Evgeny was convicted of actively participating in "mass riots" in central Zhlobin on the night of August 9-10, 2020. He and others obstructed public transportation and retail operations, formed a chain of vehicles, and disobeyed police orders. He was held in pretrial detention pending trial, but the exact date of his arrest is unknown.
On the "repentant video", the girl says that she had a tattoo "ASAV", was on Pushkinskaya on August 9-10, 2020, and also allegedly joined the "Peramoga" plan.
It is known that the girl was transferred to a pre-trial detention center after administrative arrest.
Natalia was accused of making a repost on her publication page with the personal data of an employee of the internal affairs bodies. The woman also posted a photo of the security officer with her own comment about the crimes committed by him. The court decided that the information in the comment was deliberately false and discredited the employee in the eyes of society.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
Trial outcome 03.11.2022
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 50 basic values fine.
Detained with her husband Oleg Davydenko, allegedly for participating in protests in 2020. The reason for the persecution was a photo in which Davydenko stands with a banner during the 2020 protests.
Trial outcome 29.12.2022:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Oleg Davydenko is 71 years old. His scientific and labor activity is connected with the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus. In 1990, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "cytoplasmic variability of agricultural plants". In 2000 he was elected a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. He is the author of 300 scientific papers, including 5 monographs, 1 textbook, 19 plant varieties.
The reason for the persecution was a photo in which Davydenko stands with a banner during the 2020 protests.
Trial outcome 29.12.2022:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Denis is accused of taking part in protests in Minsk, as well as distributing extremist materials and insulting Lukashenko.
After the trial, it became known that another case was opened against Denis for participating in protests in 2020.
In May 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Denis under Art. 342 part 1 and transferred to pre-trial detention center-1. On November 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the second verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 31.08.2023:
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Vitaly was arrested on September 29, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser.
As the preliminary investigation established, from July to September 2021, Vitaly allegedly used his mobile phone to post several publications on the Telegram messenger containing deliberately false information about Lukashenko's activities.
The political prisoner's trial began on November 18, 2022; the decision is pending.
In March 2023, Vitaly was tried again, this time for "insulting a government official," with the outcome also unknown.
Andrei was charged with "insulting Lukashenko" and "desecrating state symbols." According to investigators, on January 22, 2021, he posted an image of Lukashenko in military uniform against a swastika on Odnoklassniki, along with a statement about the government's embrace of Nazi ideology and its undemocratic nature. His page also published an image of the Belarusian national flag within a swastika, freely viewable and copyable by users. This was classified as desecration of the flag.
Andrey was arrested on September 28, 2022, convicted in November 2022, and sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral. It is unknown whether he was held in pretrial detention or where he served his sentence.
Prior to her arrest, she worked in Minsk as a leading procurement specialist in a commercial firm, and temporarily lived in the capital.
According to the prosecution, Zorina took part in one of the protests in 2020 in Minsk, along with other protesters, went out onto the roadway of Independence Avenue, publicly shouted slogans, made loud claps and waved her arms, etc.
In court, it turned out that Natalya Zorina did not join the protesters from the very beginning, she did not have protest symbols with her. The lawyer insisted that Natalya accidentally got to the action. However, contrary to the arguments of the defense counsel, Zorina pleaded guilty to the entire amount of the charges brought against her at the hearing.
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