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.
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.
Ruslan was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." In November of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in September 2020.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 26.11.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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.
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.
Birch resident. According to the prosecution, on July 18, 2021, Govorko posted a video on his Instagram account, where he spoke about two policemen of the Berezovsky department of the Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. This video contains pictures of them. Govorko's actions were qualified as a crime under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (insulting a representative of the authorities), since oral comments contained"an indecent, humiliating and negative assessment of the personalities of the victims" .
The court ruled to satisfy claims for moral damages in the amount of 1,500 Belarusian rubles to each policeman. Released at the end of March 2022 after the expiration of the sentence.
On April 12, 2021, in the presence of his friend, Evgeny defiantly tore and burned the state flag of the Republic of Belarus. The process was filmed on video, which was posted online. Access to the file turned out to be free, so Internet users could watch and distribute the performance.
On November 22, 2022, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
Trial outcome:
1 year of restriction of liberty in an open facility
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