During the judicial investigation, it was established that the accused, being subscribed to extremist and destructive Telegram channels and chats, in October 2020, posted an offensive comment in one of them under the photo of A.G. Lukashenko.
From October 2020 to November 2021, he left offensive comments in a profane form to the employees of the internal affairs bodies and the judge, than publicly insulted the authorities, tried to undermine the prestige of managerial activities in the state.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Sergey is a resident of Soligorsk and is on the same criminal case with Oleg Gavrilov, Alexander and Tatiana Birulyami. They were detained for distributing protest newspapers on December 13, 2021, but during the investigation the list of articles of the Criminal Code under which they are accused has grown to five. Already at the trial, the case was sent for additional investigation, during which political prisoners were included in the «The list of terrorists».
6,6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Sergei Ryabtsev was detained on September 30, 2021, initially because of a comment after the death in Minsk in a shootout of Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, and Andrei Zeltser, an IT specialist. Sergei was called to the military enlistment office, where the security forces were already waiting for him. Then the guy's house was searched in his absence.
In early September 2022, it became known that the State Security Committee had included Ryabtsev's name in the «List of persons involved in terrorist activities».
The Grodno Regional Court sentenced Sergei on November 4, 2022.
6,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
8,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was detained together with her husband for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After their detention, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which they communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
| 21.03.2023 | The trial began on March 20, 2023, Judge Kuchuk |
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After his arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which he communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
| 19.09.2023 | Сегодня 19 сентября прошёл суд в закрытом режиме, в Верховном суде, приговор без изменения |
| 20.03.2023 | Judge Kuchuk |
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
She was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After her arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which she communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
On September 19, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the charge, she left offensive comments and made threats against 50 officials: judges, prosecutors, employees of internal affairs bodies, state security, investigative bodies, members of precinct election commissions.
It is known that the prosecutor asked for two years of imprisonment for the 54 year old woman, but judge Dmitry Korsyuk imposed a harsher punishment - three years in a penal colony.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
Columnist, director, organizer of honey fairs and director of the «Tsar-Med» company.
Convicted of participating in protests on August 23, 2020 as a columnist.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Convicted of participating in protest actions 2020.
Imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Polina is the wife of political prisoner journalist Dmitry Luksha, who is being held behind bars under the same articles (complicity in discrediting the Republic of Belarus and active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). In addition to imprisonment, Polina was awarded a fine of 3 200 BYN.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A journalist who covered the protests after the 2020 presidential elections. He was repeatedly detained by the police, fined through the courts and sent for a day. After the recognition of a number of independent media as extremist groups, Evgeny was engaged in local history activities.
On September 13, 2022 in Homel, in the afternoon, the journalist’s apartment was searched, after which information carriers were confiscated from Yevgeny, and he himself was detained.
4 years imprisonment in a penal colony under the conditions of an enhanced regime.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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