Alexander Grigorievich Savchuk
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Alexander Grigorievich Savchuk
Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus. Previously: Brest Region Court. Judge.
Involved in issuing politically motivated court decisions, at least 9 decisions, on awarding at least 15 days of administrative arrest.
As a judge, he mainly considered appeals against sentences of lower courts, which he left unchanged.
In 2017, he left unchanged the sentence against journalists Milana Kharitonova and Ales Levchuk.
In 2018, having considered the cassation appeal of freelance journalist Tamara Shchepetkina, he decided not to satisfy the appeal, despite obvious contradictions in the case materials.
He took part in mass court hearings over protest participants in 2020.
Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus. Previously: Brest Region Court. Judge.
Involved in issuing politically motivated court decisions, at least 9 decisions, on awarding at least 15 days of administrative arrest.
As a judge, he mainly considered appeals against sentences of lower courts, which he left unchanged.
In 2017, he left unchanged the sentence against journalists Milana Kharitonova and Ales Levchuk.
In 2018, having considered the cassation appeal of freelance journalist Tamara Shchepetkina, he decided not to satisfy the appeal, despite obvious contradictions in the case materials.
He took part in mass court hearings over protest participants in 2020.
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Kirill was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
The trial began in the winter of 2023. Initially, it was known that Kirill was charged with "calls for restrictive measures (sanctions), other actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus," "assisting extremist activity," and "insulting Lukashenko." However, it later emerged that the court was only considering the charge of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In February 2023, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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- Parents of minors
Alexander, a former officer who condemned security forces' violence after the 2020 elections, was arrested in Stolin on September 29, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
In September 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment.
He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence.
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- Activists
- Parents of minors
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- Activists
- Parents of minors
Marina, a confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was detained on July 9, 2021, as part of a "KGB operation to purge radicals" and placed in pretrial detention on charges of financing the activities of an extremist group.
On November 10, 2021, the charge was reclassified to a more lenient charge—"training and preparing individuals to participate in actions that grossly violate public order, as well as their financing or other material support." After this, she was placed under house arrest.
On November 11, 2022, the court sentenced Marina to one and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, taking her into custody in the courtroom.
She was released in June 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
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- Journalists
Sergei, a journalist for the online publication Pershi Region, was arrested on December 22, 2020, in connection with a case of insulting Lukashenko. Three days later, he was placed under house arrest and in May 2021, he was released on bail pending trial.
In August 2021, Sergei was convicted of “insulting and slandering Lukashenko” and “insulting a government official.”
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
In September 2023, he was detained again after returning from Poland and sentenced to 15 days for “distributing extremist materials.”
In January 2024, he was arrested again - for reposting from the Gantsavitsky Chas website on VKontakte, although the account had been deleted in November 2023. The court did not take into account either this or Sergei's deteriorating health: he lost consciousness and sought medical attention.