Andrei was found guilty in November 2021 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Minsk.
Igor was arrested on September 14, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In November of that year, he was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk.
Nikita was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral. The court considered holding the trial behind closed doors because the case file contains extremist material from the "Punishermen of Belarus" channel and chat.
Tatyana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left in the "Korelichi 97%" Telegram group addressed to Alexei Kot, the chief of staff of the Korelichi District Department of Internal Affairs.
Trial outcome 27.10.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Georgy was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on Facebook under Vladimir Lazarev's post featuring a photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Rudko, an officer with the Bobruisk Main Directorate of Internal Affairs.
Trial outcome 28.10.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Olga was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left on the social media site Odnoklassniki addressed to Viktor Turchinovich, head of the ideological work department of the Kobrin District Police Department. According to the prosecution, the comment contained an obscene and negative assessment of the "victim."
Trial outcome 27.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 800 rubles of compensation.
Vladislav was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the Lukhta Telegram channel addressed to Kutsko, an operative of the economic crimes unit of the criminal police department of the Ivatsevichi District Executive Committee.
Trial outcome 27.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 500 rubles of compensation.
Igor was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.
Trial outcome 28.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
On October 27, 2021, Andrei was found guilty of insulting Vladimir Kozlovsky, a police officer from Grodno who fell during a brawl on May 29, 2020, at a picket to collect signatures for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's nomination as a presidential candidate. According to the prosecution, Andrei left a comment on the social media platform Odnoklassniki containing the word "scum" under Olga Karach's post.
Despite being classified as a second-degree disabled person due to heart problems, he was held in custody for almost a month. After the verdict was announced, Andrei was released in the courtroom.
Trial outcome 27.10.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation.
Denis was arrested on August 5, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was placed in a temporary detention facility for three days. He was subsequently released on personal recognizance.
In October 2021, Denis was convicted of posting the following message in the "Minsk 97%" Telegram chat on September 8, 2020: "Urgent, drivers on Masherov Street! Block traffic, prevent security forces from gathering, help the protesters!"
Andrey, editor of the website "Virtual Brest," was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left in the Telegram chat "Discussing Dangerous Brest" under a photo of House of Representatives member Igor Marzalyuk.
Trial outcome 22.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Tatyana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a judge" for, according to investigators, writing an "offensive inscription" on the mailbox door of Brest Regional Court Judge Ruslana Albertovna Senko on December 18, 2020, "intending it would be read and perceived repeatedly." Tatyana pleaded not guilty.
Trial outcome 21.10.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Renata was detained on November 1, 2020, at a protest in Minsk. A criminal case was subsequently opened against her for "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." She was detained again while attempting to cross the border and placed in pretrial detention pending trial.
In January 2021, Renata was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom.
Alexander was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on VKontakte under a post about how police officers Sergei Vladimirovich Shramov and Alexander Leonidovich Shlupakov "sacrificed their lives" while removing white-red-white balloons.
Alexander was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photograph of Drogichin District Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (OBEP) detective Yuri Chernyshkov. Chernyshkov claimed that on August 10, 2020, the officer had punched and kicked a young woman in a public square and then handed her over to a riot police officer.
Trial outcome 14.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 3250 rubles of compensation.
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