Viktor was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.
According to human rights activists, he was released in 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 25.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 1618 rubles of compensation.
Vladislav was found guilty on October 28, 2021, of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Zhlobin.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Evgeny was found guilty on October 28, 2021, under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Zhlobin.
He was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Vyacheslav was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" for posting leaflets with the texts "Adolf Grigoryevich Lukashenko" and "We need a corpse in a king's clothes, not a living idiot at the helm."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, political persecution against Vyacheslav continued, and he was forced to leave Belarus.
Gennady was found guilty in October 2021 of "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and "insulting Lukashenko" for posting leaflets with the texts "Adolf Grigoryevich Lukashenko" and "We need a corpse in a king's clothes, not a living idiot at the helm."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, political persecution against Gennady continued, and he was forced to leave Belarus.
Citizen of Russia, resident of Cheboksary. Detained on October 1, 2021. He was accused of terrorism (Article 289 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus), then the article was changed. He is in custody. There are no relatives in Belarus. Accused of setting fire to the car of the head of the forensic examination committee, Alexei Volkov.
In the fall of 2023, he was extradited to Russia due to his consent to participate in the fight on the side of Russia.
Trial outcome 02.11.2022
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
He was taken into custody in connection with charges under Part 3 of Article 371 of the Criminal Code for organizing illegal border crossings by citizens fleeing arbitrary politically motivated persecution by the authorities of Belarus, which could lead to grave consequences for them - torture, cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment and illegal deprivation of liberty. Despite the fact that he was tried for committing an act by a group of people, only Evgeniy was in the dock. According to the charges, he brought people to the border zone of Lithuania.
Released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Dmitry was arrested in June 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and "insulting a government official."
In October 2021, he was convicted of insulting and threatening four people in comments posted on a Telegram channel between 2020 and 2021. The victims were A. Perekhvatko of the Ivatsevichi District Police Department, A. Grinkevich, head of the Nesvizh District Police Department, R. Pranevich, senior lieutenant of the Nesvizh District Police Department, and A. Aleksa, an officer of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption.
In his final statement, Dmitry merely wished his sister and mother, who were present in the courtroom, a happy Mother's Day. He remained handcuffed behind bars the entire time.
In November 2021, Dmitry suffered a heart attack and then a stroke while in prison.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Andrei was found guilty in September 2021 of "desecration of state symbols" for helping someone reach for a red-and-green flag to tear it down from the Urech House of Culture and Creativity.
He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Oleg was found guilty in October 2021 for comments posted on Telegram channels about Lukashenko, which, according to the prosecution, contained negative assessments. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and remanded in custody in the courtroom.
In December 2022, Oleg was again convicted of "insulting a government official," also sentencing him to imprisonment in a penal colony and ordered to pay compensation to the "victim" police officer.
He was released in June 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photograph of Senior Lieutenant Igor Volnich, a traffic police inspector from the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs. According to the indictment, he publicly insulted a government official under special state protection due to the performance of his official duties.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 21.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation.
Andrei was found guilty of several criminal charges, including "insulting a government official," for tagging several posts containing "offensive" statements on the social network Odnoklassniki with a "like."
He was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 18.10.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
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