On July 14, 2023, the appeal was considered. Chairman of the Judicial Board Maxim Lapko.
On August 7, 2024, in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk, Judge Olga Lavrinovich will make a decision “On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open correctional facility.”
Trial outcome 11.04.2023:
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
Detained with her husband on February 23, 2023. On March 3, she was transferred from the temporary detention center to the Zhodino pre-trial detention center.
He is accused of participating in protest actions.
The family brings up 3 juvenile children.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
On the evening of March 27, Alina went to the Investigative Committee to testify as a witness in a criminal case on participation in peaceful protests in Minsk and was never released. After that, she spent several months in jail.
In conclusion, a number of chronic diseases worsened at Gorova. The security forces did not allow the detainee to be hospitalized, and in the Mogilev prison she was denied medical assistance, despite poor tests. The prison doctor refused to treat her with antibiotics and hospitalize her. On May 30, she was scheduled for 1 year of "home chemistry".
Already on June 13, she was detained again. She is charged with another episode of participation in a peaceful protest in Minsk in 2020. According to human rights activists , Alina is under house arrest pending trial.
She will be judged in the court of the Kruglyansky district on August 10, 2023. Together with the girl, Alesya Frigina and Pavel Talanov are involved in the case.
The Court of Appeal, which took place on August 29, 2023, overturned the judgment of the Kruglyansky Court of May 30, 2023. The case will be sent for a new trial to another district court of the Mogilev region.
According to the case materials , in the fall of 2020, the father and his daughter, while on the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk, acting as a group of people, and with other people, "took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and involved clear disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer, disrupted the operation of transport and enterprises, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, including public passenger transport."
They were identified from photographs taken at the scene.
They were kept in custody until the trial.
Trial outcome 05.04.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Before the verdict was announced, the girl had been in custody since September 2, 2020. She was found guilty that on March 6, 2022, she pasted a leaflet containing slander against Lukashenko on an advertising banner on one of the streets of Minsk. According to the position of the prosecution, she spread false information about Lukashenko.
The girl admitted her guilt and said that she had printed out a leaflet and pasted it together with her friend to draw people's attention to what was happening in the world. Witnesses reported about the sticker to the police. The girl were identified by CCTV cameras.
Trial outcome 12.12.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Detained together with her husband in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi.
Human rights activists received information that on March 3, KGB officers detained Maxim Lopatin in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi. The man is being held in the KGB pre-trial detention center. Propagandists recalled Lopatin in their film on BT.
On March 23, Maxim's wife, Lyudmila Lopatina, was also detained. On June 12, 2023, she was convicted for participating in protests. The decision of the court is unknown.
The couple have two minor children.
Trial outcome 12.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Anastasia, a mother of three, was detained at the end of 2022 and was under house arrest until the trial. According to the investigation, in October 2022, Podgaiskaya allegedly repeatedly sent photo and video files with text messages to the bot of the destructive Telegram channel of the extremist group.
The information sent to her contained information about the situation in the regions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, as well as planned activities at the combined arms training grounds.
Trial outcome 10.04.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
The woman was accused of writing an insulting comment from her mobile phone in one of the Telegram channels in April 2022 towards Lukashenka, and in July 2022 - towards a representative of the Armed Forces of Belarus. Alla fully admitted her guilt and repented of her deed.
Alla is 54 years old, she has a minor child as a dependent.
Trial outcome 31.03.2023:
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
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