In November, telegram channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus published news about the detention of two friends - 25 year old Denis Pischalo and 24 year old Ilona Zaitseva.
In the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the guy says that he participated in post-election protests and went out on the roadway, was subscribed to telegram channels recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus, and also left offensive comments.
On 06/06/2023 the appeal hearing of the court took place and the verdict entered into force.
2 years in prison.
Alexey Ilyinchik is a Gomel bard and musician.
In the spring of 2022, the man had a stroke, so Alexey had to spend several months in the hospital, as rehabilitation after the disease was problematic and the right side of the body was taken away.
Alexey was detained on August 18, 2022, the reason remained unknown for a long time, since the man had only a state lawyer who did not contact any of his relatives and acquaintances.
On March 28, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court issued the final verdict in the case of Alexey. He was charged with slandering Alexander Lukashenko (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus), insulting the President (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) and inciting other social enmity or discord (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).
During his stay in pre-trial detention center-3 and in the correctional colony, Alexei’s health deteriorated. His right hand has almost no function, his speech apparatus is impaired, so he speaks with difficulty. He also cannot write letters on his own. On October 1, 2023, it is known that Alexey Ilyinchik was placed in the neurological department of the Republican Hospital, which is located on the territory of pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
It is known that Alexey Alekseychik worked as a transplant doctor at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology for more than 20 years. He is considered one of the best specialists of the center, who has performed many bone marrow transplant operations.
In the spring of 2022, law enforcement officers gained access to the internal chat of employees of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center, where they discussed the political situation in Belarus, the work of the independent trade union «Panacea» and much more. It is assumed that the detention of the transplantologist is connected with this chat.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In the period from August 2020 to July 26, 2022, Alexander administered the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!», for which he was detained on July 27, 2022.
On November 24, 2022, by the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!» was recognized as an extremist formation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
The trial of Alexander took place on February 9, 2023, where he was accused under 5 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: Part 1 of Article 361-1, Part 1 of Article 342, part 2 of Article 367, Article 369, part 3 of Article 361.
It is known about Alexander Sumar that in 2006 he worked in the Luninetsky district police Department as a forensic expert. In recent years, he lived in Moscow (Russia).
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Rodion lived abroad for some time in several countries, and then decided to return to Belarus.
Shortly after returning home, he was detained by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption. The comments for which he is accused are dated 2020.
Perhaps the guy was found out a long time ago and started a case against him, but they waited until he returned to Belarus to detain him. Law enforcement officials claim that «he faces from 5 to 12 years in prison» — probably we are talking about a criminal case for «Incitement hostility and discord».
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The 35 year old heavy rock lover was initially accused of insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), insulting Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code) and slandering Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code).
Vitaly was detained on October 13, 2022 and placed in the Vitebsk pre-trial detention center.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the prosecution , Yevgeniy, while at his place of residence, on March 1, 2022, posted an offensive message against Alexander Lukashenko in a group on the Telegram social network. This follows from the conclusion of the forensic linguistic examination.
Previously, the man was brought to administrative responsibility for storing extremist information products on his mobile phone.
On March 24, 2024, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Andrei was convicted of slandering Lukashenko and participating in protests 2020. The circumstances of the case are unknown, as the court session was held in closed form.
On March 22, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Nikolai is accused of “financing terrorist activities”, under this article he faces from 8 to 12 years in prison.
The man's last known place of work was the Republican Center for Olympic Training in Athletics.
On June 6, 2023 he was convicted under Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code and Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code for 6 years in a maximum security colony and a heavy fine. Other details of the case are unknown.
On September 1, 2023, in the Supreme Court, Judge V. Cherevach was supposed to consider the appeal of a political prisoner. At the moment, the first sentence came into force, therefore, at the time of the second one, Vasilevich was considered to have already been convicted.
On September 12, 2023, another trial of Nikolai took place in the Pervomaisky District Court. This time he was accused of “financing terrorist activities” (art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code). In total, for the donations, Svetlana Cherepovich sentenced him to 9 years and 6 months in a maximum security colony, as well as a fine of 600 basic units.
9.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
According to the materials of the prosecution, Alexander on November 20, 2020, then December 19, 2021, as well as from February to May 2022, from his mobile phone «Xiaomi Redmi 7A» posted several messages in the Telegram messenger, which «contained a clearly negative assessment of law enforcement officers, military personnel, as well as a group of persons united by on the basis of nationality». He also posted comments on the Internet using obscene language, in which he gave «an obviously negative assessment of the personality of the head of state, humiliated his honor and dignity».
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Pro-government channels posted “repentant videos”, where Pavel says that he worked in the Department of Security until 2018, was detained for transferring personal data of Department employees to the Black Book of Belarus. The data was taken from the telephone directory book.
At home he left a wife and small children (1 year and 3 years).
6 years in prison under conditions of enhanced regime.
Sergey Kudritsky, who worked as a sales specialist, was detained on June 24, 2022 and placed in custody until trial, and his wife, a leading specialist of one of the departments of MTBank, Margarita, was released on a large bail, since there is a minor child in the family.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Sergei and Margarita took an active part in an unauthorized mass event in Minsk on August 30, 2020.
It became known in court that Sergei was also detained on June 9, 2020. Then a bag of marijuana was allegedly found in his belongings. So the investigation had another article — 328, the charge on which was considered at the same time.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
For several months he was in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee, then in the pre-trial detention center № 1 in Minsk, later he was transferred to the pre-trial detention center in Grodno.
Nikolay is a former customs officer, an activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party «Gramada». He is accused of helping those who wanted to illegally cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border for money, as well as creating an extremist formation or participating in it.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Daniil, who worked at the Grodno branch of Beltelecom, was detained for several comments on social networks in early October 2022 and placed in custody pending trial.
On April 11, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with a general regime.
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