Denis was taken away from home, and 10 days of administrative arrest were appointed under Article 19.1 of the Administrative Code (Hooliganism). After he was re-detained under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility
The photographer from Novopolotsk, on April 11, 2023, was arrested for 15 days. It is not known under what article of the Administrative Code he was tried.
On April 16, 2023, it became known that Igor was transferred to a pre-trial detention center on a criminal case.
Head of the «School of Practical Mediation». Mediator from Grodno. He was twice recognized as the «Best Mediator of the Year» (2016-2017) by the Center for Mediation and Negotiations (Minsk).
Khotyanovich specializes in disputes in the field of construction, real estate, consumer, commercial and corporate disputes, as well as in family mediation.
In a video posted on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a man was forced to admit that in 2020 he participated in rallies in Minsk, spoke negatively to police officers and their families, had a subscription to telegram channels recognized in the Republic of Belarus as extremist.
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, senior lecturer of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines of Polotsk State University.
On April 8, 2023, after a 10-day arrest, Igor was detained again, and on April 10, 2023, the Novopolotsk court arrested him for another 13 days for violating the order of organizing or holding mass events. After that, a criminal case was opened against Igor and he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
Together with Bortnik and Suprunenko, on March 29 and 30, 2023, more than 10 employees of the Polotsk Historical and Cultural Reserve were detained, some of them were released on the same day.
Igor served 38 days of administrative arrest and was released.
Dmitry Bogush worked in the banking sector for 18 years, was Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of JSC «Technobank». Subsequently, he went into business — built wind farms at two sites in the Grodno region.
In December 2022, 50-year—old Bogush was detained for an article about inciting discord - he allegedly wrote comments on social networks threatening Lukashenko and law enforcement officers.
According to Bogush, he was prompted to speak publicly on social networks by photos of beaten young people detained at protests after the 2020 elections.
The businessman said that he subsequently deleted his posts, but refused to leave Belarus, although his friends told him about it.
Alexander was charged with writing two comments under publications on the Belarus of the Brain Telegram channel. One message was written on February 24, 2022, under the news that Russian troops were entering Ukraine from Belarus. The second message, with which (according to the prosecution) Alexander publicly insulted A. Lukashenko, was published on April 7, 2022 (when Ukraine and Russia were negotiating a ceasefire) under the news with a quote from Lukashenko that "there can be no negotiations without the participation of Belarus."
On June 16, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
On April 21, 2023, Vladimir was tried in the Central District Court of Minsk and sentenced to four years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility (called a "chemistry" facility) and a fine of 200 basic units (7,400 rubles). Vladimir managed to partially serve his sentence.
Several months later, Vladimir was re-arrested at a "chemistry" facility to increase his sentence. He has been in custody since July 10, 2023.
Vladimir was accused of leaving an offensive comment on July 5, 2021, referring to a police major with the Ivanovo District Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate (IDD) as "scum" on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. In 2020, the police officer was tasked with "maintaining public order" and was involved in the administrative cases brought against Belarusians en masse for participating in protests.
Released in June 2025.
Trial outcome 21.04.2023
4 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 30.06.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 25.08.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The meeting was an off-site event and took place in the premises of the Dobrush municipal unitary enterprise.
The man was accused of leaving messages in one of the Telegram chats calling for participation in protests, and also sending "various news and information of a destructive nature" to the chat. At the trial, he said that he himself had participated in protests twice. The man fully admitted his guilt and repented of what he had done.
Galymzhan Bakirov has a secondary education. He worked at the Dobrush paper mill.
According to human rights activists,he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 20.04.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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