Citizen of the Russian Federation. It is known that Maria left a comment in one of the "extremist" Telegram channels on May 26, 2021. It was associated with an emergency landing of a Ryanair aircraft carrying RomanProtasevich. Maria wrote her comment, calling Alexander Lukashenko a "schizo" .
She was arrested on December 15, 2021. She was charged under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (Insulting the President) and Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a representative of authority).
Detained for participating in protests. It is known that the security forces figured out Alexei from the photo - they detained a person who kept photos from the 2020 rally. 23 people were identified from this photo.
At the beginning of March 2022, the judge of the Moscow district, Sergei Katser, found Alexei guilty. The man was released in the courtroom before being sent to the IUOT, but left Belarus almost immediately.
Trial outcome:
3 years restriction of freedom with referral to an open correctional facility
A resident of Orsha was accused of using his account in ok.ru in the group «Usatyi tarakan» («Mustachioed cockroach») left a comment about a traffic police officer who stopped and fined Orsha activists. In particular, he allowed the word «scum» and several other words on the verge of censorship in his messages.
2D artist from Vizor Games. The security forces recorded a “repentant video” with Galina, in which she says that she was subscribed to Telegram channels recognized by the Belarusian authorities as extremist, and that in August 2020 she participated in protests and road closures.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Business Analyst at EPAM IT company. On December 10, the court arrested Nasuro's manager for 13 days under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (part 2 of article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Since December 31, Nasuro has been in pre-trial detention center No. 1. A criminal case was opened against him under the article on gross violation of order (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code). Denis has 4 children.
31.01.2022
At home, Denis painted with oils and watercolors. Now he draws with pencils. He is also interested in languages - the origin of words, the similarity of languages, the origin of geographical names. He knows English, a little German. Interested in the history of Belarus.
Tatyana was detained on November 15 in the building of the Minsk City Court when she wanted to attend the first trial in the case of political prisoner Olga Zolotar. She is known to have suffered abuse. Tatyana was sentenced three times consecutively to 15 days of administrative arrest (as of December 30, 2021, she was sentenced to 45 days). The day before Tatyana's release, her father died. But the security forces did not let her go even to his funeral. On December 31, the decision to release the girl was issued by the judge of the Frunzensky district and the trial was postponed to January 3. From the police department, Tatyana immediately got to her father's funeral. On January 3, 2022, the girl was already safe outside of Belarus, while the court appointed her another 15 days in absentia.
A tester at EPAM, has two minor children. She was detained on December 16, 2021, as part of a criminal case on group actions that grossly violate public order. Her home was searched. Transferred to a pretrial detention center.
Detained on October 13, 2021. In the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, a video was published where a girl is accused of participating in a chain of people connected to each other with their hands in the elbow area during protests.
15.10.2023
Освобождена
Trial outcome 24.12.2021:
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Since August 2020, she has participated in peaceful protests. She was detained three times (received fines, because she was a disabled person of the 2nd group due to epilepsy). In March 2021, she was summoned to the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs, where she was threatened with a criminal case, Natalia was able to record this on a voice recorder. They began to follow Natalia, and in May 2021 they came with a search under Art. 342 and 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. In emergency mode, the girl was forced to leave the country.
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