Detained for comments on social networks after the death of V.V. Makei.
On October 3, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Convicted for likes on social networks. Citizen of the Russian Federation.
Trial outcome 27.12.2022: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The owner of a dog hotel in Grodno and graduated from the university.
Pavel was accused of being in a social network vk.com he posted publications in the form of images with text messages unacceptable for use from the point of view of modern culture, which the court regarded as degrading the honor and dignity of Lukashenko.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In the video published in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a 36 year old man says that he was detained for writing in vk.com an offensive message about a law enforcement officer in 2021.
2.5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Bobkov, in February 2022, posted a publication on social networks with a video recording of the movement of vehicles of paramilitary Russian units moving through the territory of the Republic of Belarus, indicating their location. Then, using a mobile phone, he sent it to telegram channels, including those recognized by the court as extremist formations.
Before the trial, Bobkov was at large, under surety. Artyom was taken into custody in the courtroom.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Convicted for one donation of $20 to one of the initiatives, which was later recognized as an “extremist formation.” The donation to help supposedly victims of repression was made back in 2021, when the initiative was not yet recognized as an “extremist group.” There were only eight hearings on the case; it was considered for two months, from November to January. On April 28, 2023, the verdict came into force after the appeal court.
5 years imprisonment in a colony
Aleksey was sentenced on trumped-up charges of possession of training ammunition. In August 2020, the man wrote a letter of resignation from the army and was fired in November.
He was detained on the case of the export of documents of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. During the investigation, they were taken to a separate criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 295 of the Criminal Code, because during a search, explosives were allegedly found in the apartment.
Minsk City Court in August 2022 issued a verdict. Alexei was also stripped of his military rank and fined: 500 basic units. The trial was held behind closed doors.
6 years in prison in a penal colony.
During the judicial investigation, it was established that Korsak in January 2022 in the ok.ru on his personal page, he posted a photo image of Alexander Lukashenko with icons, and also published an image of Nazi symbols in the colors of the national flag of the Republic of Belarus.
At the hearing, the man explained that he understood the meaning of the posted image and went to it consciously.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Dmitry was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko and two policemen.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Convicted of participating in the 2020 protests and offensive comments on social networks.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Railway employee The circumstances of the trial/s are unknown.
On March 3, 2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
She was detained for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno together with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. As a result, Natalia was sentenced to probation. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a raid by security forces on relatives of political prisoners and people of solidarity. Natalia was not released.
Trial outcome 17.03.2023: 3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 04.10.2024: 2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Nastya Loiko is a well—known Belarusian human rights activist. Nastya was persecuted for her human rights activities, since August 2021 she has been a suspect in a criminal case related to the activities of the human rights organization «Viasna».
On September 6, 2022, after attending a court hearing on the «Revolutionary Action» case, Nastya was twice convicted of disorderly conduct and spent 30 days in custody. 3 weeks after her release, on 28.10.2022, Nastya was detained again. At the trial, Nastya declared torture (employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption hit her with a stun gun and left her for 8 hours without outerwear in the cold, which made her ill). In custody, Nastya is still without warm clothes and personal hygiene products.
On November 28, 2022, it became known that Nastya was sentenced again for 15 days under Article 19.1 (Petty hooliganism). For the fifth time in the fall.
In mid-December, she was detained for the 6th time under the same article, and at the end of the month she was charged under criminal articles and transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1 («SIZO-1»). According to the prosecution, one of her human rights reports on the persecution of the anarchist community in Belarus in 2018 contains a negative assessment of the illegal actions of police officers, which became the basis for initiating a criminal case against her. The group against which other social animosity was allegedly incited is a professional social group of law enforcement officers. As noted by human rights activists, such an interpretation of the article does not comply with international human rights standards, as evidenced by the practice of international judicial bodies.
Almost at the beginning of the court session, the process was closed.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Employee of the Värtanne Foundation.
On the morning of November 4, 2022, Makarevich’s home was searched , and in the afternoon he stopped communicating.
April 12, 2023 released on bail. There is practically no information about his case.
In the Grodno Regional Court on March 25, 2024, another trial of Sergei will begin for donation under Art. 361-2 CC
2 years of restriction of freedom in an open correctional facility
For a long time, Artur worked in power grids — first as an engineer at «Belenergosetproject», and then at «Minskenergo». Arthur is accused of transferring personal data of more than 500 officials by telegram channel.
9 years imprisonment in a colony
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