Yuri is a boiler room operator. He was found guilty of attempting to knock down a national flag from a store in February 2024. The man allegedly "made at least two blows to the shaft." When he failed to knock down the flag, he brought a wooden ladder from the house, climbed up it, grabbed the flag pole with his hands and pulled it down: because of this, the pole broke. According to the indictment, Tomashev then “carelessly crumpled the flag, wrapping it around a tree” and took it to his barn, where he kept it in a bag until the police took it out.
Tomashev admitted guilt. He said that he saw the flag and decided to take it for himself. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison.
The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Olga was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."
On July 21, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the fall of 2024.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The man was drinking with his wife in a dormitory around midnight. She called an ambulance and reported an alleged knife wound. The police arrived and offered him a ride to the police station. Then, in front of four police officers from the detention group and his wife, he insulted Alexander Lukashenko. He allegedly did this “with the aim of damaging his authority.” The insult was recorded on the recorder.
According to human rights activists, he was released on November 24, 2024.
Trial outcome 27.03.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The ruling states that while at home in the village of Luzhesno, Melnikov reposted a picture of Lukashenko and negative statements about him on Odnoklassniki. In doing so, he "publicly and indecently insulted the president."
The man fully admitted his guilt in court. The defendant's wife confirmed in court that the page with the repost belonged to her husband.
The man was held in custody pending trial.
According to human rights activists, he was released on December 28, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 28.03.2024
1 year 1 month of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to propaganda legend, she “knocked on closed doors after the voting ended, and then forwarded the video to an extremist resource.”
Elena in a video on a pro-government channel says that she sent the video to a friend who lives abroad, and the further fate of the file is unknown.
Elena is originally from Mogilev, but studied in Minsk at the Faculty of Architecture of BNTU. She worked as an architect for some time, and then became an artist. She makes various jewelry and ceramic dishes, and also does calligraphy and painting.
Trial outcome 29.05.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
She was sentenced to arrest for a period of 3 months for taking a photo of herself standing on the roadway. Victoria is a citizen of the Russian Federation. After serving her sentence, she was forcibly deported to the Russian Federation and deprived of a residence permit in the Republic of Belarus.
Artem was detained at the end of December 2023. According to preliminary data, the man was initially detained on an administrative charge. Then his home was searched, equipment was seized, and Artem Antonov himself was charged with "insulting Alexander Lukashenko" (Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). The details of the case are unknown.
Artem is the son of Sergei Antonov, a Belarusian journalist. Sergei is a staff correspondent for the Belarusian newspaper "Chastny Detective". He is the author of several works within the "Universe Metro 2033". In early December, Sergei was summoned by the head of the KGB in Bykhov, who presented two documents from the Mogilev KGB, which stated that the writer was allegedly involved in a crime - working for the mogilev.media portal. After that, Sergei was forced to emigrate.
On 20.06.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on March 13, 2025.
On the night of October 13-14, 2023, in the center of the pine forest, the official red-green flag was removed from the flagpole and thrown into the trash bin, and the Ukrainian flag was attached in its place. The person who did this was detained based on the recording of a surveillance camera installed on the village council building. Valeriy Samsonenko previously worked in the Svetlogorsk district department of emergency situations, but quit.
On 05.04.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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