According to the prosecution , in March 2021, through the Internet and the PayPal payment system, Filippovich allegedly “transferred funds in the amount of 29.35 euros to a bank account used by BYPOL representatives to support extremist activities.”
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
It is known that the woman was detained when she returned from Italy.
On March 15, 2024, the appeal was considered.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Volunteer at the Island of Hope Animal Welfare Society. Presumably detained for participating in protests.
Andrey is 36 years old. In 2020, he worked at the Etazhi real estate agency. The man has a small daughter.
According to pro-government telegram channels, he himself wrote to the Black Book of Belarus and offered to drop the addresses of security forces involved in the repressions. Andrei did not know that on the other side, GUBOPiK employee Artur Gaiko was answering him.
Andrey was detained on November 10, 2023. He now faces up to 12 years in prison.
The man has been using the same account since 2019. From it he “leaked” information into the Black Book of Belarus, and from it he wrote comments in open chats and groups. The video shows his archived username from the ChKB bot database, which was saved by Arthur Gaiko. Through it you can find the current name of the telegram account and ID.
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On August 13, 2023, he was detained for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities.” After this, a criminal case was opened against him. After the arrest, a “repentant” video was published with Artem, where he said that in 2020 he proposed throwing “Molotov cocktails” at police officers and sent instructions for making them to friends.
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The man was accused of leaving a comment on YouTube in the direction of Lukashenko under the video “Belarus: Covert mobilization and deployment of troops from Russia | Ukraine, Lukashenko and NATO” by Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov. They found the Youtube application on his phone, in which there was a corresponding post in the “Comments” section.
Igor Zhuk worked as a woodworking machine operator in a closed joint stock company. He remained in custody until sentencing.
2 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
2,5 years imprisonment in a colony
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions.
According to the telegram channel “Vitebsk, I’m playing,” Sergei Zaitsev was charged with writing two comments about a government official, which the court considered offensive, in a telegram channel that was recognized as “extremist.” It is not reported who exactly was offended by the Vitebsk resident’s comments.
According to the prosecution, Zaitsev, while on the territory of the Russian Federation, posted a text containing a negative assessment of a government official on a Telegram channel that is recognized as “extremist.” The accused also left a similar insult to another government official in the Vitebsk region.
At the trial, Sergei admitted guilt, but noted that he did not know that the victims were government officials. It is reported that Zaitsev was previously convicted 11 times.
As a result, the Vitebsk District Court found him guilty on December 6, 2023 and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison with a fine of 50 basic units. By partial addition of the punishment imposed under this verdict and the punishment imposed by the verdict of the Pervomaisky District Court of Vitebsk dated June 2, 2023, a final sentence of imprisonment for a term of five years was imposed, with the sentence being served in a correctional colony under conditions.
5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Customs officer.
In the Minsk City Court from October 10, 2023 to February 6, 2024, a closed hearing was held against three customs service employees Evgeniy Gurinovich, Viktor Novik and Vladimir Zhuromsky. In total, they were tried under eight articles of the Criminal Code. Among other things, they are accused of “treason to the state,” “promoting extremist activities,” “exceeding official authority,” “inciting other social hostility,” and “creating or participating in extremist formations.”
The details of the case and the reasons for the persecution are unknown to human rights activists.
13 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
There are no details of the criminal case yet, it is only known that the Mogilev resident left a comment about Lukashenko in one of the telegram channels recognized by the authorities of the Republic of Belarus as “extremist”.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
The man called the district police and spoke in Lukashenko’s direction while talking to the officer on duty. It is known that at that moment he was intoxicated. Previously, he had already been tried for hooliganism and brought to administrative responsibility several times.
On February 29, 2024, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
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1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Detained for 2020 comments in telegram chats.
On December 22, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Most likely the sentence involves imprisonment.
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According to pro-government channels, he was detained for making more than 1,200 comments. It is noteworthy that the comments shown by the security forces were written primarily in the Belarusian language and were mainly aimed at supporting Ukraine. All comments shown are from YouTube.
In the video on the security forces’ channels, five SOBR soldiers attack him, and later the man looks beaten: he has a badly black eye and his head is scratched until it bleeds.
Stepan works as a worker at one of the private enterprises in Grodno. The man also regularly goes to the gym and keeps himself in good physical shape, judging by the photos on social networks.
5.5 years of imprisonment in a maximum security prison.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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