OMON officer of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. The man has been in service since 2006. Like many employees, his actions were subject to scrutiny. Thus, it is known that at the base of military unit 3214, Eduard participated in special forces training and exercises to disperse mass events with the participation of special equipment.
He is involved in the case of arson of the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
On September 29, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he has fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
3.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under a reinforced regime with deprivation of the right to hold public office and positions related to the performance of the functions of a representative of power for a period of five years, as well as deprivation of a military rank.
Former presidential candidate, detained in a criminal case.
Andrey Dmitriev is the co — founder and co-chairman of the «Govori pravdu» association.
In 2021, the association «Govori pravdu» was searched, after which the current account of the organization were blocked, and the office was sealed. On August 12, 2021, Dmitriev was detained for a short time, but then released.
The man was detained again on January 11, 2023 and put in the pre-trial detention center «SIZO -1». The Investigative Committee reported that Dmitriev participated in the post-election protests of 2020, therefore he became a suspect under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On April 20, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna was detained on January 17 and immediately faced criminal charges for her participation in the 2020 protests. Her boyfriend,Ivan Morozov, was detained 2 weeks earlier.
On April 15, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to the accusation, friends (Daria and Ekaterina) on November 22, 2022, while near the building of the dormitory of the «Minsk Komarovsky rinok» MTUE, tore the national flag from the facade of this building. Then they demonstratively waved them walking along Belomorskaya Street, after which they threw him to the ground.
At the same time, their actions were filmed on a mobile phone camera, and photo and video files were uploaded to a group on a social network, which publicly humiliated the state symbol.
During the court session, the girls admitted their guilt in full and sincerely repented.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
3 months of arrest.
Convicted for comments against Lukashenko.
1 year imprisonment.
A graduate of BSU, probably the son of a lawyer of LLC «Stepanovsky, Papakul and Partners. Legal services».
The man was found guilty of participating in three Marches in August-October 2020. In court, he was accused of repeatedly going out on the roadway and not listening to the demands of the police to stop participating in peaceful assemblies. Evgeny admitted his guilt. «Minsktrans» has filed a claim for compensation for material damage in the amount of more than 47 700 BYN, it will be considered in the framework of civil proceedings.
According to human rights activists, in the summer of 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The reason for the criminal case was a video recorded by Yuri in the Tik Tok. According to Yuri's explanations, on October 5, 2022, he called the local district police officer Dmitry Tiunov to help resolve a family conflict. The district police officer promised to come, but did not do it. On emotions (and being drunk), Yuri recorded a video where he said that the police were working poorly, and insulted Tiunov.
Released upon expiration of sentence.
3 months of arrest.
In comments on social networks, he insulted a judge, a prosecutor, a juvenile affairs inspector and two district police officers of the city of Dubrovno. He lived in Moscow in 2020-2021 and from there wrote comments in Odnoklassniki under the publication of Mikhail Chemurako (an activist who was convicted of chemistry and is now in exile).
Detained on November 14, 2022 upon his return to Belarus.
01/19/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
1 year and 2 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to human rights activists, Oksana was detained at the end of December 2022.
She was a member of the core team of the Coordination Council. In June 2021, she was detained during the premiere of the production “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit” and was released after drawing up a report. In May 2021, her apartment was searched.
Oksana was tried together with political prisoner Bohdan Korovets , founder of the Astronim company and the White Square advertising and marketing festival.
Oksana Zaretskaya’s father has health problems, Bogdan is raising a child with a disability.
According to human rights activists, Oksana felt unwell after the verdict was announced and was hospitalized. The woman spent at least three days in a coma, and after some time she was returned to Volodarka. The pre-trial detention center doctors did not provide proper medical care to Zaretskaya, and did not even take valerian for her in the packages from her relatives.
On April 10, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the case materials , “while at her place of residence, the 46-year-old accused, using her mobile phone and an account on the social network Facebook, posted material with an image of Lukashenko on the Internet for free access. In it, using obscene language, she gave a clearly negative assessment of the president’s personality, thereby humiliating his honor and dignity.”
Yuryeva admitted her guilt.
On April 13, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
One of the most famous Belarusian-speaking bloggers in the “zero” and a former activist. Detained for participating in protests in 2020.
Ivan was detained on January 5, 2023, received 13 days of administrative arrest, and on January 18, criminal charges were filed.
On April 17, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Convicted for comments on the Internet.
3 months of arrest.
The man was accused of painting white-red-white flags in different places of Minsk from February 2021 to September 2022. The court found that as a result of Peter's actions, three businesses were damaged: RUE «Minskenergo», RUE «Minskavtodor-Center», CCU «Minskobldorstroy» for a total amount of over 700 BYN.
Peter fully admitted his guilt and repented. During the preliminary investigation, he compensated for the damage caused.
In June 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Author of the Spadchyna telegram channel, Wikipedia editor and Twitter blogger.
In the pro-government video, Chekhovich says that he is “against the current government and supports Ukraine.”
Released after administrative arrest (13 days).
Grigory Vasilkov returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.
Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).
The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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