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.
Crane operator of the MTZ core section. Arrested on September 16th. Then he was transferred to SIZO-1: he was charged, but it is not known exactly under which article. His colleague said that under an article providing for up to five years in prison. The arrest was carried out by KGB officers.
Citizen of Russia, resident of Cheboksary. Detained on October 1, 2021. He was accused of terrorism (Article 289 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus), then the article was changed. He is in custody. There are no relatives in Belarus. Accused of setting fire to the car of the head of the forensic examination committee, Alexei Volkov.
In the fall of 2023, he was extradited to Russia due to his consent to participate in the fight on the side of Russia.
Trial outcome 02.11.2022
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
According to the indictment, Dmitry Sonchik insulted and threatened the lives of four people in comments on one of the Telegram channels during 2020-2021. The victims were A. Perekhvatko from the Ivatsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, the head of the Nesvizh District Department of Internal Affairs A. Grinkevich, senior lieutenant of the Nesvizh District Department of Internal Affairs R. Pranevich and an employee of the GUBOPiK A. Aleksa.
In the last word, the only thing that Sonchik said was congratulating his sister and mother, who were in the courtroom, on the upcoming Mother's Day. All the time he was behind bars in handcuffs.
On March 23, 2024, he was releasedafter fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Yulia, the chief accountant of the IT company PandaDoc, was detained on September 2, 2020, at the company's office on charges of fraud by employees of the Financial Investigation Department.
Following the events of August 2020, PandaDoc founder Nikita Mikado launched the Protect Belarus initiative to support dismissed law enforcement officers who refused to follow illegal orders. The initiative received over 500 applications and attracted public attention.
Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.
On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.
In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
In the period from July 2020 to November 2020, in the telegram chats "Nikolay Maslovsky", "Army with the People", "Real Belarus", "Khabarovsk. For Furgal" and others, he left messages of an encouraging nature, such as: "Block the streets..", "Block the roads with cars and our bodies...", "Tonight they should get it in full", wrote about workers' strikes.
On February 2, 2024, Vadim will be tried under Article 411, Part 1 - Malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution executing a sentence of imprisonment.
At the end ofJanuary2025, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
On October 7, 2021, the verdict was announced to Svetlana Baranovskaya, who was charged with insulting representatives of the authorities - nine riot police officers. According to the prosecution, on March 1, 2021, she left a comment under a photo of nine OMON officers posted on the Punishers of Belarus telegram channel with the following content: “Here are the scum.”
Detained on December 14, 2021 with her daughter under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On October 1, 2021, he was detained in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On November 10, 2022, Vadim was released after serving his sentence.
Trial outcome 21.10.2022
1 year 8 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On September 29, 2021, she was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
The woman was diagnosed with a tumor. On October 20, 2022, Marina was released from the Gomel SIZO-3.
Trial outcome 29.08.2022
1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On September 29, 2021, he was detained in Brest in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.
Trial outcome:
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On January 28, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Later it became known that Vladimir was detained again in May 2023 and placed in a pre-trial detention center on a new criminal case under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority) and Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenko). On December 22, 2023, he was sentenced to another 1 year in prison.
On February 16, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 25.11.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 22.12.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Sound engineer. On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
During his imprisonment, Artem did not receive medical assistance for his ear problems, and he became deaf in one ear.
On December 30, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 29.12.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On September 30, 2021, he was detained in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On January 28, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
17.04.2023
On November 28, 2022, the court of Minsk sentenced: under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus 100 b.v. a fine and 1 year in prison; Part 1.Article 130 2 years in prison. The final verdict is a fine of 100 b.v. and 2 years in prison. On February 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, having considered the appeal, ruled to leave the sentence unchanged.
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