Was detained on September 23, 2020 under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them. After serving time for administrative charges was transferred to a pre-trial detention facility.
Aucharau and Huseinau were found guilty of encouraging people to participate in civil unrest on September 23, 2020 from 21:00 to 23:00, which was earlier planned as a public gathering, and disrupting communications. This allegedly disrupted the operations of Minsk Public Transportation. As well as "disrupted the right of citizens for quiet enjoyment and limited freedom of movement"; put up resistance to law enforcement.
5 years imprisonment in a maximum security colony
13.07.2022 Pavel was convicted under Art. 411 part 2 for another 1.5 years of imprisonment and replaced the regime with a strict one. The total term is 6.5 years in prison.
Volunteer of the headquarters of Viktor Babariko. In July 2020, he was detained under an administrative article for participating in solidarity chains, served an administrative arrest against Akrestsina. The second time he was detained on August 14, 2020 under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, together with other volunteers of Babariko's headquarters.
Before the trial, Vlad was first in the KGB pre-trial detention center, then in SIZO-1 in Minsk.
It is known that in the Novopolotsk colony No. 1 he was often placed in a punishment cell. From autumn to early March 2023, the political prisoner was held in the PKT. In the Novopolotsk court on March 6, 2023, a trial was held to change the regime for Vladislav and he was transferred to a prison regime . Soon the political prisoner was placed in Mogilev Prison No. 4 .
Vlad's mother is a pensioner and a disabled person of the 3rd group.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group in Gomel. Detained on June 7, 2020.
Charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 and Art. 292 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
6 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions
Was detained on November 4, 2020 with other drummers playing during post-election protests. Was sentenced to 15 days in prison but wasn't released after serving the term. Charges indicted: Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots; Art. 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them. His car was confiscated for an indefinite term. Has a daughter.
6 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions
Vladimir is a blogger, author of the MozgON YouTube channel. On his channel, he recounted first economic and social, and then political news, and began broadcasting from various events - not only from Tikhanovsky’s pickets. In 2019, he began to speak out against the road tax and rising gasoline prices. He spoke about Tikhanovsky for the first time in the fall of 2019 - he was outraged by his detention and called for him to come to his trial; later he also supported Tikhanovsky. On May 31, 2020, he broadcast a picket from Komarovka, before which Statkevich was detained. He was detained on June 9 to serve a 15-day arrest issued back in March 2020. On June 26,2020, he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center in the “Tsikhanouski case.”
On April 10, 2023, Vladimir was sentenced to another year in addition to 15 years in prison for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of the correctional institution.”
16 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions
An activist of the anarchist movement, he was detained on August 12, 2020 at about 13:00 in a car parking lot. Charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The court awarded 16 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the enormous sentences for Alexander Frantskevich, Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada, Andrei Chepyuk and Marfa Rabkova by only 3 months. The rest of the sentences remained unchanged.
15 years and 9 months imprisonment in a colony
Activist of the anarchist movement and volunteer of the Viasna Human Rights Center. He was detained on October 2, 2020. Charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The court sentenced Andrey to 6 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the enormous sentences for Alexander Frantskevich, Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada, Andrei Chepyuk and Marfa Rabkova by only 3 months. The rest of the sentences remained unchanged.
5 years and 9 months imprisonment in a colony.
An activist of the anarchist movement, he was detained on August 12, 2020 at the exit from the entrance. Charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Previously, he served a sentence in the “anarchist case” in 2010.
The court awarded 17 years of imprisonment in a colony, and on February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeals of the defendants in the case of an international criminal group. It is known that by his decision the judge reduced the enormous sentences for Alexander Frantskevich, Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada, Andrei Chepyuk and Marfa Rabkova by only 3 months. The rest of the sentences remained unchanged.
16 years and 9 months imprisonment in a colony
Proxy of the presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Gomel and Gomel region. Detained on August 6, 2020. Charges indicted: Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots.
6.5 years in prison .
In the fall of 2023 he was transferred to prison regime for 2 years
Activist of the Narodnaya Hramada party, detained on June 25, 2020 by the police in civil clothing, who forcefully dragged him out of his apartment. On July 9, 2020 the following charges were indicted against him: Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
6 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions .
Opposition politician, co-founder of the BCD party. He was detained by police officers on June 7, 2020 on his way home. Spent 75 days in administrative arrest. He was in a pre-trial detention center under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 21, 2023, a trial was held in Shklov to change the detention regime for Sevyarynets. Judge Alexander Tarakanov decided to transfer the politician to prison for a period of three years .
On July 10, 2023, it became known that the political prisoner was transferred from Correctional Colony No. 17 to Prison No. 1 .
7 years in medium-security prison
Was detained on the night of August 12, 2020 together with
Uladzislau Karetski, charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.
09.10.2021 | 10/03/2021 transferred to IK 15 |
15.06.2021 | In a letter dated June 3, chamber 23 |
10.06.2021 | Camera number 23 |
5 years in a medium-security prison
Member of the expanded Coordination Council, was detained and beaten by the riot police on September, 29 2020.
Charges: Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots
8 years in a medium-security prison
Artyom is a former border guard, a member of the initiative group for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s presidential nomination, and one of the videographers for the “Country for Life” Youtube channel. I was at a picket to collect signatures in Grodno on May 29, 2020. Detained on May 31. He was accused under four articles of the Criminal Code.
On November 9, 2022, by court decision, Artem was transferred to prison regime in Mogilev.
It is known that on August 19, 2022, the administration of the Shklov colony placed Artem in the PKT for a period of four months. Recently, the court ruled that all defendants must pay 22 million rubles in compensation to “employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for additional time on duty during post-election protests.”
16 years in a medium-security prison
Volunteer in Viktar Babaryka's presidential campaign team. According to Ihar's parents, he was beaten during the arrest (August 12, 2020), after which he was hospitalized and underwent surgery. On August 18, 2020, he was transferred to the KGB pre-trial prison.
Charges: Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participaton in riot and organization of civil unrest).
09.06.2021 | Camera 28 |
5 years in a medium-security prison
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