According to the indictment, “On September 12, 2021, near house 21 along Sovetskaya Street, in order to desecrate the state flag of the Republic of Belarus, expressing an insulting attitude towards state symbols, he showed ostentatious courage to those present .... grabbed the flag. This caused damage in the amount of 129 rubles.
Dmitry was accused of the fact that on February 7, 2021, in the Mustachioed Cockroach group in Odnoklassniki, under the photographs of the victims (senior inspector for the prevention of the OPP of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs Alexander Shlupakov, as well as the detective of the group for combating drug control and combating human trafficking of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs Sergey Shramov), the defendant wrote insulting commentary, including the following: "... these employees, risking their lives, seized these balls ...".
Sergei was identified by operatives during the monitoring of social networks from photographs as an active participant in protests in Minsk in August 2020.
He was convicted by the Dyatlovsky district court under Article 364 of the Criminal Code (Violence or threat of violence to a policeman) and under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of the authorities).
The basis for initiating a criminal case was an offensive comment in ok.ru in relation to a police officer.
According to human rights activists, he was released.
Trial outcome:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was detained on November 22, 2021 as part of a criminal case for insulting Alexander Lukashenko. On November 25, by decision of the prosecutor's office, he was taken into custody for a period of two months and then transferred to a pre-trial detention center. Daniel has been charged.
Trial outcome:
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
A resident of Minsk, convicted for the fact that, according to the prosecution, in June 2021, he tore down 2 state flags: on the building of the Euroopt store and on a kindergarten in the Zavodsky district of Minsk.
Convicted again under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. The total term is 4 years of restriction of freedom.
He began serving his sentence on September 27, 2021.
Trial outcome:
4 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
On September 21, 2021, Kirill Zhogolev and Ruslan Tyurlik were detained and placed in pre-trial detention center No. 1 pending trial. Convicted for participating in the Unity March in Minsk.
Released in February 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Artem was found guilty of taking part in actions that grossly violated public order on September 6, 2020: he stood in a hitch on the street. Lenin, overlooked the roadway on Independence Avenue, as well as a number of other streets.
For some time the man was under compulsory treatment due to his mental condition.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023.
Chemical analysis laboratory assistant at Grodno Azot. According to the indictment, Olga Belozerova participated in the coupling of citizens at the "March of Unity" in Grodno on September 6 last year.
A resident of Minsk, works as a car parts sales manager, detained on 21.10.2021. Andrey has two children. Convicted for messages in the chats "Lebyazhy 97" and "Central 97".
He was released in early May 2025, having served his entire sentence.
Trial outcome 13.06.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
On October 30, Irina was detained at the Minsk airport when she and her husband were returning from vacation. On November 1, Pervomaisky District Judge Maxim Trusevich sentenced them both to 15 days of arrest for allegedly storing materials on Facebook that were deemed "extremist." On November 15, journalist Irina Slavnikova was sentenced to another 15 days of arrest for the second time in a row. On November 26, it became known that Irina Slavnikova had become a suspect under Article 342 of the Criminal Code.
On September11,2025, it became known that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania.Among them are citizensof Europeancountries . Among those releasedis IrinaSlavnikova .
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