Andrei was accused of using his mobile phone on the Odnoklassniki social network to leave a publication with an image and text that “humiliates the honor and dignity of an individual, offensive information and a negative assessment” of Lukashenko. Andrey’s publications on the page were noticed by a police officer while monitoring social networks.
Andrey has a dependent minor child.
At the end of November 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A resident of the capital , Zakhar Pavlovich Kostko, is a citizen of Russia. He, along with Stanislav Akalovich, was accused of desecration of state symbols ( Article 370 of the Criminal Code ). In addition, Akalovich was found guilty of malicious hooliganism under Part 1 of Article 339.
Trial outcome 12.12.2022: 3 months of arrest.
That day, Alexander and a friend went to visit and got tipsy. We went out into the street and talked about political topics. Then a woman approached, made a remark and sharply demanded to shut up.
As it turned out later, this second woman called the police with a message that “there is a company of 8 people in the yard, they are scolding the authorities, calling Lukashenko a traitor and a fascist.” After 23 minutes, police appeared in the yard and took Trush and his friend to the police station.
On January 13, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to human rights activists , she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 29.11.2022: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral
He was accused of making donations to an organization recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 03.11.2022: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.01.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Detained for insulting Lukashenko A.G.
On February 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
In September 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
1 year imprisonment in a colony
According to the materials of the prosecution , Roman, from October 29 to November 25, 2020, posted comments and insulting statements in telegram chats against police officers from different cities, who, in his opinion, were involved in the dispersal of mass protests. Among the victims are ordinary police officers, district inspectors, the commander of the OMON units, the deputy head of the police department.
Roman was convicted, although the statute of limitations had expired in the case. The judge, in addition to restricting freedom, decided to pay 1,000 rubles each to all security officials in the status of victims.
On December 26, 2022, a second trial took place , where Roman was nevertheless released from criminal liability due to the statute of limitations.
Released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
The wife of political prisoner Artem Anishchuk , was detained on November 4, 2022. Then she was sentenced to 10 days of arrest for reposting a post from Nasha Niva. After 10 days, Olga was not released. A “repentant video” appeared with her, in which she says that she was subscribed to “extremist” channels and made reposts from them. Pro-government telegram channels wrote that Anishchuk "is a candidate to spend the New Year in a temporary detention facility, as dozens of reposts have been recorded." Also, according to the security forces, Olga "fueled the situation around the penitentiary system with stuffing and fakes, bombarded government agencies with far-fetched complaints." On November 16, Olga was sentenced to 14 days of arrest for reposting from the Zerkalo telegram channel. On November 28, she was sentenced to another 10 days of arrest.
According to human rights activists, Olga has already been ill with bronchitis twice behind bars, as she is kept in inhuman conditions and sleeps on a concrete floor. In the Mogilev TDF, where she was transferred after the Akrestsin TDF, she is bullied and pressured - three times a day she is forced to undress to the naked and squat. In protest against this, on November 28, Olga Anishchuk went on a hunger strike.
On December 8, 2022, Olga left the temporary detention facility at the end of her administrative arrest.
It is known that Soldatov was charged with the fact that in December 2020, in one of the social networks, he “posted a publication containing a statement expressed in an indecent form, humiliating the honor and dignity” of Alexander Lukashenko. First, he was sentenced to 2 years of "chemistry" Vladimir decided to appeal the decision to the Brestoblsude, so the sentence was not considered to have entered into force. And by the time the appeal was considered in the regional court, the statute of limitations had expired. So on January 10, 2023, the court of second instance was forced to release Soldatov from criminal liability.
The case was closed due to the statute of limitations.
Activist from Myadel district.
In December 2021, it became known that Taspaev was sentenced to two years of house arrest for "slander" (Article 188 of the Criminal Code). According to the court schedule, over the past six months, he has been tried twice on administrative charges - for violating animal welfare rules in May 2023 and for violating the procedure for holding mass events in May 2024.
Stanislav's trial, but this time on a criminal case, will begin on October 4, 2024, in the Myadel District Court.
The man is fond of photography, and this was one of his sources of income. He also earns money by providing computer services. Stanislav was also a district coordinator of the IT-Country project, which was financed by the IT company Belhard. In addition to his work, Stanislav dealt with environmental issues in Myadel and its environs, and protected nature.
Trial outcome 15.12.2021: 2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Convicted for participating in the 2020 protests.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was convicted for commenting on the Zeltser case.
2 years in prison.
He was detained and convicted in 2020.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in July 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
She was detained on September 29, 2021 for comments after the death of Andrei Zeltser. At the end of January last year, the girl was expelled in absentia from the Minsk State Linguistic University. Catherine has a small son.
The term of detention fully covered the term of the sentence. Ekaterina was released in the courtroom.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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