Veronica Eduardovna Manets
An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Veronika Eduardovna Manets is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. She acted as a state prosecutor in the case against citizen Krasovskaya, who was accused of insulting a police officer under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. For the word "cattle" under a photo of a district police officer, the woman was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Veronika Eduardovna Manets is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. She acted as a state prosecutor in the case against citizen Krasovskaya, who was accused of insulting a police officer under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. For the word "cattle" under a photo of a district police officer, the woman was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
List of repressed
According to the prosecution, in December 2021, Sergei Kemezh "after reading the information published in the destructive groups of the Vkontakte social network, posted an offensive comment against the commander of one of the military units" . It is alleged that he was registered under an invalid name and used a VPN, but he was still identified.
Sergei was already tried in September 2021 for the fact that on January 25, 2021, on the social network Vkontakte, under the news about the verdict for insulting the commander of the OMON Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he wrote an insulting comment about this policeman. appointed him two years of "chemistry", as well as compensate 3,000 rubles for moral damage. Sergey was also accused of extortion from the wife of a former classmate, for which he was also awarded 2 years of "chemistry". In total, the man was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of "chemistry".
In September 2022, Sergei was included in the "List of extremists".
In the Lida District Court on June 19, 2023, he was sentenced for “insulting a military serviceman” to two years in a general regime colony and 100 basic fines.
Lyudmila was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment she left on the Telegram channel "Pruzhany/Pruzhana" under a photograph of Ruzhany police officer Dmitry Kazarenko, using the word "cattle." According to the prosecution, she caused him "mental suffering, which manifested itself in personal anguish and the anguish of his loved ones, as well as feelings of bitterness and resentment."
Initially, a criminal case was opened against Lyudmila for "insulting government officials," but it was later reclassified as "slander." The charges stemmed from a repost.
In December 2020, Lyudmila saw a post about local police officer Sergei Urodnich on the "Black Book of Belarus" Telegram channel and reposted it to the "Pruzhany/Pruzhana" chat with the caption: "Our handsome guy."
In court, she stated, "Your president calls you 'handsome,' and I called him the same thing your president calls him. How did I insult him?" She pleaded not guilty and refused to testify.
In May 2022, Lyudmila was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility, and was also ordered to pay compensation for moral damages to the "victim."
The period of "house arrest" ended in 2023.
After serving her sentence, the pressure on Lyudmila did not cease, and she was forced to leave Belarus.
Lyudmila was convicted of insulting Lukashenko and arrested right in the courtroom. According to the prosecution, on August 12, 2020, she posted a long message with expressions addressed to Lukashenko on the social network VKontakte from her husband's account. At the trial, the woman explained that she published it for herself and did not realize that the post was available to other users. According to her, the page usually posted photos of animals, and this message was published publicly by mistake.
Lyudmila was released on March 9, 2022, as part of a pardon.
