Ivar has been in custody since 25 April. He was accused of leaving Ivar on August 28, 2020, in a state of alcoholic intoxication, according to the court, an offensive comment in Odnoklassniki under the photo of the deputy head of the police department for ideological work and staffing. The man fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
Also, monetary compensation for non-pecuniary damage in the amount of 1,000 rubles was recovered from Ivar.
Ivar Lange was sentenced to detention.
Released upon expiration of sentence.
3 months of arrest.
According to the investigation, Alexander Pugach from October 2020 to March 2022 insulted the head of state, as well as government officials, including the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus, in connection with the performance of their official duties in Telegram.
Judge Ruslan Tsaruk appointed, in addition to imprisonment, compensation for moral damage in the amount of 10 000 BYN and 3 200 BYN.
Trial outcome 16.01.2023: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 17.03.2023: the sentence was upheld.
In early September, the Telegram channel of the volunteer initiative "Lists of Detainees" published information about the detention of an entire family : Yan, Anastasia and Ales Papkovich. Anastasia was released. And Yan and Ales were transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1. During the detention, Ales' phone and equipment were taken away. As a result, one photo from the 2020 march was found. For it, the guy was given 2 years in prison.
Ales has been interested in music since childhood, - says the brother of the political prisoner. - He knows many Belarusian performers, played with some of them. For example, he performed with cover bands in Minsk clubs, performed with the group "D-Major" as a violinist. The last two years before his arrest were especially creative for Ales - he wrote several lyrics for songs, music for them, made recordings. Ales sings in Belarusian.
10.06.2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was detained in the Zeltser case (for comments); the charge was later reclassified .
On November 1, 2022, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
Trial outcome 17.08.2022: 2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 01.11.2022: unknown.
2 months of arrest
He was convicted for posting a comment about police officers in a public chat in September 2021.
Trial outcome date unknown: 3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.11.2022: the sentence was upheld.
Convicted of insulting Lukashenko A.G.
On 03/01/2024 he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Accused of attacking journalist Azarenka and participating in protests in 2020.
According to the prosecution , Artem Zabelenkov was on Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk on October 11, 2020, where he demanded to stop filming a pro-government TV channel. He also allegedly “used violence against journalist Grigory Azarenka and threatened television cameraman Andrei Ivanenko with violence.” In addition, Artem Zabelenkov is accused of taking an active part in group actions on October 11, 2020, together with other persons, grossly violating public order, resulting in disruption of transport and enterprises.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The defendant is known to have previously run a "banned" blog on YouTube. The case of insulting a representative of the authorities was brought against him back in 2021.
Released from criminal liability due to the expiration of the statute of limitations
Detained for 400 episodes with comments on social networks.
According to the prosecution materials , an employee of the Alliance-Plastic enterprise, Evgeniy Gukov, during the period from October 20 to November 20, 2020, repeatedly posted in the telegram chats “Gagarina Street” and “Vitebsk-97” a video with Alexander Lukashenko’s speech on the channel “Pul Pervogo” ", which was accompanied by offensive and obscene comments using an obscene form of speech.
Also on October 28, on one of the Telegram channels, Evgeniy insulted former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuri Karaev.
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 10 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The man was detained in July 2022. It is known that he worked as a driver at the Gomelsteklo enterprise.
A video of Mikhail’s arrest appeared in pro-government public pages, where the man himself says that he allegedly posted a photo of Lukashenko in “indecent form” on Odnoklassniki. And in the pro-government public, the man was also accused of distributing “extremist materials.”
In the spring of 2024 he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to human rights activists , Yuri was convicted, among other things, for liking and commenting on photographs, posts and videos on social networks.
At the beginning of April 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 05.09.2022: 2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Detained for comments on the Zeltser case. Former internal affairs officer.
Released after the expiration of the sentence on October 22, 2022.
1 year 7 months in prison
Former lecturer of the Radio engineering College.
Timofey left an offensive comment on social networks regarding the death in September 2021 as a result of a shootout of IT specialist Andrei Zeltser and an employee of the State Security Committee.
In early March 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
| 04.09.2022 | When the main case was closed (articles 130 and 369), he was also charged with article 293 part 1 for commenting |
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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