Pro-government channels posted “repentant videos”, where Pavel says that he worked in the Department of Security until 2018, was detained for transferring personal data of Department employees to the Black Book of Belarus. The data was taken from the telephone directory book.
At home he left a wife and small children (1 year and 3 years).
6 years in prison under conditions of enhanced regime.
Sergey Kudritsky, who worked as a sales specialist, was detained on June 24, 2022 and placed in custody until trial, and his wife, a leading specialist of one of the departments of MTBank, Margarita, was released on a large bail, since there is a minor child in the family.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Sergei and Margarita took an active part in an unauthorized mass event in Minsk on August 30, 2020.
It became known in court that Sergei was also detained on June 9, 2020. Then a bag of marijuana was allegedly found in his belongings. So the investigation had another article — 328, the charge on which was considered at the same time.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
For several months he was in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee, then in the pre-trial detention center № 1 in Minsk, later he was transferred to the pre-trial detention center in Grodno.
Nikolay is a former customs officer, an activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party «Gramada». He is accused of helping those who wanted to illegally cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border for money, as well as creating an extremist formation or participating in it.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Daniil, who worked at the Grodno branch of Beltelecom, was detained for several comments on social networks in early October 2022 and placed in custody pending trial.
On April 11, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with a general regime.
A former Ukrainian. He received Belarusian citizenship in 2010, often happens in the border area.
In the story on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is claimed that he transmitted to Kuprienko (accused of espionage) data on the location of military equipment, the movement of a vehicle convoys.
10 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Former military, topographer. Allegedly detained for participating in protest chats. The film, shot by the pro-government TV channel, claims that Dmitry allegedly shot a video appeal to the military and security forces in 2020, and a year later he contacted the Busly Lyatsyats organization. Also, according to the TV channel, this year Gulin monitored the chats of Brest-97, Gomel-97, Kalinkovichi, Luninets and actively left comments there.
Presumably held in the KGB pre-trial detention center.
14 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
Trucker. A video on a pro-government channel claims that he was "transporting blank ballots from Poland with a choice already made in favor of one alternative candidate."
Trial outcome 06.04.2023: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.05.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 15.12.2023: unknown years of prison regime.
For participation in the protests, the GUBOPiK detained brother and sister, Mikhail and Alexandra Aleksandrovich Razuvanov . According to GUBOPiK, Mikhail and Alexandra took part in post-election protests in 2020. Judging by the report from the security forces, a criminal case has been opened against the brother and sister.
On June 23, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, in April 2024 Mikhail was again imprisoned in pre-trial detention center-1. Perhaps this is connected with a new criminal case.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
There were at least nine hearings in the case. There were many witnesses at the trial who testified against him. Yevgeny was accused of administering the channel and urging Belarusians to take part in protests, editing posts, etc.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Sentenced for 1 comment on social networks to 1.5 years of probation. In September 2023, Natalya was again detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center on charges of “financing extremist activities.”
3.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under general regime conditions.
The man was accused of creating and administering the telegram channel «23.34», which contained information about Belarusian judges.
Viktor was also accused of «aiding and abetting the deliberate actions of administrators and participants of a number of other destructive Telegram channels, which were aimed at inciting social hostility on the basis of a different social affiliation and which entailed serious consequences».
11 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Before the trial, Vyacheslav was at large, he was detained for three days from September 9 to 12, 2022. He was found guilty that on March 1, 2021, he left a comment in the direction of Lukashenka on the vk.com social network under his photo, the comment consisted of one word: «oaf».
Vyacheslav Ovchuk pleaded guilty. He said that he was outraged by Lukashenka's statement that it is necessary to punish people who receive salaries in envelopes. According to the accused, it is necessary to punish those who give them away.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The man worked as a therapist in the emergency room of the city hospital of Lida. According to preliminary information, he was detained for likes and comments of materials against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.
Soon it became known that Andrei Krasnik was going to be tried again: on April 17, 2023, a hearing on the case against the political prisoner under Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code (Violence or threat against an official) and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate the order, or active participation in them). A judge has been appointed to consider the case Vladimir Fedorovich.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
The woman was accused of leaving an offensive comment on the Belarus of the Brain Telegram channel on August 4, 2021, using her mobile phone, under a photo of police captain Ruslan Kutsko, an operative of the group for combating economic crimes of the Ivatsevichi District Executive Committee's internal affairs department.
On April 25, 2024, a new criminal case was considered against Elena in the Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a Government Official), Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (Insulting Lukashenko). Judge - Anastasia Leikovskaya.
On October 17, 2024, Judge Mikhail Makarevich in the Minsk City Court considered the case under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement of racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord).
Elena Borisyuk has a higher education. She worked as a cashier in a construction hypermarket.
Trial outcome 21.12.2022: unknown.
Appeal 10.02.2023: unknown.
Trial outcome 10.03.2023: 1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 25.04.2024: unknown.
Trial outcome 17.10.2024: 2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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