Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 51 decisions, awarding at least 65 days of administrative arrest and fines of at least 4,490 rubles in fines and at least 35 years of restriction or imprisonment. Sentenced four proxies of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to a term of 6 to 6.5 years of enhanced security. On September 21, 2020, he conducted mobile court hearings in the building of the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs. He examined about 5-7 cases in less than an hour, awarding large fines or administrative arrests.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 51 decisions, awarding at least 65 days of administrative arrest and fines of at least 4,490 rubles in fines and at least 35 years of restriction or imprisonment. Sentenced four proxies of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to a term of 6 to 6.5 years of enhanced security. On September 21, 2020, he conducted mobile court hearings in the building of the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs. He examined about 5-7 cases in less than an hour, awarding large fines or administrative arrests.
A journalist who covered protests after the 2020 presidential elections. He was repeatedly detained by the police, fined by the courts, and sent to prison for a day. After a number of independent media outlets were recognized as extremist groups, Yevgeny was engaged in local history activities.
On September 13, 2022, in Gomel, in the afternoon, a search was conducted in the journalist’s apartment, after which Evgeny’s information carriers were confiscated and he himself was detained.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Evgeny Merkis.
He was detained in the winter of 2022. The man is accused of leaving the following comment on VKontakte under a message about a fatal shootout between KGB officer Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrey Zeltser last September while in Zhlobin: "The people have opened an account." This comment was later interpreted as "a call to fight law enforcement agencies." He had previously been convicted several times for drug trafficking.
On October 28, 2022, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He is expectedto be released on April 3, 2025.
Trial outcome 04.08.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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