The driver of the Svetlogorsk municipal housing unitary enterprise "Svetoch" Vladimir was detained by the police at work on January 6 of this year. First, an administrative case was filed against him, and in the Svetlogorsk district court he was arrested under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code.
Then he was charged with allegedly “inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or enmity.” People who have spoken unkindly about government officials on the Internet are tried under this article.
According to human rights activists , he was released in November 2023 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
According to the materials of the prosecution, on August 9, 2020, Lolita joined the crowd of people, went out onto the roadway, clapped her hands, shouted loudly, shouted various slogans, refused to comply with the demands of the police officers.
In court, Kozyreva explained that she did not shout out slogans, did not get into a clutch, did not use physical force against police officers, did not throw any objects at them. When the police officers began to approach the crowd and force the citizens out of the roadway, she went home.
According to the protocol of inspection of items dated April 25, 2023, the characteristics of the shirt seized from Kozyreva were examined and recorded. When examining the shirt and comparing it with the video files of CCTV cameras, it was established that it was in this shirt that she was wearing that evening at the protest.
At first, Oleg was convicted under an administrative article, part 2 of article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Distribution of extremist materials) for sending a telegram post from the Mustache Lukashenko channel in private messages to a friend. For this, the man was sentenced to 10 days of arrest. And already on March 22, 2023, the man was placed in a pre-trial detention center on criminal charges for comments about Lukashenka and the Belarusian military. According to human rights activists , there was such a comment about the military: "pi * duki" (it was with the asterisk sign that the comment imputed to Oleg was).
During Prokopchuk's stay in a pre-trial detention center, he had a third child, but this did not affect the court's decision.
On August 1, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2024after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
According to the materials of the prosecution , on the evening of August 9, 2020, Polina, together with her husband and other persons, “took an active part in group actions involving obvious disobedience to the legitimate demands of government officials, associated with a deliberate obstruction of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
Trial outcome 14.07.2023:
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Operator-setup worker. He was detained after a family celebration, during which a domestic conflict occurred and the police were called. According to the prosecution, Konstantin, while sober, spoke disrespectfully about Lukashenko A. in front of the police officers, using obscene language. For this, he was detained and taken into custody.
On 25.08.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on February 24, 2025.
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