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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.
unknown years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open correctional facility.
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Singer, poet, DJ from Grodno.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in May 2023.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
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Locksmith. Previously, he was tried several times for hooliganism and theft. Then he was also sentenced to "home chemistry", and then amnestied. Volchok also said that he had four children: he was officially recorded as the father of only one child, but he assured the court that he was paying alimony to all of them. At the same time, he must pay a fine of 2240 rubles (70 basic units), his phone was confiscated. Before the verdict, Volchok was in custody. He was released in the courtroom.
1.5 years restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional institution
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Oleg was arrested in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. In November 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Public figure and musician.
Convicted for liking a post on Odnoklassniki mentioning the "victim" Senior Inspector Viktor Lutchenko.
In January 2023, Boris's punishment was increased due to a prosecutor's protest.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
According to the materials of the criminal case, Alexei Mikhnyuk from an unidentified device in extremist chats on Telegram repeatedly posted messages that contradicted universal morality, and at the same time containing statements expressed in an indecent form, humiliating the honor and dignity of Alexander Lukashenko. The accused also posted insults against the press secretary of the head of the presidential administration, Natalya Eismont.
During the trial, Mikhnyuk admitted his guilt in his crime and repented.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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