Viktor was arrested in August 2020 as part of a criminal case opened after a protest held on August 10, 2020 in Novopolotsk against the falsification of the presidential elections. He was later released on bail.
In January 2021, Viktor was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restriction of freedom. However, in June, he was released from the correctional facility pending appeal, as the prosecutor filed a protest. At the end of June, his sentence was changed to imprisonment.
In December 2022, Viktor's sentence was changed to prison.
According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Artem was detained in connection with a criminal case brought for damaging three Tabakeroks. He was convicted of writing the words “Long Live Belarus” on one of them and “actively resisting detention.”
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 23.04.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 3102 rubles of compensation.
Irina was convicted for a comment on a social network left in December 2020 under a photograph of the head of the Postavy District Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Rybakov, in connection with the performance of his official duties, as well as for cartridges from a small-caliber rifle found during a search.
She was released in November 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
In November 2023, it became known that the former political prisoner's preventive supervision was extended for two years. In addition, Irina was tried for reposting materials from sources deemed "extremist."
Vadim, a youth coach for Dynamo Brest, was arrested in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in October 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Maksym, an ambulance driver, was charged and convicted of making six life-size puppets “with cynical inscriptions and images of senior officials,” which were placed on overpasses near the villages of Vilczyce and Lubuż, and then photographed and distributed online.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vadim was first detained in August 2020 in Brest during protests against fraud in the presidential elections. During his detention, he was severely beaten and required medical assistance. In September 2020, a criminal case was opened against him under the article "participation in mass riots". After a week spent in a temporary detention facility, Vadim was released on bail, after which he left Belarus and was put on the wanted list.
In April 2021, he was detained by the Russian border service while attempting to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border outside the checkpoint in the Belgorod region and placed in a pre-trial detention facility.
He was released in April 2022 after serving his sentence and later left Russia.
Andrei was arrested and convicted in a criminal case following a protest that took place in Grodno on September 6, 2020, against violence and the results of the presidential election. He was accused of "intending to hurt 11 riot police officers out of revenge and threatening their personal safety."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Andrey, a private entrepreneur and hairdresser, was arrested and convicted of “violence or threat of violence against employees of the internal affairs bodies and an official” for messages left on the social network “VKontakte” addressed to riot police officers and the head of the department of educational work with youth of the Moscow State Linguistic University, which “disturbed the psychological and mental peace of the victims.”
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 13.04.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 2100 rubles of compensation.
Vladimir was arrested and convicted for allegedly snatching an Osa traumatic pistol from a police officer during the March of Heroes protest on September 13, 2020, and inflicting bodily harm on OMON officers.
Andrei was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.
According to human rights activists, he was released in May 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 21.05.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1850 rubles of compensation.
Nikolai, a historian by training and a builder, was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Simon was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.
He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 21.05.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1850 rubles of compensation.
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