Olga was detained in August 2021 in connection with the case of the Voitekhovich family, accused of terrorism, namely the attack on the Gaidukevich house, and taken into custody.
Released from custody on December 13, 2021.
Subsequently, in August 2022, Olga was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in post-election protests.
Trial outcome 03.08.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Anastasia, a BGEU graduate, was arrested in February 2022 on criminal charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. Anastasia was identified from a photograph.
In April 2022, Anastasia was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Trial outcome 29.04.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Natalia was found guilty in November 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment posted on the social network Odnoklassniki about the senior district police inspector of the Bobruisk Department of Internal Affairs, Police Captain Andrei Komar.
Trial outcome 15.11.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
Natalia was found guilty in October 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official.
According to the indictment, on June 13, 2021, she left the comment "What a fat face" under a post in the "Sasha Belousov" community on the social network Odnoklassniki, which featured a photo of Dmitry Vishnevsky, head of the Orsha District Department of Internal Affairs, and the caption "accomplice of the fascist regime."
Natalya explained in court that she did not consider her comment offensive, since Dostoevsky had a literary expression, “a shiny fat mug.”
Trial outcome 18.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Irina was found guilty in September 2021 in a criminal case opened for insulting police officers on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus." The victims in the case were S.A. Sukhorukov, Deputy Head of the Novobelitsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Gomel, and Sergei Malinovsky, a serviceman from military unit No. 10091. The comments themselves were not made public in court.
Trial outcome 17.09.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Anna was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a judge.
According to the case file, on November 30, 2020, while on Chailytka Street in Minsk, Anna posted a message to the judge in the "Ustaty Cockroach" group on the social network Odnoklassniki. The message contained the offensive phrase, "Disgusting, you'll get it back, and very soon." The court found that her actions violated the judge's authority and honor and undermined the prestige of the judicial system.
Trial outcome 15.09.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Tatyana was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a government official for her comments on a post on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" about Natalya Yermoolinskaya, head of the Borisov District Police Department's juvenile affairs inspectorate.
On September 2, 2021, Yulia was found guilty of insulting a police officer from Grodno. According to the case file, in May 2020, she posted on Odnoklassniki, calling one of the Grodno law enforcement officers a "fucker." At the time of publication, Yulia was in St. Petersburg.
In March 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a commitment to an open correctional facility. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Yulia's presence, are unknown.
Trial outcome 02.09.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Anastasia was found guilty in August 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left online on September 15, 2020, addressed to one of the deputy heads of Pretrial Detention Center No. 6.
Marina was found guilty in December 2020 in a criminal case opened under the article "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." The case concerned the events of August 9, 2020. At that time, Marina, a pharmacist, was detained and brutally beaten by two riot police officers, Daria Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich. However, the criminal case was specifically opened against Marina. While being physically choked, Marina instinctively bit the hand of one of the police officers.
Trial outcome 17.12.2020
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 3602 rubles of compensation.
Victoria was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols." According to investigators, she altered the image of the national emblem and used it as the logo for her Telegram and YouTube channels, as well as in published videos, which, according to investigators, constituted "an act of blasphemy and an attempt to draw attention to her channel."
Marina was found guilty in June 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social media site Odnoklassniki addressed to Yuri Chernyshkov, an operative of the Drogichin District Police Department. The comment was posted under a post alleging that Chernyshkov had punched and kicked a girl on a square in Drogichin on August 10, 2020, and then "handed her over" to riot police.
Trial outcome 24.06.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Natalia was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left on the social network Odnoklassniki regarding the leadership of the Dubrovensky District Department of Internal Affairs.
Ekaterina was found guilty in January 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for reposting a photograph and personal information, as well as for posting a comment on this post on the Telegram channel "Slonim for Life," about a riot police officer from the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, Senior Police Sergeant Sergei Oskolkov. According to the investigation, under the repost, she posted a message "containing offensive content, degrading the honor and dignity of Oskolkov."
Trial outcome 22.01.2021
1 year restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
Ekaterina was found guilty in February 2021 of a criminal offense under the article on insulting a government official for a comment she left on the Telegram channel "Smolevichi Political Movement" regarding the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Major General of Police Ivan Kubrakov.
Trial outcome 17.02.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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