The political prisoner was accused of filming the movement of Belarusian military equipment on his phone on March 18, 2022 in the Ivatsevichi region and sending the video to one of the telegram groups recognized as “extremist” materials. Andrei fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.
The man’s mobile phone was seized as a “means of committing a crime.”
Trial outcome 04.09.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In early October 2022, unknown individuals hung a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on a power line support in the Moscow district of the capital. The next day, a post appeared on Anton Motolko's Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: "Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!" During operational and investigative activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 who allegedly did this. Including Igor.
As propagandist Gladkaya writes, since September 2020, Igor Tikach has left more than three thousand messages in one of the extremist yard chats.
Gladkaya also notes that Savelyev and Tikach allegedly wanted to get visas, renewed their passports, and Igor was already waiting for a call from the Polish consulate. Igor has two minor children and a wife who has serious health problems at large.
On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in December 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 12.06.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On March 14, 2023, the security forces published a penitential video with Ivan, where he says that he was detained for registering with the Peramog Plan and for distributing extremist materials. The court decision was 7 days of administrative arrest, in total Ivan was 10 days in the temporary detention facility.
Previously, he worked as a medical forensic expert, presumably because of which he attracted special attention from the special services.
Transgender man. When writing a letter, please note: indicate Oleg's passport data (Olga Alekseevna Zayats) on the envelope. He worked as a craftsman, made bracelets and other souvenirs that could be purchased in the shop of St. Elisabeth Monastery. Has a stomach disease, as well as problems with the musculoskeletal system (amputated toes).
Detained on March 29, 2023, allegedly for participating in protests. The apartment was searched by the KGB officers. Oleg first spent several weeks in the KGB pre-trial detention center, then for an examination at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health, and now he has been transferred to pre-trial detention center-1 (SIZO-1).
Earlier, Oleg was repeatedly detained on political charges. In all cases, as a sign of protest, Oleg announced and held a dry hunger strike.
Vladislav was accused of participating in a Minsk protest in 2020 and entering the roadway. He fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.
Vladislav’s detention was changed from detention to a written undertaking not to leave the place and was released from the courtroom. The man worked as a 4th category mechanic in an open joint stock company.
Trial outcome 13.06.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Tatyana is 52 years old. She worked as a producer of the information broadcasting directorate of STV. Detained together with her daughter for participating in the 2020 protests.
According to the case materials , in February 2022, she posted a comment that "insulted and humiliated the honor and dignity" of Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov and "was aimed at undermining the authority of government officials." After the publication of a video on the CyberSlivy Telegram channel with a leaked telephone conversation between Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov from September 2020, which became evidence that the police were telling judges what decisions to make for participants in peaceful protests. More than two dozen people left comments under it, including Ekaterina Lev. Ekaterina was detained a year later - on February 1, 2023.
Released on August 20, 2024, after being pardoned.
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