The reason for the criminal case was the comments in the chat “Grodno 97”.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. Tkachenko was identified from photographs and videos found on the Internet, as well as from telephone connections provided to the security forces by the man's mobile operator.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open correctional facility
The pro-government telegram channel contained information on a case whose circumstances fit Gulin's description. According to that report, at night there was a drunken company near the FAP, and one of them pulled the national flag hanging there. The flag was torn, the wooden flagpole was broken.
1 year of restriction of liberty with referral to an open correctional institution.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Vladislav Bohan took an active part in the post-election protest held in the city on the night of August 9-10, 2020, blocked the way to vehicles, disobeyed the lawful demands of police officers, shouted slogans.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Andrei was accused of participating in protests in Minsk in 2020 and blocking public transport. The man was also accused of using a white-red-white ribbon and a victory gesture.
Andrey was identified by the photos he took at the protest and then published on his page vk.com.
The man fully admitted his guilt.
The prosecutor also filed a lawsuit to recover property damage from Andrey in favor of the Ministry of Transport in the amount of 86 515 BYN. The claim will be considered in civil proceedings.
Andrey has a higher education. He worked as a specialist.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry was found guilty that from November 25, 2020 to April 4, 2021, he left offensive comments in the telegram channel «Karateli Belarusi» towards the authorities. Investigators found at least 15 such statements, for which the man was tried.
| 29.05.2023 | При поступлении в ИУОТ -49 г. Шклова был сразу поставлен на профучет с формулировкой "склонен к экстремизму и деструктивной деятельности" |
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Plastic surgeon, was detained on February 14, 2023 right at the workplace. After the administrative arrest, he was not released.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution.
Convicted for the fact that in December a man ruined three desktop flags of Belarus.
According to the case file, in a shop on Pushinsky pr-t, a 28 year old man «grabbed the panels of three desktop flags of the Republic of Belarus, which were in a metal shelf of the store, tore the flag cloths out of plastic rods and threw them on the floor». The state prosecution regarded Dmitry's actions as committed «on the grounds of political and ideological enmity».
1.5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Olga was convicted for a Facebook post made back in 2020.
According to law enforcement officials, the woman showed «a desire to undermine the authority of the head of state and insult the president in the eyes of the public by choosing a method designed for a wide range of people to spread false information».
2.5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Vladimir was accused of administering the community in vk.com calling for the recognition of the Belarusian language as the only state language in Belarus.
In February 2021, Vladimir Butkovets appealed to the Investigative Committee of Gomel with a request to interrogate him as a witness in the case of a human rights defender Leonid Sudalenko, to whom he repeatedly applied for legal assistance.
In the summer of 2022, Vladimir was dismissed from his job as «politically unreliable».
Vladimir was detained on September 5, 2022, he was sentenced to seven days of arrest under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code for «distribution of extremist materials».
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
On April 18, 2023, the Supreme Court replaced the deprivation of liberty with 3 years of restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type correctional institution.
An employee of the Minsk Motor Plant. Detained on November 16, 2022, allegedly for participating in protest actions. Convicted on February 28, 2023.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Alexey Yaroshevich, back in April 2021, using a mobile phone on a page on a social network ok.ru posted an image of Alexander Lukashenko and accompanied it with an obscene text message.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
It is known that the man was found guilty of desecration of the state flag of the Republic of Belarus.
Demyanchik admitted his guilt. The details of the case are unknown.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution.
1,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Vladimir was accused of leaving an offensive comment on the vk.com social network under a post about Lukashenko. The post included a photo of the latter and the text of his speech on the topic of military operations on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Vladimir left a comment from his sister's page and phone number when he was visiting her.
The man fully admitted his guilt. The sentence has entered into force and the guy is serving his sentence.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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