Julia Ivanovna Chizh
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Julia Ivanovna Chizh
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 64 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 647 days of administrative arrest, at least 13,050 rubles in fines, and at least 17 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
Convicted 49-year-old Tatyana Aleksandrovna Vodopyan under Art. 341 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“Desecration of structures and damage to property”) and sentenced her to two years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional institution - “Home Chemicals”.
On May 6, 2022, the court sentenced four defendants in a politically motivated criminal case. Tatyana Parkhomenko, Yana Savitskaya, as well as political prisoners Ilya Valentinovich and Nikita Valentinovich were charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them”).
Each of them was sentenced to three years of restriction of freedom without being sent to closed institutions for “home chemicals.”
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 64 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 647 days of administrative arrest, at least 13,050 rubles in fines, and at least 17 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
Convicted 49-year-old Tatyana Aleksandrovna Vodopyan under Art. 341 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“Desecration of structures and damage to property”) and sentenced her to two years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional institution - “Home Chemicals”.
On May 6, 2022, the court sentenced four defendants in a politically motivated criminal case. Tatyana Parkhomenko, Yana Savitskaya, as well as political prisoners Ilya Valentinovich and Nikita Valentinovich were charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them”).
Each of them was sentenced to three years of restriction of freedom without being sent to closed institutions for “home chemicals.”
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Convicted for "political" graffiti on the walls of buildings.
According to the court schedule , Tatyana's case on replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony will be heard in absentia on October 1, 2024, in the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk.
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Andrei, the head of the Kromverk board game club and one of the organizers of the Unicon board game festival, was arrested in September 2021 as the administrator of a Telegram channel and convicted of an administrative offense. He was not released after this, but was transferred to a pretrial detention center on criminal charges of "insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official."
In December 2021, Andrei was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. After the verdict was announced, he was released from custody in the courtroom, but later that evening he was arrested again on a new charge of "insulting a government official" for online comments about Karpenkov, Kachanova, and others.
In March 2022, Andrei was again found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander, a homeless man from Minsk, was arrested about ten times in 2021 for "unauthorized picketing." The charges were for posters, which typically depicted the BSSR flag and contained requests for assistance. In one instance, he was detained for a white-red-white poster with the text: "I want to thank my children, I want to thank my youth, and I want to be the first to love. I want to forget the camp and live the People's Republic of Belarus."
According to reports, he spent at least 130 days of administrative arrest at Okrestina. Most often, Alexander was detained near the Kamennaya Gorka metro station, where he spent time holding laminated signs and collecting funds for his living. He could sometimes be seen with small animals. In total, he is known to have spent approximately 22 years in prison.
On December 1, 2021, he was detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "repeated violation of the procedure for holding mass events" and placed in pretrial detention.
In March 2022, Alexander was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
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Dmitry, the director of an online musical instrument store and a musician with the Khoroshki ensemble, was recently dismissed from the group due to his civic stance. He refused to participate in concerts held by the Ministry of Culture at the Kupala Theater, as well as other official events.
In August 2021, Dmitry was arrested on charges of running an "underground printing house" that produced unregistered newspapers and leaflets. After a search of his apartment, all the money, including the proceeds from the recent sale of his car, disappeared. Since his arrest, he has been repeatedly subjected to administrative charges, receiving administrative arrests and being held in the Okrestina temporary detention center. Dmitry subsequently left Belarus.
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Andrei was detained for participating in a protest that took place on September 23, 2020 against Lukashenko's inauguration in Minsk. He was convicted of blocking the roadway near the Pushkinskaya metro station, as well as allegedly damaging two patrol cars and attacking two traffic police officers. Andrei did not admit his guilt.
At the end of December it became known that Andrei's punishment had been toughened and he had been transferred to prison regime.
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Igor was detained on October 4, 2020, at the "March for the Liberation of Political Prisoners" protest and arrested for 13 days, but was never released. He was later convicted in a criminal case for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
He was released in January 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.