Alekseychikov and Sergey Aleinikov were found guilty of climbing on the roofs of administrative buildings on the night of January 16-17, 2022 in the agro-town of Pokolyubichi, Gomel region, tore off state flags from the local House of Culture and the village executive committee, and then threw them on the ground. At this time they were in a state of alcoholic intoxication. The side of the state prosecution was sure that the men acted in a group of persons by prior agreement and wanted to "express a disdainful attitude towards the state symbols of the Republic of Belarus."
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2023.
He was convicted for posting a public comment in one of the social network groups, which contained "an insult expressed in indecent form against the president."
According to estimates of human rights activists, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
Trial outcome:
1 year 1 month of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In 2020, 48-year-old Viktor Ziginov posted messages in one of the Telegram channels in which he allegedly persuaded users to participate in a “gross violation of public order” — holding a protest near the regional executive committee building.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 11, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Retired, former village deputy. They came to the man with a search on January 6. Investigators searched for "extremism and symbolism" but ended up finding nothing. The search warrant stated that Vitikov " had spoken unflatteringly about the All-Belarusian People's Assembly ".
Trial outcome 07.06.2022:
8 months in prison. Released on June 28, 2022 after the expiration of the sentence.
He was convicted for calling the police at number 102 and, as the court considered, insulted the president. Yevgeny has a severe chronic brain disease that requires mandatory surgery.
Trial outcome:
9 months in a general regime colony.
According to the estimates of human rights activists, Yevgeniy served his term in full.
A homeless man from Minsk was detained for "repeated violations of mass events." It is known about Kutas that he was thrown 10 times for a "day" under Art. 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (unauthorized picketing) in 2021. The protocols for him were drawn up for posters, on which the flag of the BSSR was usually painted and requests for help were written. But one day he was detained for a BCHB poster with the text: "Vyarnitsa me zyatsinstvo, youth me yarnitsa, and the first kahanna. Forget the lager and long live the People's Republic of Belarus." It is known that Kutas spent 22 years in prison.
Maxim was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of state symbols." In December of that year, he was found guilty of tearing down a flag on a street in Gomel and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in June 2022, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
On trial for participation in protests on August 11, 2020: they stood in a coupling on the carriageway. Also, in a group with unidentified persons, they threw stones and bottles towards police officers, burned car tires. At the request of the victims, the court session was closed due to the fact that “the country has a difficult political situation, people are opposed to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, personal data of the victims may be disclosed.” He was released by adding up the terms for the previous case and the term that Maxim served in an educational colony.
A resident of Rechitsa, convicted under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
According to human rights activists, Artem was released in early October 2022 after the expiration of his sentence.
A resident of Rechitsa, convicted under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
According to estimates by human rights activists, Valery was released in early October 2022 after the expiration of his sentence.
According to the prosecution, the defendant “from August to January 2020 collected information about the private life of 27 law enforcement officers of the Gomel region from various sources and sent them to an indefinite circle of people who administer the destructive Telegram channel” . Vladimir Koshko previously worked for three months as a policeman in the Security Department. A few years later he returned to the post of patrol officer, but four years later he was fired. Since the end of 2019, he has not worked. According to the verdict of the court, Vladimir is obliged to pay 13,600 rubles in moral damages.
Nikolai was detained in Gomel in a criminal case brought for comments on the Internet after KGB officer Dmitri Fedosiuk and it specialist Andrei Zeltzer were killed in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, he served his term and was released at the end of March 2023.
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