Safanovich was accused of writing messages in a telegram chat on October 25, 2020 calling for road closures. According to the prosecution and the court, in the first message, Safanovich "called for active participation in group actions in the Luninets district, grossly violating public order" , i.e. Safanovich allegedly committed a crime under part 1 of article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Safanovich was also accused under part 1 of article 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, i.e. in public slander against Lukashenka. As follows from the article of the state publication, Safanovich wrote a second message in the same chat on August 13, 2020, under a photo with a tearful woman who left Akrestin. The caption for the video was as follows : “Confession of a Belarusian girl who was in the dungeons of Lukashenka's Gestapo. Do I understand correctly that Lukashenka became the second after Hitler who attacked the people of Belarus?”
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Yuri worked in the Lida security department as a policeman, retired and worked there in the guards. He was forced to resign from the guard after the information about the insult passed. They arrested him at work, he was already working in the security of the Euroopt store at that time. A wonderful sportsman-master of sports in shooting, has three children.
According to the materials of the prosecution, on his personal page on the Odnoklassniki social network, showing a negative attitude towards the election campaign and the results of the presidential election, Tsarevich posted a repost containing information slandering Lukashenka. After that, he also posted this information on Telegram - in the channels "Krynitsa-Chat" and "Ikhtiandry".
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
Evgeniy is 40 years old, he graduated from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs more than 15 years ago and managed to work as a district police officer, but quit of his own free will. Later, Alexey moved to IT. Subsequently, he lived in Europe, in Italy, for some time. He was detained while trying to enter Belarus - the man wanted to come to his mother's birthday and issue a power of attorney. A criminal case has reportedly been opened against Evgeniy Tikhonov for comments in a telegram about security forces and Lukashenko under three articles.
On June 28, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
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According to the prosecution, on December 31, 2022, he posted a comment on the Vkontakte social network in a closed public chat under a graphic image of Lukashenka, in which there is a negative assessment in an obscene form. The content of the commentary is unknown to human rights defenders.
Vladimir Khmura fully admitted his guilt at the hearing, refused to testify. Before the trial, Khmura was under house arrest.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open correctional institution.
Detained for participating in 2020 protests.
In June 2023, it became known that an additional charge was brought under Article 361-2 for one donat of 10 USD. to the fund, which was later recognized by the court as extremist.
The court made a decision in the form of 3 years of imprisonment, but the appeal court replaced the imprisonment with restriction of liberty with direction.
3 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
Inhabitant of Baranovichi. He was arrested in mid-February 2023. The man was charged with the fact that on March 8, 2021 on Instagram he posted a story “with the face of Lukashenka in a female guise” and the text: “Since March 8, daragia of a woman. The cruelest health and only pleasant ashchushcheny. For this, they were accused of publicly insulting Lukashenka.
Vladislav was also accused of sending videos and texts to the Nexta editorial chatbot several times (for example, videos of Russian military aircraft and trains with Russian military). This was qualified as "other assistance to extremist activity" under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.
On September 05, 2023, the appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
On April 23, 2024, Dmitry will have a trial to replace the regime with a more strict one; he will most likely be sent to a colony.
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
7 years of imprisonment in a colony
Dmitry was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code for telegram comments about A. Lukashenko, Natalia Kachanova and Russians. About this verdict, a video was released by state TV. There, the prosecutor tells the essence of the accusation, that “an insult on a national basis” was written about the Russians.
3 years in prison in a penal colony.
Dmitry is 21 years old and, judging by his social networks, last May he completed his military service in military unit 3214 in Minsk. In May, the guy was added to the "terrorist list" of the KGB. He faces 8 to 12 years in prison.
During the brutal detention, Dmitry was severely beaten .
9 years imprisonment in a colony
22-year-old resident of Svetlogorsk. Maxim is being tried “for organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in the activities of such an organization.” Maxim was found guilty of joining an “extremist formation” (the “Victory” plan) and planning to blow up the railway in the Svetlogorsk region. The state publication writes that in order to stop the war in Ukraine, the miniature “was ready to do anything.” When the guy arrived at the railway, he was ambushed by security forces and was detained.
Government agencies did not report anything about this case. The trial is closed.
On September 19, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
8 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
At the beginning of October 2022, in the Moscow district of the capital, unknown persons hung a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine on a power line support. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!” During operational search activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 years who allegedly did this. Including Igor.
According to propagandist Gladkaya, since September 2020, Igor Tikach has left more than three thousand messages in one of the extremist courtyard chats.
Gladkaya also notes that Savelyev and Tikach allegedly wanted to get visas, renewed their passports, and Igor was already waiting for a call from the Polish consulate. Igor still has two minor children and a wife who has serious health problems.
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
At the beginning of October 2022, in the Moscow district of the capital, unknown persons hung a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine on a power line support. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!” During operational search activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 years who allegedly did this. Including Vladimir.
Savelyev said in a pro-government video that the action was organized in support of Ukrainians: “This is support for civilians who are dying in an unnecessary war.”
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
The circumstances of the case, except for the verdict, are still unknown to human rights activists.
The accused Eremenko was found guilty of deliberate actions aimed at inciting ethnic and other social hatred on the basis of national and other social affiliation. He was also found guilty of knowingly putting another person at risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under a strict regime.
According to the USC for the Mogilev region, Ruslan forwarded the video to the VKontakte public DVIZh, which was recognized by the Belarusian authorities as “extremist”. It is worth noting that the video itself lasts only 12 seconds and nothing actually happens in it - the train with military equipment just stands at the station.
After a while, the man was detained by the KGB. He was charged under part 1 of article 361-4 (assistance to extremist activity) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. The man faces up to 6 years in prison.
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