Father of political prisoner Nikita Zolotarev . Mikhail was detained on August 8, 2023 and sentenced to 15 days of arrest under Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (distribution of extremist materials). After the first arrest, he was not released and was sentenced under the same article to another 15 days, and then to another 15.
On September 22, 2023, on the eve of his release after serving his third administrative arrest in a row, he was again found guilty of committing an offense and sent to a detention center for the fourth time.
On October 24, by decision of the KGB, the closed Telegram chat “Gomel for Nikita Zolotorev” was recognized as an “extremist formation,” and its only designated participant was the father of the political prisoner, Mikhail Lapunov.
Human rights activists learned that some time after serving administrative arrests, Mikhail was taken into custody. As of the summer of 2024, he is being held in a pre-trial detention center .
A former military man, a resident of Minsk, who was forced by the special services under torture to participate in a provocation, within the framework of which the latter contacted representatives of BYPOL and offered to carry out direct actions. All negotiations and correspondence were recorded.
On March 19, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
19 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions.
Detained for donations. There is a child under 1 year of age.
On February 6, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
5 years imprisonment in a maximum security colony
Svetlana is a pensioner and cycling activist from Gomel, chairman of the regional public association “VeloGomel”. Previously, Korol worked as a teacher-organizer. In 2020, a woman joined the Gomel Coordination Council.
According to Viasna , security forces detained Korol in 2020 and conducted “preventive conversations.” At home, Svetlana has an old mother and a husband with cancer, whom she cares for.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
2 years imprisonment in a colony
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
2 years imprisonment.
On November 17, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force. However, on December 4, 2023, a new court hearing was held under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On February 13, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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Koval was detained on May 28, 2023 right at the border. He was returning from a competition in Slovakia, and upon entering Belarus, Koval’s phone was asked to be checked. The man himself provided the security forces with his phone and password. During the examination, he was found to have data that was “prohibited” according to the Belarusian security forces. Since that day, Koval has been in captivity.
At the criminal trial, Koval was accused of sending a video to the Nexta Editorial telegram bot on March 27, 2022. The video showed the movement of military equipment on the MKAD ring road (around Minsk). Thus, according to the state prosecution, Koval committed a crime, because the Belarusian authorities consider Nexta an “extremist formation.”
2.5 years imprisonment in a colony
Presumably convicted for activity (comments and likes) on social networks.
On February 21, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
It is known that the man worked as a mechanic at the Zavet OJSC company, which installs electrical networks. Previously, the man had an individual entrepreneur who was engaged in car repairs.
Several criminal cases have been opened against the man for comments on the telegram. The man deleted his account in 2022, but he was found. The fact is that his account was on his undisguised Belarusian number, and for some time even had a photo of Pavel himself as an “avatar”. During this time, he managed to leave more than 600 comments in various chats.
On June 7, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
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It is known that Danilchik was detained in Slonim in August 2023 and initially arrested for 15 days, after which a criminal case was opened .
According to the prosecution materials, Danilchik “repeatedly posted in extremist chats on the Telegram messenger and in public chats on the YouTube video hosting service information of an offensive nature against Lukashenko, degrading his honor, personal dignity and authority. From February 2022 to July 2023, he posted on the Internet in messages and comments that are indecent in form and derogatory in intent towards government officials in connection with the performance of their official duties."
2 years imprisonment in a colony
Artem is from Rogachev and studied at Gomel State Technical University. A few years ago the guy moved to Minsk and recently worked as a waiter.
In a “repentance” video published in mid-March, Artem said that he was detained “for moderating the 97% Serebryanka chat.” But the channel was recognized as an “extremist formation” only on May 30, 2023.
He began to be tried in the Minsk City Court on August 29, 2023 under Part 1 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation).
4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.
The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”
09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".
On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus
| 20.09.2023 | 19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А. |
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He was detained in early May 2023, when he came to make a transfer to his brother Maxim Lopatin, who was detained in the Machulishchi case. Before this, the man lived in Lithuania. He was detained in the same case of sabotage in Machulishchi and charged under Art. 289 of the Criminal Code. Later, the article was reclassified to 361-2 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activities).
On July 5, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
4 years imprisonment in a colony
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