Dmitry was detained on September 21, 2022 by GUBOPiK officers. The teacher was forced to read his own poems on camera and make excuses - he allegedly went to protests in August 2020, wrote messages on Facebook and VKontakte. Screenshots from his social networks criticizing the actions of the authorities also appeared on pro-government channels.
Children's poet and prose writer, winner of the Writers for Children competition (2017). He is a member of the International Union of Writers "New Contemporary", the Belarusian Literary Union of Writers "Polotsk Branch". Teacher at the Smart School private school.
According to human rights activists,he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
On March 3, 2023, the regional court considered the appeal against the verdict. At the moment, the details of the case, as well as the results of the trials, are unknown.
In the fall of 2023, he was releasedafter fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 24.01.2023:
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
According to the investigation materials , from November 2020 to March 2022, the accused, using a mobile phone in Telegram channel chats recognized by the court as extremist materials, published 17 offensive comments with obscene language addressed to the judge, employees of the internal affairs bodies and other government officials, as well as Lukashenko.
On 11.04.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on January 21, 2025.
Trial outcome 27.01.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Participant of the rally and procession of MTZ workers in August 2020. In court, Anton admitted his guilt and explained that on August 14, 2020, he saw a group of citizens near the MTZ checkpoint who were going to take part in an unauthorized mass event on the fact of disagreement with the current government, carrying different posters. He joined them, and they all went along Dolgobrodskaya Street towards Kirov, and then to Independence Square.
Later, Stepanov was identified in photographs posted on the Internet and detained. Before the trial, he was in SIZO No. 1 in Minsk. He was released from custody in the courtroom.
Trial outcome 14.03.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
She was sentenced to house chemistry for insulting A. Lukashenko. After that, she insulted Lukashenko again by phone, dialing 102. She has a leg disease, cannot move independently, and is disabled.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in January 2025.
Trial outcome 26.01.2023
4 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 11.07.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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