Irina was accused of participating in protests in August 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. The woman fully admitted guilt and repented of her crime. As the press service of the prosecutor's office reported, the teacher allegedly "set a negative example for young people through unlawful behavior."
Irina Mazharskaya is now a former geography teacher at Minsk gymnasium No. 25 named after Rimma Shershneva. She prepared students to participate in the Republican Olympiad and was the leader of the Minsk city team in geography. Last year, one of her students at the Olympics received a third-degree diploma in geography, and the gymnasium administration expressed gratitude to Irina for her good work.
Trial outcome 19.09.2023:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
According to the prosecution , Artur Panchenko, “acting jointly and in concert in a group of people from approximately 21:00 on August 9 to 1:30 on August 10, 2020, “stood on the roadway, obstructing the movement of public and other transport, clapped his hands, shouted loudly, whistled, shouted various slogans, while refusing to comply with the legitimate demands of government officials.”
In Zhlobin, according to the investigation, on the day of the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus on August 9, 2020, at about 10 p.m., an aggressive crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered in the area of the city square.
Arthur served under contract in a military unit as a senior fire rescuer of the military fire protection and rescue team in Zhlobin.
In the "repentance video", Sophia says that she participated in a protest in 2020 - namely, she stood on the road with a banner. According to security forces, footage of the girl was found in a DELFI film about Belarusian protests, and therefore she was detained.
Trial outcome 12.09.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to pro-government media, he was convicted of sending the data of three of his former colleagues to one of the “extremist” Telegram channels.
On October 24, 2023, a court hearing was held on the subject of “the release of the convicted person from a sentence of imprisonment, the execution of which was suspended.”
Trial outcome 08.09.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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