Involved in making politically motivated court decisions, at least 2 politically motivated decisions for which were imposed, at least 4,400 rubles in fines, at least 5 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom. In the “Zeltzer case” she sentenced a resident of Osipovichi, Nikolai Golovkov, to three years in prison and a fine of 3,400 rubles. The man was convicted behind closed doors under three articles of the Criminal Code: insulting a government official (Article 369), insulting Alexander Lukashenko (Article 368) and discrediting the Republic of Belarus (Article 369-1). She sentenced Gennady Kazyuchits, a resident of the agricultural town of Lapich, to two years of restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type institution ("chemistry") for insulting police officer Timur Pakhomenko. Gennady was condemned for his comment in a Facebook group. He explained that the comment was a reaction to a video showing police officers walking past detainees standing against a wall and beating them with a baton.
Involved in making politically motivated court decisions, at least 2 politically motivated decisions for which were imposed, at least 4,400 rubles in fines, at least 5 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom. In the “Zeltzer case” she sentenced a resident of Osipovichi, Nikolai Golovkov, to three years in prison and a fine of 3,400 rubles. The man was convicted behind closed doors under three articles of the Criminal Code: insulting a government official (Article 369), insulting Alexander Lukashenko (Article 368) and discrediting the Republic of Belarus (Article 369-1). She sentenced Gennady Kazyuchits, a resident of the agricultural town of Lapich, to two years of restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type institution ("chemistry") for insulting police officer Timur Pakhomenko. Gennady was condemned for his comment in a Facebook group. He explained that the comment was a reaction to a video showing police officers walking past detainees standing against a wall and beating them with a baton.
Nikolai 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.
In August 2022, he was found guilty of "discrediting Belarus," "insulting Lukashenko," and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Gennady, a children's football coach, was fired immediately after his arrest. He was convicted for a comment in a Facebook group about police officer Timur Pakhomenko. According to him, it was an emotional reaction to a video in which security forces beat detainees with batons while they stood against a wall.
According to human rights activists, he was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 16.06.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
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