The man was accused of making a repost on his page on the social network VKontakte on August 23 with an image and someone else’s comment about an employee of the Baranovichi District Department of Internal Affairs. They sentenced him to 2 years of chemotherapy and 1000 rubles in moral compensation. The sentence came into force on July 27. Since August 16, he has been in the IUOT in Vitebsk.
Released on January 11, 2022 due to the amnesty law on December 7, 2021.
In April 2024, he was detained again for his participation in the 2020 protests.
| 19.08.2021 | The Moscow Court of Brest, on appeal, admitted that there was simply a repost of the picture and without publication by the accused. But he left everything unchanged. |
| 09.06.2021 | TDF Sizo 6 Baranovichi from April 8 to May 25, 2021 |
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral
Detained for a comment in social networks (in a criminal case of insulting Deputy Interior Minister Nikolai Karpenkov).
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
he is a journalist, editor of special projects of ABW.bу.
He was detained for participating in protest actions 2020.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to the materials of the investigation, from February 2021 to October 2022, from February 2021 to October 2022, Nikolai Korol posted messages in various instant messengers in which he outlined slanderous fabrications against Lukashenko, publicly insulted him, as well as the leaders of the Central Election Commission and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, a number of other state servants and a judge.
On October 11, 2022, he, in order to facilitate the activities of the destructive Telegram channel, whose information products were previously recognized by the court as extremist materials, produced and sent a message about the movement of military aircraft in the Brest region.
Nicholas has a wife and a one-year-old son.
4 years in prison
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Sentenced for 1 comment on social networks to 1.5 years of probation. In September 2023, Natalya was again detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center on charges of “financing extremist activities.”
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
was detained on September 30, 2021 in Brest in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
Gleb has a 2-year-old daughter.
5 years in prison
For participation in the protests, the GUBOPiK detained brother and sister, Mikhail and Alexandra Aleksandrovich Razuvanov . According to GUBOPiK, Mikhail and Alexandra took part in post-election protests in 2020. Judging by the report from the security forces, a criminal case has been opened against the brother and sister.
On June 23, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, in April 2024 Mikhail was again imprisoned in pre-trial detention center-1. Perhaps this is connected with a new criminal case.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
It is known that Oleg was detained in an administrative case on March 21, 2023 and accused of producing, distributing or storing extremist materials under Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offences.
Previously, Oleg was involved in social and cultural activities, at one time he led the Gomel “cleanse”, and as a writer he published a lot in magazines and newspapers.
The trial took place behind closed doors.
On 03/05/2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
The woman worked in the service «One-window» of the Oktyabrsky district of Minsk.
He is suspected of transferring personal data of law enforcement officers to telegram channels.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
5. 5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
She is accused of terrorism : she allegedly participated in "throwing Molotov cocktails" at the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
11 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
She was detained on September 20 in a criminal case for a performance at the city cemetery, when a group of young people placed a portrait of Lukashenka on the grave and opened champagne. After the temporary detention facility, she was immediately transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
| 17.06.2022 | According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August. |
3.5 years in prison.
Popular Belarusian blogger and creator of the “Country for Life” channel on YouTube.
Sergei expressed his desire to run for president. However, before the start of the election campaign, he was arrested for organizing an unauthorized event. His wife, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, submitted documents to the CEC using a power of attorney, but he was not registered as a candidate due to the absence of his signature on the power of attorney. Then his wife was registered as a candidate herself. After his release, Sergei became Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s confidant and participated in the collection of signatures. He was detained during the picket and convicted on several criminal charges.
In January 2023, Sergei was charged with another charge for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution,” and he was additionally sentenced to 1.5 years in prison.
(1) 18 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions;
(2) 1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions;
by total addition: 19.5 years of imprisonment under strict security conditions
unknown years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open correctional facility.
2 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
unknown years of imprisonment in the colony
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