3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to open institutions.
Former director of the BelaPAN news agency. He was detained on July 18 after a search and interrogation at the Investigative Committee. On August 28, 2021, he was transferred to SIZO-1.
6 years of imprisonment in a colony.
director of the news agency BelaPAN. On the morning of August 18, 2021, they came to her with a search. Then they took me to the agency's office for a search, and then for interrogation. Searches also took place at the homes of other BelaPAN journalists.
4 years in prison
Dmitry Belikov was found guilty that on September 20, 2020, he joined the rally as part of a group of 800 people, took an active part in it, disrupted the operation of transport, and he also had a white-red-white flag with him.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Builder-finisher.
On April 8, 2022, the prosecutor's office sent the case against activists of the "Busly Lyatsyats" initiative to court. Some episodes of the criminal case are related to damage to the car of a Borisov district judge in March 2021 and to a window in an apartment where "an employee of the Minsk prosecutor's office lives with a young child" in April 2021.
There are three children in the family.
In September 2024, it became known that Andrei would be tried for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution executing a sentence of imprisonment” (Article 411, Part 2).
Trial outcome 28.09.2022: 15 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 28.02.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 23.09.2024: 2 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
A resident of the Minsk region. The reason for the arrest was a visit to the entrance where a police officer lives. He served in the 103rd unit in Vitebsk, collaborated with Baypol.
10/17/2023 transferred to prison regime.
On September 27, his trial will begin in the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev under Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code.
| 28.12.2021 | On December 10, 2021, he was sent to colony IK-3, Vitebsk region. Info from the administration of Sizo-1 |
6 years in prison
a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case initiated under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (Participation in riots) after protests in the city in August. Ilya is in custody in a pre-trial detention center. In August 2021, his trial began.
4 years in prison under enhanced regime.
Inhabitant of Osipovichi. In the fall of 2020, he served 13 days for rallies. Then he was detained under Articles 130 and 359 ("Terrorism"). Relatives say that Ilya was not interested in politics. No one knows the details of the charges.
Trial outcome 07.10.2021: 5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Anarchist. Detained on July 29, 2021. His apartment was searched, and during the arrest he was beaten. Demanding access to the phone and computer, the guy pulled a bag over his head. During the transfer to the pre-trial detention center, all books were taken from Yevgeny Rubashko and put on a preventive record as prone to extremism, which means making a note in a personal file, special treatment and additional work with a psychologist.
In February 2023, Yevgeny Rubashko was transferred for a month to a cell-type room in IK No. 2. Prior to that, he was placed in a ShIZO three times for 10, 7 and 7 days for far-fetched violations of internal regulations. After being kept in the PKT, Yevgeny was again placed in the ShIZO for a total of 17 days.
In Bobruisk on April 19, 2023, the court transferred the political prisoner to the prison regime .
At the beginning of May 2023, it became known that Evgeniy had been transferred to Prison No. 8 in Zhodzina.
| 16.08.2021 | Vegetarian |
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Belarusian philosopher and methodologist, public and political figure, founder of the Flying University. He was detained on August 4, 2021 after a house search as part of a criminal case.
On February 13, in the court of the Shklovsky district, a trial was held to change the detention regime for Vladimir and transfer him to a prison regime.
5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
resident of Brest, worked as a turner before his imprisonment. He loves to do metalworking and design. Has a mathematical mind. Has a 12-year-old daughter. Sergei has been in custody in a pre-trial detention center since the end of March 2021.
In the summer of 2023, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term.
4 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions. On July 21, 2023, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term.
4 years of imprisonment in conditions of a reinforced regime .
On December 22, 2021, he was detained again. Pavel was charged under 3 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: 367, 130 and 342. All for the post on FB. The investigation is over, the case will be transferred to the prosecutor's office for referral to the court.
Previously, he was also detained for a post on the social network FB. Previously, he was an activist of the youth wing "Zubr", an activist of "European Belarus", the youth wing of "Zmena". In 2010 he was sentenced to 4 years, released in 2011. He was constantly subjected to administrative arrests.
In December 2023, Pavel was transferred to prison regime.
5 years in prison
She was convicted in the "case of round dances " in Brest. She did not admit guilt. On September 13, 2020, at the March of Heroes in Brest, at the intersection of Cosmonauts Boulevard and Masherov Avenue, the protesters danced, sang the songs "Mura" and "Try charapakhi", and danced. They were dispersed by a water cannon.
A few months after the verdict, on October 13, 2021, Yulia’s home was searched, after which she was detained in a new criminal case. Then she was accused of financing extremist activities (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) and illegal actions in relation to information about private life and personal data (Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code). Yulia was imprisoned in SIZO-7.
In mid-April 2022, information appeared that Yulia was charged under six articles of the Criminal Code.
On July 4, 2022, the trial began in the Grodno Regional Court. On July 18, Judge Viktor Senko found the political prisoner guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
On July 18, 2022, a second sentence was passed under 6 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - 5 years in prison under general regime conditions and a fine of 2,650 rubles and 5,000 rubles of moral compensation in favor of one of the injured prosecutors.
On October 18, 2022, following the consideration of the appeal , Yulia was reduced by three months - from 5 years in prison to 4 years and 9 months , and also reduced the amount of the fine by almost a thousand rubles.
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