Detained with her husband Oleg Davydenko, allegedly for participating in protests in 2020. The reason for the persecution was a photo in which Davydenko stands with a banner during the 2020 protests.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Oleg Davydenko is 71 years old. His scientific and labor activity is connected with the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus. In 1990, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "cytoplasmic variability of agricultural plants". In 2000 he was elected a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. He is the author of 300 scientific papers, including 5 monographs, 1 textbook, 19 plant varieties.
The reason for the persecution was a photo in which Davydenko stands with a banner during the 2020 protests.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Prior to her arrest, she worked in Minsk as a leading procurement specialist in a commercial firm, and temporarily lived in the capital.
According to the prosecution, Zorina took part in one of the protests in 2020 in Minsk, along with other protesters, went out onto the roadway of Independence Avenue, publicly shouted slogans, made loud claps and waved her arms, etc.
In court, it turned out that Natalya Zorina did not join the protesters from the very beginning, she did not have protest symbols with her. The lawyer insisted that Natalya accidentally got to the action. However, contrary to the arguments of the defense counsel, Zorina pleaded guilty to the entire amount of the charges brought against her at the hearing.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Locksmith. Previously, he was tried several times for hooliganism and theft. Then he was also sentenced to "home chemistry", and then amnestied. Volchok also said that he had four children: he was officially recorded as the father of only one child, but he assured the court that he was paying alimony to all of them. At the same time, he must pay a fine of 2240 rubles (70 basic units), his phone was confiscated. Before the verdict, Volchok was in custody. He was released in the courtroom.
1.5 years restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional institution
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the prosecution, on July 10, 2020, using a device not identified during the investigation, Romanovsky created and posted a comment on one of his personal pages on the Odnoklassniki social network under the photo of the head of the regional department of internal affairs. The investigation established that it contained a public insult, indecently humiliating the honor and dignity of a government official. Also, the comment "was posted based on the political and ideological hostility associated with the 2020 electoral campaign in connection with the performance of the police chief's official duties."
The defendant pleaded guilty in full.
1.5 years restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional institution
Karina was detained in October 2022 under an administrative article, after serving her term, she was not released.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the materials of the prosecution, Anna and her husband Dmitry , having learned that a mass event would be held in Minsk in August 2020, arrived in the city, in the area of the shopping center "On Nemiga", and together with others walked along Pobediteley Avenue to the Stele, and then and further, to the hotel "Victoria", where the convoy was stopped by police officers. During the procession, they used a white-red-white flag as a protest symbol and blocked traffic, as they went out with other participants of the action to the roadway of the avenue.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the materials of the prosecution , Dmitry and his wife Anna , having learned that a mass event would be held in Minsk, arrived in the city, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe shopping center "On Nemiga", and together with others walked along Pobediteley Avenue to the Stele, and then further, to hotel "Victoria", where the convoy was stopped by police officers. During the procession, they used a white-red-white flag as a protest symbol and blocked traffic, as they went out with other participants of the action to the roadway of the avenue.
Before the trial, the spouses were in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk. During the trial, both pleaded guilty.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
The news about the detention of two friends (Denis Pischalo, 25 years old and Ilona Zaitsava, 24 years old) was published in the telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus.In the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ilona admits (under pressure from law enforcement officials) that she took part in protest actions and made reposts from telegram channels, which are already recognized as extremist formations in Belarus.
In the winter of 2021, Ilona was convicted under Article 23.34. (Article 342 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus now). She ordered to pay a monetary penalty 2030 BYN (838,84 USD).She worked as a nurse at the Health Care Institution «Minsk Clinical Center of Phthisiopulmonology», Minsk.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Convicted for the fact that the Zhodzina policeman Nikolai Baranovsky considered himself offended by his comment on social networks. At the trial, Dmitry Ivanov pleaded guilty and apologized to the policeman. He paid compensation for non-pecuniary damage in the amount of a thousand rubles before the trial. Ivanov could not sit at the trial due to pain in the kidneys. Dmitry was released in the courtroom. The prosecutor asked the court to punish the accused with two years in prison. On the day of the verdict, the man had a son.
Disagreeing with the imposed punishment because of its leniency, the prosecutor of the Cherikovsky district filed an appeal. By the decision of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Mogilev Regional Court, Ivanov was sentenced to a more severe punishment.
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
2). 1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Detained for participating in protests in 2020.
14.03.2023 | 01.11.22 Zazherzhan On 11/16/22 he was placed in the punishment cell at the Akrestsino 11/25/22 transferred to Volodarka 10.02.23 closing of the case under 342.1 03/14/23 court (1 year 6 months restriction without referral) |
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without a referral.
restrictions on freedom without direction.
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