The essence of the accusation is still unknown to human rights activists.
The trial, which lasted from February 9, found Degterenko guilty of “joining an extremist formation” and under Part 3 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years.
He was also found guilty of “providing funds by any means for the purpose of use in terrorist activities, material support and other support” by a person who had previously committed a crime under Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code, and according to Part 2 of Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated January 09, 2019 No. 171-Z), he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 8 years with a fine of 100 basic units.
By partial addition of sentences, the accused was finally sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 8 years 6 months
8.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions.
Victoria has three children, two of them are minors (the youngest is 3 years old). Before the trial, she was on bail at home.
After the verdict in the courtroom, she was taken into custody.
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
On April 2, 2024, Olga had a hearing of her appeal. The verdict came into force.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
On April 5, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
Pavel Kuntsevich is 39 years old. He is a Minsk resident, he studied at the Minsk State Institute of Ecology named after Sakharov as a psychologist. He worked at the Chervensky market, where he had his own retail outlet, and recently he made greenhouses for money.
Judging by social networks, he was detained in the fall of 2023. He was accused under Part 3 of Art. 361 of the Criminal Code of Belarus - “calls for sanctions or other actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.” Under the article, he faced up to 12 years in prison.
Pavel has a large family - a wife and four children.
4 years imprisonment in a colony
Cook, resident of Novobelitsa.
There are quite a lot of posts and messages about Belarusian security forces and government officials on Igor’s social networks. He was also among the 500 subscribers in 2019 to an appeal to then-Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, which concerned the reburial of the remains of the rebels of 1863-1864 hanged by the tsarist authorities.
It is unknown what punishment the man was given. But it is associated with imprisonment.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
On the night of October 13-14, 2023, in the center of the pine forest, the official red-green flag was removed from the flagpole and thrown into the ballot box, and the flag of Ukraine was attached in its place. The person who did this was detained based on the recording of a video surveillance camera installed on the village council building. Valery Samsonenko previously worked in the Svetlogorsk regional department for emergency situations, but left there.
On April 5, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
1 year imprisonment in a general regime colony
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
He was detained along with his entire family (wife, daughter, son) on suspicion of “treason.” Worked in construction. The details of the case are unknown.
According to the prosecution , in March 2021, through the Internet and the PayPal payment system, Filippovich allegedly “transferred funds in the amount of 29.35 euros to a bank account used by BYPOL representatives to support extremist activities.”
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
It is known that the woman was detained when she returned from Italy.
On March 15, 2024, the appeal was considered.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Volunteer at the Island of Hope Animal Welfare Society. Presumably detained for participating in protests. Since December 4, 2023 she has been kept in pre-trial detention center-1.
Andrey is 36 years old. In 2020, he worked at the Etazhi real estate agency. The man has a small daughter.
According to pro-government telegram channels, he himself wrote to the Black Book of Belarus and offered to drop the addresses of security forces involved in the repressions. Andrei did not know that on the other side, GUBOPiK employee Artur Gaiko was answering him.
Andrey was detained on November 10, 2023. He now faces up to 12 years in prison.
The man has been using the same account since 2019. From it he “leaked” information into the Black Book of Belarus, and from it he wrote comments in open chats and groups. The video shows his archived username from the ChKB bot database, which was saved by Arthur Gaiko. Through it you can find the current name of the telegram account and ID.
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On August 13, 2023, he was detained for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities.” After this, a criminal case was opened against him. After the arrest, a “repentant” video was published with Artem, where he said that in 2020 he proposed throwing “Molotov cocktails” at police officers and sent instructions for making them to friends.
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The man was accused of leaving a comment on YouTube in the direction of Lukashenko under the video “Belarus: Covert mobilization and deployment of troops from Russia | Ukraine, Lukashenko and NATO” by Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov. They found the Youtube application on his phone, in which there was a corresponding post in the “Comments” section.
Igor Zhuk worked as a woodworking machine operator in a closed joint stock company. He remained in custody until sentencing.
2 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
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