The judge considered that two years had passed since the crime was committed on August 17, 2020, and this is the statute of limitations under the article for insult, so there is nothing to punish Artyom for. Moreover, insult is not a socially dangerous crime.
Alexander holds the position of Scientific Secretary of the Center for System Analysis and Strategic Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. His specialized scientific topic is reproducible and other green energy. He was also a member of the Council of Young Scientists of Belarus.
Pro-government channels claim that a criminal case has been opened against him.
4th year student of BSUIR. On September 14, 2022, at the entrance to the city of Postavy, he was detained by the KGB. Later he was taken to the KGB building. He was held at Akrestino from September 15, 2022 to September 23, 2022. He was in custody in the pre-trial detention center at Volodarsky from September 23 to November 01, after which he was transferred under house arrest.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without referral to an open correctional facility
An evangelical believer, a minister and the wife of one of the pastors of the Minsk evangelical church «New Testament», was detained on July 5, 2022, together with her husband Philip Ivanov. Philip was released after the arrest, and Lydia was taken into custody on a criminal case.
Trial outcome 29.09.2022:
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the prosecution, in September 2020, Kolpak publicly posted "negative comments addressed to police officers, civil servants, and government officials in a Telegram chat, inciting and calling for violence against members of the aforementioned social groups." He was also accused of repeatedly posting text articles in a Telegram chat in Minsk from August 8 to September 28, 2020, in which he called on drivers to create traffic jams, sabotage work, and protest, including by blocking traffic.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the fall of 2025.
Trial outcome 29.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 16.12.2022
the sentence was upheld.
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