On trial for participation in protests on August 11, 2020: they stood in a coupling on the carriageway. Also, in a group with unidentified persons, they threw stones and bottles towards police officers, burned car tires. At the request of the victims, the court session was closed due to the fact that “the country has a difficult political situation, people are opposed to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, personal data of the victims may be disclosed.” He was released by adding up the terms for the previous case and the term that Maxim served in an educational colony.
Convicted of participating in protest actions on August 11, 2020: they formed a chain of people on the roadway. Also, in a group with unidentified persons, he threw stones and bottles towards police officers, set fire to car tires.
At the request of the victims, the court session was closed due to the fact that there is a difficult political situation in the country, people are against the Interior Ministry employees, personal data of the victims may be disclosed.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023.
Trial outcome:
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Dmitry Rutkovsky is accused of posting an obscene insult to ValeryTroyanovsky, the head of the OOPP of the Nesvizh District Department of Internal Affairs, in April 2021 in the Free Nesvizh community under the Punisher account, and expressed a threat of violence against him. It is known that this comment was discovered not by the victim himself, but by police officers who deal with such cases.
According to the indictment, on September 6, 2020, the young man, using a mobile phone, left seven comments in the “Grodno for Life” telegram chat.
The young man was also charged with participating in the Unity March, namely that he, “demonstrating his intention to show clear disobedience to the legal demands of internal affairs officers, from 2 to 5 p.m., organized, holding hands with other citizens, a hitch, blocking the entrance to bookstore “Ranitsa” on Mostovaya street, 33.”
According to estimates, the human rights defender will be released in 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 14.12.2021:
2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Sergey is 35 years old, has a wife and 3 minor children.
He was detained on October 13, 2021 in Ivanovo, Brest region.
On January 12, the court found Sergei Dubik guilty of committing crimes under Part 2 of Article 367 "Defamation of the President of the Republic of Belarus", Part 2 of Article 368 "Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus", Article 369 "Insulting a government official", Article 188 "Defamation".
In August 2024, he was released , having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome:
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was detained on October 1, 2021 for participating in the Unity March in Grodno on September 6, 2020, and a week later a preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen against him. The man was held in the Grodno prison until the trial.
The verdict was announced on December 13, 2021.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023.
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