On September 12, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
In the summer of 2023, the court found Pavel guilty under Article 293, Part 3 of the Criminal Code (mass riots) for publishing information on how to make a Molotov cocktail on Telegram in August 2020. At that time, the guy had just finished school.
According to human rights activists, he was released on April 20, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 19.07.2023
1 year 2 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution , the man repeatedly posted comments in an open telegram group in 2020. They saw a “negative assessment of a group of people united by activity” - the Belarusian army, members of election commissions, including its chairman, the police and riot police.
Ignatovich also “deliberately posted text messages on Telegram with calls for group actions that grossly violated public order, persuaded and encouraged them to participate in group actions, namely to unite and gather people, take them out onto the streets, disrupt the normal work of organizations and enterprises, government bodies, as well as law enforcement agencies.”
Trial outcome 24.10.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.
The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”
09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".
On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus
20.09.2023
19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А.
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
XX.01.2025 He was sentenced to imprisonment for political reasons. He was released, presumably, in the spring of 2024. On June 14, 2024, he signed a contract with the Russian army. Alexander died in early 2025.
On 22.12.2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
He wasreleased, presumably, in the spring of 2024.Sincein May the searchparty"Simuran" reported that on May 10 Alexander left home and disappeared.Volunteersspecifiedthathe mayneedmedicalassistance .
Since then, Vitukhnovsky has not been heard from. On social media, Flagstok journalists found his selfie from June 24, 2024, and a blurry photo of a man in uniform, similar to an infantryman, from the back from November 4, 2024. His name was found on the list of Belarusian citizens who joined the Russian army.
According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."
The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.
Trial outcome 30.08.2023
10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."
The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.
According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."
The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.
According to the prosecution, "members of the informal politicized migrant group of people from Belarus "Nadzeya", formed under the influence of Internet resources, acting on the grounds of political and ideological hatred, on December 19, 2021, between 18:00 and 20:00 local time, threw chicken eggs at the facade of the embassy building in London and placed an installation of offensive content at the entrance to the embassy building. Having waited for three embassy employees to arrive at the scene of the crime, the defendants verbally insulted and used physical violence against them. The victims suffered bodily harm and beatings."
The incident with the attack on the embassy was examined by the British police, which, according to the Prosecutor General's Office, refused to extradite the defendants to the Belarusian side. The accused are outside Belarus, they are being tried in absentia. Their property, remaining in the country, has been seized.
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