According to the prosecution , Alexander was drunk when on the night of June 19, 2023, he allegedly first tore down a flag mounted on the wall of one of the stores. Afterwards, he removed another flag from a house in Minsk near a metro station, after which he handed it over to a metro employee. After that, he allegedly removed the flag from the facade of the building of the Belpochta RUE branch and left it at the entrance. At the end of the action, the man allegedly tore off another flag, which he threw at a public transport stop and set it on fire. That same night, Alexander allegedly set fire to a plastic waste container. Alexander Smirnov did not admit guilt during the trial. He said that he tore down the flags when he was drunk, because he wanted to leave a memory of his stay in Belarus and hang them at home. He had no intention of desecrating state symbols. He set fire to one of the flags by accident, and was completely absent from the scene of one of the incidents. Alexander noted that he gave preliminary testimony regarding this episode under physical and emotional pressure from police officers .
On November 14, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
It became known that, after the elections in August 2020, Lapikov posted on his Instagram page a post with a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko in the uniform of the SS (a paramilitary formation of the Nazis, responsible, among other things, for crimes against humanity). The publication was accompanied by a poem, the text of which is currently unknown.
On December 5, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
His trial began on September 4, 2023 in the Minsk City Court. This is the same Minsk resident whom people “recaptured” from arrest at a picket to collect signatures on May 31, 2020, after he shouted “Ganba!” by traffic police officers. Now Evgeniy is being tried in a criminal case.
On November 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
He was detained for participating in the 2020 protests and for active public criticism of the illegal actions of government agencies and the regime as a whole. Later, his daughter and son were detained for participating in protests; they later managed to travel abroad. Also three more people were detained together in Alexander, who were convicted at the end of May for participating in protests.
6.5 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
A worker of the Svarmetprofil enterprise Alexander Nikonov, who was detained at the end of June 2023. It is known that he was accused of “insulting A. Lukashenka” and “slandering A. Lukashenko” because he marked “Class” under a post in the public STOP LUKA on the Odnoklassniki social network.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
A severe sentence in a criminal case is revenge from the authorities for participating in a peaceful protest on August 9, 2020 against the results of the presidential elections in the Republic of Belarus and working in the strike committee at the BMZ.
Recently, the majority of those convicted in Zhlobin under the same article received restrictions of freedom without being sent to open institutions. However, the case of Alexey Avdeev was treated very harshly. Specifically, two weeks before the consideration of his criminal case, an administrative case under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus, which was carried out against a young man.
It is known about Alexey that he actively volunteered during the Covid epidemic, was one of the first to go on strike after the 2020 elections, in his free time he trained teenagers who were interested in motorsports and cross-country racing, and assembled a motorcycle for himself with his own hands.
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2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Denis Khokhlov has lived in Russia since February 2023, he went there because he was afraid of persecution in his homeland. From Russia, he was going to leave for Georgia, but in June 2023 he was detained in Kabardino-Balkaria because he was on the interstate wanted list at the request of Belarus.
Denis is the stepfather of Vladislav Lagutenko, who has already been sentenced for participating in the protests to two years of home chemistry.
Since there is no analogue of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation, and for walking on the roads during protests there is only an administrative punishment, the terms of which Denis has long expired, the Russian prosecutor's office refused to deport.
But in another court, where the man was brought on July 13, he was given an administrative fine for “exceeding the maximum period of stay in Russia without registration.” The man was not released from custody .
He was re-detained and placed in the Center for temporary stay of foreigners. As evidence that Denis should be kept in detention until deportation, he was wanted in Belarus, despite the fact that under Russian law he is completely innocent. Complaints and appeals to the official bodies, which were written by Russian human rights activists, did not give any result. Denis will be taken to Belarus.
On January 18, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict was left unchanged.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
On October 13, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
It is known that Irina’s mother is disabled 2 degrees, musculoskeletal system, pensioner, 75 years old. Doesn't leave the house.
The sister is on long-term sick leave after spinal surgery.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
A pharmacist by education, Dmitry is accused under six articles of the criminal code.
According to the state prosecution , from August 2020 to February 2023, the man transferred 68 euros to the accounts of the Belsat information resource, as well as 68 euros and 78 dollars to the accounts of the Bysol Solidarity Fund. In addition, for more than a year he transferred money from a media resource - "whose materials are recognized as extremist", as well as 33 euros to the accounts of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment.
The defendant made photocopies of departmental documents that were sent to the pharmacy and sent them to Telegram channels, which Lukashenko's servants call "extremist groups." During the first court hearing, it became known that the documents included information about the verification of military registration cards of those liable for military service, about the disappearance of some Ukrainian-made medicines from the Belarusian market, an appeal from the Belarusian Union of Women in connection with the situation at the border, and a decision by the Ministry of Health. In addition, the man recorded a video from the pharmacy's outdoor surveillance cameras showing the movement of Russian military equipment and also sent it to Telegram channels.
On 28.11.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
6 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
Nikolai was repeatedly tried for “unauthorized picketing,” and in March 2022, the man was arrested for 20 days for calling for participation in the protest on February 27. He was detained at home by five security officers wearing bulletproof vests.
On December 5, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Former head physician of the Belarus sanatoriums in Lithuania and Russia. According to pro-government media, he was detained in the summer of 2021. He is accused of treason against the state for “collecting data about Belarusians who were vacationing in sanatoriums.” In addition, Belarus 1 claims, Kobel collected “information about Lukashenko’s residence in Sochi.”
On November 24, 2023, an appeal took place in his case, and in December he was sent to a colony to serve his sentence.
9 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Natalya was detained after returning from Poland. Her telegram account was tied to her own Belarusian number, so she could be found from the comments.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024: unknown years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024: the sentence was upheld.
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