Maxim was accused of insulting the deputy commander of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Khazalbek Atabekov.
On February 17, a man left a comment in the telegram channel «Karateli Belarus»: «A rare asshole, I know him directly, fate turned out so that I had to face him when he was brigade commander 3214...».
According to the expert's conclusion, the commentary contains a negative assessment of Atabekov H. B., which has a non-normative form of linguistic expression.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The former MSLU teacher was detained in early October 2022 as part of a criminal case for participating in protests. She was detained by at least six law enforcement officers.
Prior to that, during the year Natalia was detained four times and tried on politically motivated administrative articles.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Painter, former head of the creative community «Pogonia». He was detained in August 2022 and sentenced to 15 days of arrest. Later it became known that a criminal case was opened against Gennady for participating in protests in 2020.
3 years in prison.
He was found guilty that in November 2020 and March 2021, he sent information about his former leader to the telegram bots of channels recognized by extremist groups in the Republic of Belarus. Subsequently, it was placed resources through which illegal activities were carried out as part of extremist formations. Also, according to the prosecution, the posting of information received from Borzenko entailed other grave consequences.
He was also found guilty of purchasing and storing firearms ammunition.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
According to the materials of the prosecution, at the end of September 2021, Oleg Dutchik posted in vk.com a comment in which he spoke negatively about the death of an employee of the State Security Committee Dmitry Fedosyuk in Minsk.
In addition, over the past year, the man has repeatedly posted negative statements in various communities with insults to the president, humiliated his honor and dignity.
The last post in his account in vk.ru it was made on March 27 and was as follows: «Arrest is a restriction of freedom».
During the trial, the man pleaded not guilty.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
It is known that the convict is 34 years old. In Verkhnedvinsk, a man was engaged in handicrafts.
At the end of October 2021, the man was detained by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption. Denis was accused that in the summer of 2020, being the administrator of a closed Telegram chat, he wrote offensive comments under photos of employees of the Armed Forces, a senior assistant prosecutor of one of the districts of Minsk, journalists and Lukashenko.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Convicted for a comment on the Internet insulting a representative of the authorities.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Journalist and TV presenter, who previously held a position in part of the «presidential pool» of the ONT TV channel.
In August 2020, in protest against the violent dispersal of peaceful actions, Semchenko resigned. Dmitry and his wife were detained on September 15 in Minsk. Yulia was later released, and Dmitry was left behind bars until the trial. A day later, the man was arrested for 15 days. But after 15 days, Dmitry did not go free and was sentenced to another 13 days of arrest under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code for distributing «extremist materials» on his social networks. When Dmitry Semchenko was not released on October 13, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the materials of the prosecution, on February 28, 2021 in vk.ru Maxim is in the public group «Polotsk, Novopolotsk...» posted a publication with a photo of the injured police officer Lyashko, his personal data, thereby publicly insulted as a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties.
1, 5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In August 2022, Sergei was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for a repost from a telegram channel recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
But after the administrative arrest, Sergei did not leave the IVS: he was charged with criminal article 130. As it became known, the case was already going to court, forensic examinations were carried out — but suddenly the man was charged with another criminal article. This time according to Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The first sentence was pronounced on 11/28/2022 , Sergei is waiting for a second trial.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to pro-government telegram channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020 and for comments on social networks.
On March 28, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict has entered into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in the colony
He lived in Ukraine for many years, and in 2019 he married a Ukrainian woman there. A daughter was born into the family. Dmitry did not serve in the Belarusian army, but in Ukraine he was taken into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, into the supply service. So the man found himself in the demarcation zone as a watchman; his tasks included guarding a military warehouse. He worked there from March to October 2021, at the junction between the self-proclaimed DPR/LPR and the territory controlled by Ukraine.
When Dmitry lost his Belarusian passport, he contacted the Belarusian embassy in Kyiv, where he was given a temporary document to replace his passport. The embassy also advised to come to the Republic of Belarus for a full-fledged passport - and Dmitry returned to his homeland in October 2021.
Immediately after crossing the border, Zhunusov was detained. For two days without a break, he was interrogated by the KGB on the topic of “terrorism” and “transportation of weapons” from Ukraine to Belarus.
No such facts were found, but on October 25, 2021, the man was transferred from the Brest temporary detention center to the Brest pre-trial detention center. And they accused him of “mercenarism” (Part 1 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Ivan first held the position of investigator in Malorita, then transferred as an investigator to the Kobrin District Department of Internal Affairs. He had the rank of lieutenant.
According to information from the GUBOPiK video, he resigned from the law enforcement agencies and began mining cryptocurrencies. According to security officials, Ivan transmitted information about his colleagues to various telegram channels.
On November 28, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
7 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
The reason for the detention was a comment in the networks regarding A.G. Lukashenko.
Victor is an orphan.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
An evangelical believer, a minister and the wife of one of the pastors of the Minsk evangelical church «New Testament», was detained on July 5, 2022, together with her husband Philip Ivanov. Philip was released after the arrest, and Lydia was taken into custody on a criminal case.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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