Pro-government channels claim that Vitaly previously wrote 15,000 comments, but deleted them long ago. They also showed how the security forces were “pulling them out” - the screenshot shows part of the old messages of the detained man from the “[Un]peaceful BSUIR” chat, a protest chat of university activists. Along with his old nickname - "Fired Teacher".
From 2009 to 2014, Vitaly studied at the BSUIR at the Faculty of Computer Design, and then entered the master's program in the specialty “Occupational Psychology, Engineering Psychology, Ergonomics.” Afterwards he remained to work as an assistant at the Department of Engineering Psychology and Ergonomics.
Detainee Konstantin Bich said in his “repentance” video that he had previously been prosecuted under administrative article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences, and also received a fine for hanging a white-white flag. According to him, and for insulting a police officer on social networks. Pro-government telegram channels report that the man recently returned to Belarus from EU countries. On November 24, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 03.10.2023
1 year restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the prosecution , the man repeatedly posted comments in an open telegram group in 2020. They saw a “negative assessment of a group of people united by activity” - the Belarusian army, members of election commissions, including its chairman, the police and riot police.
Ignatovich also “deliberately posted text messages on Telegram with calls for group actions that grossly violated public order, persuaded and encouraged them to participate in group actions, namely to unite and gather people, take them out onto the streets, disrupt the normal work of organizations and enterprises, government bodies, as well as law enforcement agencies.”
Trial outcome 24.10.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution, Nikolai Samokhval made an obscene comment towards Lukashenko in the presence of his wife and bailiffs, who came to their apartment to ask questions about their neighbors. The statement was allegedly obscene and humiliated the honor and dignity of Lukashenko, and also assessed him negatively.
Nikolai Vasilyevich did not admit guilt at trial. He said he was at home with his wife when two girls in uniform came to ask about their neighbors. When they were leaving, through his emotions he said the phrase indicated in the expert’s conclusions, but in no way related it to Lukashenko - it referred to the need to change the system as a whole. The prosecution noted that during pre-trial proceedings Samokhval admitted that the phrase was directed towards Lukashenko. It was recorded on the bailiff's video recorder and formed the basis of the charges. It is worth noting that the expert was unable to determine whether Lukashenko was the object of the negative assessment, since this cannot be done using linguistic methods.
The man was accused of writing a message about A. Lukashenko “in one of the telegram chats” on October 21, 2021. This comment was considered offensive.
20/05/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
Trial outcome 02.10.2023:
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
The guy worked as a senior salesman. The investigation claims that Vitaly "as part of a crowd of people went out onto the roadway of the Pervomayskaya highway in Zhlobin, occupying (tightly filling) the area between the buildings located along Pervomayskaya Street..., acting jointly and in concert in a group with other people" until one o'clock in the morning, interfered with the movement of public transport, clapped his hands, whistled, loudly shouted slogans and "demonstratively and disdainfully, openly refused to comply with the demands of government officials."
According to the indictment, on the evening of July 31, 2023, while standing near the building of one of the dormitories of the Minsk Civil Aviation Plant, Kondratyev grabbed the national flag attached to the facade of the building by the cloth with his hands, after which he tore it from its fastening, breaking the flagpole, which is part of the flag. Then, having twisted the flag, he took it with him. By doing this, he harmed the authority of the Republic of Belarus.
And the material damage to the plant amounted to 130 rubles 82 kopecks.
The man was "identified" from a CCTV recording and was detained on August 14, placed in a pretrial detention facility pending trial. The court claimed that Alexander was intoxicated.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 28.09.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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