Pavel Latushko, Lilia Ananyan, and Elena Malinovskaya. At the trial, Latushko and Malinovskaya pleaded not guilty, while Ananyan fully admitted her guilt. Judge Dmitry Karsyuk sentenced Anatoly to six years in prison, Elena to four years in prison, and Lilia to five years of house arrest, before releasing her in the courtroom.
Elena has a minor son left at home.
Elena was supposed to be released at the end of August 2025, but shewas never released. As Elena'sfriends told Nasha Niva, she was transported to Minsk,where a new criminal case was opened against her.
In early March, Elena was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison. Because she had already served over four years behind bars, the court counted this time toward her sentence, so she was released during the trial.
Trial outcome 20.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.12.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 06.03.2026
4 years 9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vera, a Russian citizen, was arrested in January 2022 on criminal charges for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.
In August 2020, Vera's photo was on the front page of the Belarusian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
In May 2022, she was found guilty of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to imprisonment.
She was released in October 2022, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
After her release, Vera was immediately taken to the Russian border, as she had been banned from entering Belarus for five years. She wasn't even allowed to pack her things before being deported.
Lyudmila was arrested on January 19, 2022, in connection with a criminal case opened following protests in Zhlobin in August 2020, and placed in pretrial detention.
In April 2022, she was found guilty of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and sentenced to imprisonment.
She was released in May 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Oksana was found guilty in November 2021 of criminal charges related to insulting a government official and Lukashenko. The court sentenced her to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
In 2022, the type of punishment was increased, and Oksana was transferred to a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, she was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served her sentence.
Trial outcome 09.11.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 17.12.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Natalia was found guilty in November 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment posted on the social network Odnoklassniki about the senior district police inspector of the Bobruisk Department of Internal Affairs, Police Captain Andrei Komar.
Trial outcome 15.11.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
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