Judge of the Brest Regional Court. Acting Deputy Chairman of the Court. Andrei Leonidovich Leshchenko is an employee of the judicial system of the Republic of Belarus, supporting the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions in Belarus. Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, according to which at least 3 days of administrative arrest were imposed. In his work, he mainly considered complaints against politically motivated sentences of lower courts. These complaints were left unsatisfied. On February 10, 2023, he sentenced Dmitry Stepanov, accusing him of creating an extremist group or participating in it under Part 1 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code, sentencing him with a punishment of four years of restriction of freedom in a general regime.
Judge of the Brest Regional Court. Acting Deputy Chairman of the Court. Andrei Leonidovich Leshchenko is an employee of the judicial system of the Republic of Belarus, supporting the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions in Belarus. Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, according to which at least 3 days of administrative arrest were imposed. In his work, he mainly considered complaints against politically motivated sentences of lower courts. These complaints were left unsatisfied. On February 10, 2023, he sentenced Dmitry Stepanov, accusing him of creating an extremist group or participating in it under Part 1 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code, sentencing him with a punishment of four years of restriction of freedom in a general regime.
Sergey is an entrepreneur. Since 2022, he has been repeatedly charged with "dissemination of extremist materials" for forwarding news from the NEXTA channel to Telegram and liking the "STOP LUKA" community on Odnoklassniki.
Following the August 2020 elections in Belarus, Sergei posted a call to stop trains in order to destabilize the country's economic situation on the Telegram channel "Railwaymen of Belarus" (later deemed extremist). He was arrested for this, and in April 2024, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment.
In the fall of 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vitaly was found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for participation in protests in Brest on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
Trial outcome 05.04.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vladislav was found guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for participating in protests in Brest on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
On May 31, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In 2020, when Artem participated in the meeting, he was 16 or 17 years old. He was found guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for participating in protests in Brest on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the winter of 2025.
Belarusian IT manager and political activist, wife and campaign leader of Valery Tsepkalo during the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, and representative of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's joint campaign headquarters during the election.
The start date of special production is 15.03.2024.
Trial outcome 08.07.2024
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
In the video , Alexander says that he works as a karate trainer and was charged with making a video of military equipment and posting it on an “extremist” telegram channel. The detainee also said that in 2020 he hung ribbons on poles and signs and posted leaflets along the road.
On April 19, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
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