According to a friend of the detainee, the police came for Zhanna directly to school No. 63, where the woman came to meet her child's teacher on May 11. Now Zhanna Volkova is in the Gomel pre-trial detention center. She is charged with political article 130 of the Criminal Code (“incitement of hatred”).
According to media reports, during the 2020 protests, police detained Volkova on administrative charges.
3 years of imprisonment in a colony.
Researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus, trade union activist. According to the indictment , Kondratyuk left negative comments on social networks that discredited the authorities and insulted Alexander Lukashenko.
The activist was detained along with several employees of the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus on September 5, 2022. He received 13 days of administrative arrest, but was never released again.
On July 11, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under the general regime.
The reason for the criminal case was comments in the “Grodno 97” chat.
In October 2023, it became known that at IUOT-39 Yuri was under pressure from the administration of the institution, and he was given 4 penalties. On October 25, 2023, the Krupsky District Court made a decision to tighten the regime. Yuri from IUOT was sent to serve the remainder of his sentence in a colony.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Natalia Zhlobo works as a senior lecturer in the Department of Foreign Literature of the Faculty of English at Moscow State Linguistic University.
The arrest took place at the end of March, and since then Natalya has been in jail. The exact reason for the detention, as well as the number of the criminal article, is still unknown, but we are talking about a political case .
On October 6, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Valery is accused of treason against the state. In December 2022, the Belarus 1 TV channel released a film about KGB counterintelligence, which told about Belarusians and citizens of other countries who are accused of working for foreign intelligence services. Valery Romanovsky was called "the former head of the air reconnaissance service" in the film. The story of Belarus 1 says that during the service, a relative from Lithuania "brought" the suspect to agents of the state security department of the country. For them, Romanovsky photographed official documents, and once handed over to the special services data on the construction of the BelNPP, the film says.
unknown years of imprisonment in the colony
Yegor was accused of leaving an offensive comment on Telegram under a video of Lukashenka's speech. According to the court order, Dashevich did not like the point of view expressed in the video. He fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
From 21 to 24 March 2023, the man was kept in custody.
Egor is from Pinsk, from a family of teachers. As a child, he participated in olympiads, and then entered the Pinsk Pedagogical College. Now Yegor has a higher education, works as an individual entrepreneur. Engaged in written and oral translation to order.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open correctional facility
The man was accused of leaving, according to the court, an insulting comment in a telegram towards Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov and deputy head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the administration of the Central District of Minsk, head of the criminal police Vladimir Kubrakov. Alexander fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed. Before the trial, the man was under personal guarantee. After the verdict was announced, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.
Alexander Borovik has a dependent minor child. Works as a carpenter.
In January 2023, it became known that Pavel again became accused, but this time under Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists , the son of the politician Anatoly Lebedko is charged with financing extremist activities. Artyom was detained at the end of March and then twice sentenced to 15 days of arrest, after which he was charged and transferred to SIZO-1.
According to the prosecution, in 2020, “for motives of ideological hostility,” using the account of one of the banks, he made several money transfers over the phone to three funds that were recognized as “extremist formations.” It is reported that the funds were transferred through the payment system of the popular social network Facebook. Presumably, we are talking about, among other things, the BY_help funds and the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund.
At the trial, the political prisoner did not admit his guilt and stated that he did not understand the essence of the charges and did not understand why he was in the dock.
3.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Dmytro Gudik was convicted under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (intelligence activity). He is a citizen of Ukraine. Mikhail Stolyarchuk, his uncle, was also tried in this criminal case. According to the prosecution, they had been collecting data on military equipment and facilities in Belarus on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine since 2018. Igor Dirko was also detained with them, but instead of being prosecuted, he was expelled from Belarus.
Trial outcome 24.11.2022: 5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Mikhail Stolyarchuk was convicted under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (intelligence activities). He is a citizen of Ukraine. Dmitry Gudik, his nephew, was also involved in the case. According to the prosecution, they had been collecting data on military equipment and facilities in Belarus on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine since 2018. Igor Dirko was also detained with them, but instead of being prosecuted, he was expelled from Belarus.
Worked as a bus driver on Belarus-Ukraine routes.
Trial outcome 24.11.2022: 6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The lawyer was detained at the end of January and is in pre-trial detention center No. 1 on Volodarsky. After the arrest, the lawyer’s profile was removed from the website of the Republican Bar Association. It later became known that on April 21, 2023, his license was revoked.
On September 8, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
6 years in prison in a penal colony.
A Polish citizen was convicted for "undercover activity" in the Republic of Belarus. In April 2023, Jerzy turned 58 years old. He himself comes from a border village near Bialystok, and has been living in Belarus since the 90s - he moved to Grodno after his marriage. Until the verdict, relatives were sure that this was a mistake and Jerzy would be released. Relatives of the accused still cannot understand why he attracted the attention of the security forces.
Trial outcome 22.03.2023: 4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.06.2023: unknown.
On June 16, 2023, an appeal session of the court was held, the verdict entered into force.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution.
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