On December 9, 2021, the Soviet Court of Gomel handed down a verdict . Evgeny was found guilty. Judge Alexander Mokharev handed down the sentence: three years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
On April 12, 2022, the Gomel Regional Court heard the case of Yevgeny Morenets in closed session on charges under Part 1 of Article 361-1. Judge Nikolai Dolya handed down a new sentence to the political prisoner: 4 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.
In February 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
I agree with the prosecution, Serhiy had the intent to insult a representative of the authorities, one day from June 21 to June 23, 2020 he was at home and using a laptop left an offensive comment for public viewing under the photo of the traffic police inspector of the Gantsevichi district executive committee Igor Volnich, posted on the page of Olga Karach in Odnoklassniki. He wrote the word "schmuck". The court awarded compensation for non-pecuniary damage in favor of the victim in the amount of 1,000 rubles.
According to the charges, at the end of 2020, Natalya posted an offensive comment on one of the Telegram channels under a photo of a man with the text stating that he was a district inspector of the Svetlogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs and was engaged in the political persecution of protesters, and was perjuring himself in court. And thus, according to the prosecutor, the accused publicly insulted a government official with an obscene and negative comment. In addition to the term, Natalya was awarded 700 rubles in compensation for moral damage.
On November 24, 2021, the regional court upheld the prosecutor's protest and replaced the sentence with 2 years of restriction of freedom with sending to a correctional institution.
In early December 2023, she was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court.
Due to new persecution for political reasons on the eve of her release, she was forced to leave the Republic of Belarus.
04.12.2021
IUOT No. 51 Minsk from 02.12.2021
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Resident of Mogilev. In one of the social networks, he left a comment "Well, get ready, faggot" in relation to a police officer from Minsk. For this, a criminal case was opened against Goryunov for insulting a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties (Article 369 of the Criminal Code). Immediately after that, he was offered to quit - he worked for Mogilevkhimvolokno.
According to the prosecution , on June 8, 2021, while intoxicated, he left the inscription "Long live Belarus" in black paint at a bus stop in the village of Letishin, Kletsk district. The size of the letters was about 30 centimeters, the amount of damage caused was 147 rubles 79 kopecks. The inscription at the stop was painted over the next day, June 9th. Sergei Timokhai has never been prosecuted before. Raises three children. He has been working at the "Belarusian Railway" for 25 years and during this time not a single violation of labor discipline has been recorded. In 2012, the minister's gratitude was announced to the accused.
On October 7, 2021, the verdict was announced to Svetlana Baranovskaya, who was charged with insulting representatives of the authorities - nine riot police officers. According to the prosecution, on March 1, 2021, she left a comment under a photo of nine OMON officers posted on the Punishers of Belarus telegram channel with the following content: “Here are the scum.”
Detained on December 14, 2021 with her daughter under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Kuzmenkov was detained for the first time on July 13, then, before trial, on July 21, 2021. He is on trial for participating in the marches on August 9 and September 6, 2020. In the city center on one of the marches he was wounded by a rubber bullet.
According to estimates by human rights activists, in the fall of 2022, he fully served his sentence.
Tatyana was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Sergei was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Left Belarus.
In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held against Sergei as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Anna was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Left Belarus.
In December 2024, as part of a special proceeding against Anna, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 06.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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