Nadezhda was found guilty of the fact that from November 9 to 23, 2020, she intentionally and in an indecent manner posted a comment under a YouTube video in which the traffic police in Bobruisk seized a car without reason, with a negative assessment of government officials - police major Oleg Banduro, senior lieutenant Drozd and junior lieutenant Anisichkov - with the content "They are recruiting idiots", which harms their honor and dignity.
Trial outcome 30.06.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 900 rubles of compensation.
Tatyana was convicted for a comment left on August 14, 2020, on the social network Odnoklassniki under a photo of police officer Yuri Chernyshkov. According to the prosecution, she publicly insulted a government official in order to undermine the authority of state bodies. The examination considered her words a negative assessment. The court sentenced Tatyana to restricted freedom.
Trial outcome 29.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Tatyana was convicted for calling Vitaly Stasyukevich, deputy head of the public order protection department of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee Internal Affairs Directorate, a "hateful bastard" in the Grodno 97% Telegram channel. This statement was classified as an insult to a government official. Tatyana was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to a correctional facility and was ordered to pay moral compensation to the "victim."
Trial outcome 29.06.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Albert was convicted of insulting OMON officer Alexei Talyarenko "with the aim of damaging the authority of state power." According to the prosecution, on October 25, 2020, he left an offensive comment in the chat "Brest Vostok 97%". At the trial, he did not admit guilt, claiming that he did not publish the message, and his account was deleted.
Trial outcome 23.06.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 500 rubles of compensation.
Evgeny was convicted of publishing, according to the prosecution, offensive comments in one of the Telegram channels addressed to a judge from Brest.
In September 2021, the punishment in the form of restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional institution was replaced by “house arrest” as part of a pardon.
Tamara was convicted for a comment posted on the social network Odnoklassniki in February 2021. During a dispute with another user, she wrote: "And you are a louse on a comb if you like the schizoid speeches of a paranoid. Only a d... (a person with mental retardation - PV) like you can listen to this ravings of a gray mare."
The investigation found that the statement referred to Lukashenko, despite the fact that his name or position were not directly mentioned. The court hearing was held behind closed doors.
Trial outcome 17.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Darya was convicted in April 2021 for a comment left about police lieutenant colonel Vadim Polyakov. In December of the same year, she was convicted again for a comment published on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus".
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 587 rubles of compensation.
A resident of Zhabinka was convicted under the article “violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies” for, according to the charges, throwing a bottle with a flammable mixture towards the car of the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers.
Trial outcome 05.11.2020
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Mikhail was convicted in a criminal case initiated over the events of November 1, 2020, when a march to Kurapaty was taking place in Minsk. He was accused of blocking the road near Chelyuskintsev Park during the rally, which resulted in damage to Minsktrans. Despite the fact that Mikhail had previously been brought to administrative responsibility for the same episode, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
In 2023, at least two court hearings were held regarding Mikhail "on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility." The results of these hearings are unknown.
Alexander was convicted for a comment left on the Telegram channel “Brest 97%” addressed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs employee Pavel Tasoev, which he considered offensive.
The term of serving the sentence in the form of "house arrest" officially ended on March 19, 2023. Since March 20, Alexander has been placed on preventive registration for a period of two years.
Elena was convicted in December 2020 for writing “I AM WITH US” on the Minskkommunteploset building and for “using violence against a police officer” during her arrest.
According to the prosecution, she sprayed paint from a can towards the employee’s head, torso and limbs, and also restricted his movement by holding him by his clothes.
Trial outcome 17.12.2020
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1081 ruble of compensation.
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