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According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artyom was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk, Svetlana was released pending trial on bail in the amount of 9,600 rubles. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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She's a Pensioner. She was detained on November 26, 2022 for participating in protest actions. At first, she was convicted on an administrative case for 11 days, but after her arrest, the woman was never released.
2 years of probation.
According to the prosecution , Yevgeny, while at his place of residence, posted a message of offensive content regarding Alexander Lukashenko in a Telegram group on March 1, 2022. This follows from the conclusion of a forensic linguistic examination.
Previously, the man was brought to administrative responsibility for storing information products of an extremist nature on his mobile phone.
On 24.03.2024, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on January 25, 2025.
Andrei was convicted of slandering Lukashenko and participating in protests 2020. The circumstances of the case are unknown, as the court session was held in closed form.
On March 22, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
According to the prosecution, Dmitry Anchukov, having the intent “aimed at desecrating buildings and other structures with cynical inscriptions and drawings, used a black aerosol can to apply several inscriptions on the ends of houses and public transport stops in different places of the city, which, according to the investigation, offended the feelings of citizens , demonstrated disregard for moral values and discredited state power.” The graffiti was anti-war in nature.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Nikolai graduated from the Physics Department of BSU, after university he went to work for InterVelopers, which soon began collaborating with Wargaming. Since 2002, Nikolai began managing business development in the company and still holds this position. The businessman, according to CSE, owns about 17% of Wargaming shares. Yezhednevnik traditionally included him in the list of the most influential Belarusian businessmen - in the 2021 rating, he took 18th place.
Propaganda films claim he made “dozens of cryptocurrency transfers” worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to various causes deemed extremist.
Now Katselapov is free and abroad, so a special case has been opened against him.
According to the prosecution , on November 20, 2020, then on December 19, 2021, and from February to May 2022, Alexander posted several messages in the Telegram messenger from his Xiaomi Redmi 7A mobile phone, which “contained a clearly negative assessment of law enforcement officers, military personnel, as well as a group of people united by nationality.” He also posted comments on the Internet using obscene language, in which he gave “a clearly negative assessment of the personality of the head of state, humiliated his honor and dignity.”
On 04.04.2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
On a government channel, he said that he used to be a football fan and was detained for distributing extremist materials.
He began to serve his sentence.
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The operator of machine tools at the Minsk tractor plant, According to telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus, was detained for participating in a protest action in 2020.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
The man was accused of painting white-red-white flags in different places of Minsk from February 2021 to September 2022. The court found that as a result of Peter's actions, three businesses were damaged: RUE «Minskenergo», RUE «Minskavtodor-Center», CCU «Minskobldorstroy» for a total amount of over 700 BYN.
Peter fully admitted his guilt and repented. During the preliminary investigation, he compensated for the damage caused.
In June 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
A leading specialist of one of the departments of MTBank was detained together with her husband, but released on bail pending trial, since the family has a minor child.
According to the prosecution, on August 30, 2020, Sergei and Margarita took an active part in an unauthorized mass event in Minsk.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Sergey Kudritsky, who worked as a sales specialist, was arrested on June 24, 2022 and placed in pre-trial detention, and his wife, Margarita, a leading specialist in one of MTBank's departments, was released on a large bail, since there is a minor child in the family.
According to the prosecution, Sergei and Margarita took an active part in an unauthorized mass event in Minsk on August 30, 2020.
It became known in court that Sergei was also detained on June 9, 2020. Then, a bag of marijuana was allegedly found in his things. So the investigation had another article - 328, the charge under which was considered simultaneously.
According to human rights activists , he was released on May 6, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Human rights activist and member of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" (HRC "Viasna"). Dmitry Solovyov has been engaged in human rights activities for more than 20 years, previously he headed the Novopolotsk branch of the Human Rights Center "Vesna". Dmitry Solovyov is one of the organizers of independent observation of elections in Belarus within the framework of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign, including in the 2020 elections, as well as a participant in many international independent observation missions. The human rights activist also participates in the work of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.
8 years of imprisonment in a colony in absentia.
Daniil, who worked at the Grodno branch of Beltelecom, was detained for several comments on social networks in early October 2022 and placed in custody pending trial.
On 11.04.2023, the appeal was reviewed and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.