Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
A research fellow at the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus and a trade union activist, Kondratyuk is accused of posting negative comments on social media that discredited the government and insulted Alexander Lukashenko.
The activist was detained along with several employees of the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus on September 5, 2022. He received 13 days of administrative arrest but was never released.
The appeal was heard on July 11, 2023. The verdict entered into force.
He was scheduledto be released on September3,2025.
Trial outcome 17.05.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Detained for participating in protests with her husband. Previously, she was also detained in 2020 for participating in protests, but under an administrative article. Designer.
Trial outcome 13.05.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
The woman was accused of leaving an insulting comment towards Lukashenka under his portrait in one of the telegram chats. Before the trial, she was in custody.
Alesya has a secondary technical education and works as a chief specialist in tender work in a limited liability company.
The woman was released in the courtroom.
Trial outcome 12.05.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Natalia Zhlobo works as a senior lecturer in the Department of Foreign Literature of the Faculty of English at Moscow State Linguistic University.
The arrest took place at the end of March, and since then Natalya has been in jail. The exact reason for the detention, as well as the number of the criminal article, is still unknown, but we are talking about a political case .
On October 6, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 31.07.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Minor Artem Voitekhovich is the brother of the administrator of the channel "Live. The Community of Railway Workers of Belarus". He was taken into custody under Part 2 of Art. 208 of the Criminal Code (Extortion). The brother receives demands to stop activities as a condition for Artyom's release.
Famous Belarusian poet and musician. Former frontman of the band Hurma, as well as the author of a number of songs for various artists. In 2015, he won the Golden Apostrophe award in the Debut nomination for the best publication of poems in the DzeyasloΡ magazine. Detained in March 2023 for participating in protests in 2020.
Gennady was released in the courtroom after the announcement of the decision. Before the verdict, he was in custody.
The man was found guilty of participating in one of the Marches, during which he also "interfered with the movement of vehicles." Gennady pleaded guilty and said that he went out onto the roadway and filmed everything on the phone.
Trial outcome 04.04.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Denis was taken away from home, and 10 days of administrative arrest were appointed under Article 19.1 of the Administrative Code (Hooliganism). After he was re-detained under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility
Dmitry Bogush worked in the banking sector for 18 years, was Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of JSC «Technobank». Subsequently, he went into business — built wind farms at two sites in the Grodno region.
In December 2022, 50-year—old Bogush was detained for an article about inciting discord - he allegedly wrote comments on social networks threatening Lukashenko and law enforcement officers.
According to Bogush, he was prompted to speak publicly on social networks by photos of beaten young people detained at protests after the 2020 elections.
The businessman said that he subsequently deleted his posts, but refused to leave Belarus, although his friends told him about it.
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