On June 24, 2024, Alexander Chakhovsky was convicted in absentia of "insulting government officials" (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) and "desecration of state symbols" (Article 370 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to three months of arrest. However, on September 20, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned Chakhovsky's sentence during an appeal and sent his case back to the same court for review. The sentences for the other defendants in the case were left unchanged.
From December 10 to December 13, 2024, Alexander was tried under four articles of the Criminal Code. In accordance with Part 2 and 6 of Article 72 of the Criminal Code, for a combination of crimes by partially adding up the main punishments and adding an additional one, Chakhovsky was finally sentenced to imprisonment for a term of seven years in a penal colony under enhanced security conditions with a fine of 32,000 rubles.
Trial outcome 18.06.2024
3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Appeal 20.09.2024
reversal of the decision of the court of first instance (trial in absentia).
Trial outcome 13.12.2024
7 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 800 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Andrei Pauk and his wife Olga were found guilty of “leading the extremist formation “Rudobelskaya Showcase” (Part 3 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code); collecting funds and other property in any way for the deliberate support of extremist activities by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (Part. 2 Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) They were also found guilty of “inciting other social hatred” (Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code); slander and insult of Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 and Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code) ; insults to government officials (Article 369 of the Criminal Code); illegal actions regarding information about private life and personal data (Parts 2 and 3 of Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code), etc.
Trial outcome 18.06.2024
8 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).
Andrei and his wife Olga were found guilty of “leading the extremist formation “Rudobelskaya window dressing” (Part 3 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code); collecting funds and other property in any way for the deliberate support of extremist activities by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (Part 2 Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) They were also found guilty of “inciting other social hatred” (Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code); insults to government officials (Article 369 of the Criminal Code); illegal actions regarding information about private life and personal data (Parts 2 and 3 of Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code), etc.
Trial outcome 18.06.2024
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).
On May 14, 2024, in the city of Murino, Leningrad Region, doctor Vladimir Martov, who left Belarus, was detained . He was on the interstate wanted list for “participation in the activities of an extremist formation” for an interview with a foreign media outlet, which was declared an “extremist formation” in Belarus.
Vladimir Martov worked as the head of the department of anesthesiology and resuscitation of the Vitebsk Emergency Hospital; in April 2021, his contract was not renewed. The doctor began to be persecuted after he spoke in non-state media about how mortality statistics from coronavirus were being hidden.
In February 2022, Martov was arrested for 7 days under Art. 24.23 Code of Administrative Offenses (Violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events). He was detained at his dacha near Lepel. According to the doctor's wife, he was convicted for having a white-red-white flag on his avatar on a social network. After his release, Vladimir Martov left the country.
In 2024, she was added to the Russian wanted list.
According to the court schedule, the caseon replacingthe restrictionof freedomwithimprisonmentin a penal colony was heardon November 27, 2024 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk.
Trial outcome 21.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 27.11.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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