sentenced Alexey Khvatyuk for commenting on the Internet to two years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, and also to recover from him material compensation for moral damages to the offended policeman in the amount of 1,000 Belarusian rubles,
On November 25, 2020, he conducted the trial against local human rights activist Oksana Dobriyanets. The girl was accused of taking part in an unauthorized picket against police violence in the country on August 14. Punishment is a fine of 25 basic units.
On December 1, 2020, he awarded a 30 basic fine to Sergei Sakhvon for participating in an unauthorized rally at which Sergei allegedly held a poster in his hands, although he had a bicycle in his hands.
sentenced Alexey Khvatyuk for commenting on the Internet to two years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, and also to recover from him material compensation for moral damages to the offended policeman in the amount of 1,000 Belarusian rubles,
On November 25, 2020, he conducted the trial against local human rights activist Oksana Dobriyanets. The girl was accused of taking part in an unauthorized picket against police violence in the country on August 14. Punishment is a fine of 25 basic units.
On December 1, 2020, he awarded a 30 basic fine to Sergei Sakhvon for participating in an unauthorized rally at which Sergei allegedly held a poster in his hands, although he had a bicycle in his hands.
According to the court report , the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
This is already the 14th group of people who have been convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for the protests of that day in Brest.
Trial outcome 06.11.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.01.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
According to the court report , the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
This is already the 14th group of people who have been convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for the protests of that day in Brest.
Trial outcome 06.11.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.01.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Vladislav is 49 years old, and his wife, Tatyana, is 44. The family lives in Baranovichi. They have a school-age son at home. They also have a daughter who recently turned 18.
BELPOL reported that, according to 2005 records, Tatyana worked at the 558th Aircraft Repair Plant as a technician. Vladislav is a military man. According to 2019 records, he worked at the 61st Fighter Air Base in Baranovichi (military unit 54804).
It's unclear exactly what the Koshcheyevs are accused of. They are likely being held in custody, as their last social media activity was in 2023.
Trial outcome 04.11.2024
18 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 04.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Tatyana, 44, was detained together with her husband. The family lives in Baranovichi. They have two children, the youngest son is still a minor.
According to data for 2005, Tatyana worked at the "558th Aircraft Repair Plant" as a technician. Vladislav is a military man. According to data for 2019, he worked at the "61st Fighter Air Base in Baranovichi" (military unit 54804).
It is not known exactly what the Koshcheyevs are accused of. They are likely being held in custody, as their last social media activity was in 2023.
Trial outcome 04.11.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
And, as follows from the court's press release , Article 342 was charged to Navtsena for participating in the protests that took place in Pinsk from August 9 to 10, 2020. In addition, he was accused of writing offensive online comments in 2022 about A. Lukashenko, about a certain "official holding a responsible position", and also of writing "inciting hatred" comments about security forces in 2022. "Discrediting Belarus" also happened on the Internet: in November 2022, the man "posted a negative comment that formed a negative image of martial law" in Belarus.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Presumably , this is the former prosecutor of the Voronovo district. Prosecutor Savko is 33 years old. He is originally from the city of Dyatlovo in the Grodno region. After that, he went to study in Grodno and work in the prosecutor's office. In 2022-2023, the man held the position of prosecutor of the Voronovo district, then worked as a senior prosecutor in one of the departments of the prosecutor's office of the Grodno region. "Nasha Niva" did not find evidence that Savko was involved in repressions in his position. Vitaly actively gave interviews to state media. The last one was published in July 2023, although before that they were published regularly, once every one or two months. The man's social networks have been deleted.
Trial outcome 31.07.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
She was detainedon January 23, 2024 during a massive raid by security forces on relatives of political prisoners and people who helped them.
Trial outcome 11.07.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 01.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.05.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
She worked for the state newspaper "Brestsky Vestnik" (founded by the city executive committee) and the television and radio company "Brest".
Previously, Elena Timoshchuk collaborated as a freelancer with the regional publications Vecherniy Brest, Brestskiy Kurier, Brestskaya Gazeta, the online publication Virtualny Brest, and the Brest Green Portal.
As local journalists note , Elena Tymoshchuk did not prepare publications on political topics during her collaboration with independent publications. Sometimes she wrote advertising articles and wrote on psychology topics, as she has a higher education in this specialty.
It is still not exactly known what caused the criminal prosecution of the journalist. According to the verdict, in addition to imprisonment, Elena was sentenced to a fine of 46,000 rubles. On 16.08.2024, an appeal hearing was held, and the verdict came into force.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Elena Tymoshchuk.
Trial outcome 03.06.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1150 basic values fine.
Was in:SIZO-7SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
09.04.2024 was in jail and awaiting trial, which was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2024. However, a week before, on April 9, the man died of coronary heart disease.
Alexander was a reserve lieutenant colonel, served in the 38th separate guards airborne assault Brest brigade of the Airborne Forces. Recently, he worked as an individual entrepreneur, engaged in food additives. As sources told the publication , Alexander Kulinich died on April 9, 2024, in the Brest pretrial detention center due to ischemic heart disease: this cause is indicated in the death certificate. In Brest pretrial detention center No. 7, journalists were told that they had a prisoner with that name, but they refused to confirm the fact of death.
It is known that Alexander was detained for comments he left in 2020. This happened on February 29, 2024, in the village of Dorogovo, Korelichi District, Grodno Region. On March 1, the "repentant" video appeared in one of the Telegram channels close to the security forces. But it contained footage of the detention from an apartment building. Relatives and friends of the deceased say that the video from the apartment is not Alexander. And later in the video, Alexander himself says that he was detained "for comments on the Internet." "In one of the accounts, I wrote "cattle" under the president's speech," the man explained.
Alexander Kulinich was buried on his birthday, April 11, 2024, in his native Molodechno.
The case was heard by Judge Marina Skalkovich from April 16 to May 31, 2024.
The appeal against the verdict will be heard on July 12, 2024. Chairman of the Judicial Collegium Dmitry Karasinsky.
At the trial, Tatyana was accused of the fact that in October 2021 , “through correspondence on the social network Facebook, she intentionally and illegally disseminated information about personal data constituting a personal secret of an investigator of the criminal investigation department of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Mogilev District Executive Committee without his consent in connection with his official activities.” " As a result, an “unlimited circle of people” became familiar with the policeman’s personal data.
Presumably, before the trial, the woman was kept in Baranavichy pre-trial detention center No. 6: she herself lives in either the Lyakhovichi or Luninets districts, but in December 2023 she was tried twice in the Baranavichy court under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (the second time she was tried via Skype). This follows from the decisions of the Baranavichy court regarding Makarova. In those administrative cases, the woman was given 10 days of arrest, a fine of 20 basic (740 rubles) and her phone was confiscated.
Trial outcome 13.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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