According to the state prosecution , in June 2021, Dmitry Gorbunov wrote a comment on the Internet under a photograph of Lida police officer Anton Anatolyevich Kotilo with the word “asshole”.
Opposition Telegram channels wrote about Kotilo that he participated in the arrest of activist Vitold Ashurka (the activist later died in prison).
The public insult to Lukashenko, according to the prosecution, also occurred on the Internet in August 2022.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the indictment , in August 2022, Shakirov intentionally posted a comment containing signs of verbal aggression in a duly recognized extremist Telegram group (chat) in order to obstruct the lawful activities of an employee of the internal affairs bodies and out of revenge for the performance of official duties by the head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, N. N. Karpenkov.
On June 9, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 13.03.2023: 2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.06.2023: the sentence was upheld.
It is known that on December 10, 2022, Dmitry, while intoxicated, tore the national flag from the building of the Tsevli railway station and broke the pole. This was recorded by CCTV cameras.
The man was detained. Dmitry admitted his guilt.
The hearing of the appeal is scheduled for April 21, 2023 in the Brest Regional Court.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
On 03/09/2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 13.12.2022: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.03.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Former student of BSUIR.
He was detained at the end of September 2022 while trying to cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
He is involved in the case together with Anita Bakunovich and Nikolai Kuleshov about illegal border crossing.
He was released in May 2024.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
32 year old Maxim was detained in early February 2023 after returning to Belarus from abroad. He is charged with «people's» art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
In 2020, Maxim worked as a firefighter and warned residents when the Ministry of Emergency Situations went to remove flags.
10.21.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
1 year in prison
Convicted of failing to report a crime.
Dmitry was found guilty of failing to report a well-known person who committed a particularly serious crime and the location of such a person in the case of blowing up a police car at the Central police Department building in Minsk.
3 months of arrest.
Convicted of participating in protest actions on August 10 and 16, 2020.
In addition, in July 2021, the accused allegedly assisted an extremist formation when he sent messages to the chatbot of one of the Telegram channels recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus with unreliable data regarding one of the company's managers, as well as data about his private life.
At the hearing, the accused admitted his guilt in part. At the same time, he pointed out that he had no intention of promoting extremist formation.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
On January 30, 2023, 18 year old Maxim was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime. He was found guilty under part 1 of Article 130, Article 369 and Article 391 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
At the time of detention on May 10, 2022, the guy was a juvenile.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Released from criminal liability due to the expiration of the statute of limitations
Detained for participating in protests in 2020. Victor has three children, one minor.
On November 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
3 years imprisonment in a colony
Pensioner. Was detained at home for commenting.
On February 27, 2023, the woman turned 68 years old, which she met in prison.
| 02.08.2023 | 07.08.2023 пачнецца суд: 10.00, Мінскі гарадскі суд (вул. Дуніна-Марцінкевіча,1) |
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
The man, according to the materials of the prosecution, posted publications in Telegram in which he gave a negative assessment of Lukashenko — profanity was used in the messages. In them, the accused allegedly also called for violence against military man of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, law enforcement officers, incited national and social enmity: «Russian invaders participating in the forcible seizure of foreign state territory by military force».
Trial outcome 31.03.2023: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel is a resident of Gomel, studied at the Francysk Skaryna Gomel State University. An active player in the quiz.
With the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the man on his vk.com page actively spoke out against the war. Later, his page was blocked by the decision of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
Pavel's anti-war statements in social networks could be the reason for accusing him of inciting other social hostility.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in September 2023.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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