Grigory returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
Trial outcome 23.12.2022
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Wrestling coach. He received a "presidential scholarship" as a promising coach, has the highest coaching category. The man worked at the Minsk State City School of the Olympic Reserve and the Minsk City Center of the Olympic Reserve for Wrestling. Bear.
Trial outcome 21.01.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
He was first detained on October 5, 2022 and given 10 days of arrest for "distributing extremist materials." His further fate is not exactly known, except that he was charged under Article 342 for participating in the protests and tried, but the verdict is also unknown.
Now Sergei was detained because he once dropped a playful ad in one of the district chats, in which Lukashenka's "signs" were described. It is not clear why she was noticed only now, but the Gubopik people claim that Sergei is facing a criminal case.
Anatoly was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. In January 2023, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 09.01.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
As it became known from the case file, the reason for the detention of the man on October 25, 2022 was a photograph with Pavel, provided by the GUBOPiK employees. During the search, the man was found wearing a bike in which he was on the march, and more photos were found on his phone, which became evidence of his guilt.
Trial outcome 23.12.2022:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Alena Klimovich took part in unauthorized mass events in Minsk twice from August to September 2020. At the same time, she used a red balloon and a white-red-white flag as protest symbols.
Elena Klimovich was detained on June 1, 2022 for three days, then she was under house arrest and proper behavior. The woman pleaded guilty in court.
Trial outcome 21.12.2022:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open institution
According to the prosecution, Gerasimovich desecrated the national flag by pulling the flag by its cloth while intoxicated and throwing it to the ground. After that, the flag was damaged and its staff was destroyed. The property damage to the organization on whose building the flag hung was estimated at 89 rubles - that is how much the accused must pay in compensation.
The man admitted his guilt in full and said that he pulled the flag by accident so as not to fall. He had no intention of desecrating the state symbol of Belarus.
The court considered that if the accused did not admit to intentionally desecrating the flag, he did not fully understand his responsibility and did not repent, so he decided to impose a punishment associated with imprisonment. Although the expert concluded that the accused suffers from chronic alcoholism and needs compulsory treatment.
On 03.03.2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 20.12.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexey was convicted for insulting comments in the telegram channel towards two representatives of the authorities. As follows from the text of the resolution, one of the tokens in Alexey's comments was: «erysipelas». The man fully admitted his guilt and repented. However, after the verdict was announced, the prosecutor of the Glubokoe district filed an appeal.
The Vitebsk Regional Court overturned the decision of the Glubokoe district court and replaced Alexey with two years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility for two years of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a penalty of 1920 BYN.
Trial outcome 20.12.2022
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 60 basic values fine.
Employee of "Brestgazoapparat". He was detained right at the factory, from where he was taken out in handcuffs. Presumably for comments on social networks.
The appeal trial was held on March 3, 2023.
Released in the fall of 2023,having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
According to the materials of the prosecution, on January 26, 2021, Gennady Boris, a 55 year old veteran of the war in Afghanistan, posted an image in red and green with a swastika with a national ornament on his page on the social network ok.ru, and on the same day he posted an image of Alexander Lukashenko in a military uniform against the background on his page swastikas.
The next episode of the case concerns July 26, 2022. Gennady Boris posted a text message in ok.ru in which he indicated that «terrorist No. 1 is wanted» and that an amount of one million euros would be collected for his detention. He further writes that 586 000 euros have already been reserved for whoever arrests Lukashenko.
The man admitted his guilt in the deed.
Trial outcome 16.12.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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