OMON officers detained Alexander in the village of Rositsa in the Verkhnedvinsky district. Searches were conducted at Kukharenok's apartment in Novopolotsk, his parents' apartment in Novopolotsk, and also in the village of Rositsa. So far, it is known that he is charged under Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Alexander Kukharenok was one of the very first to declare a strike at the enterprise in 2020. He was also arrested on an administrative case - in 2021, he served 20 days of arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
On 02.04.2024 the preventive measure was replaced by house arrest. On 11.09.2024 the charges were dropped.
Natalia was detained upon her return to Belarus and convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” and “calls for sanctions.” Her Telegram account was linked to a personal Belarusian number, so she could be found through her comments.
The man was accused of writing a telegram comment about a certain Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus on June 23, 2022. In the commentary, the examination found a “negative assessment” of the minister, expressed “in a non-standard form.”
10/06/2023 released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
According to the prosecution , Andrei Kholupko, using a mobile phone on the Odnoklassniki social network, in 2020, 2021 and 2023, put four likes on caricatured images of Alexander Lukashenko, in which he was shown as a clown, a monkey, and also together with Vladimir Putin in the pit, thereby publicly, in the public domain, insulted the president.
At the trial, Kholupko indicated that by liking he did not think that this was an insult, he added that no one paid him money for this and he acted impulsively.
On February 24, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 16.08.2023:
1 year of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Sergei is 37 years old. Has a minor daughter. Presumably he was detained on 06/08/2023.
According to the indictment , Sergei Korsak on his page on the Odnoklassniki social network several times posted an image with text “defaming the honor and dignity” of Lukashenko.
On October 20, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, on March 22, 2024,he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
He was convicted for a comment containing the word: crap and reposting a video from the Dozhd TV channel, where Dmitry Shchigelsky and the channel’s presenter discussed the diagnosis of “mosaic psychopathy” in A.G. Lukashenko.
On September 26, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
35-year-old Mikhail was accused of writing a public insult about Valentin Pashkevich on August 9, 2021 at 23:19 in the telegram chat “Real Belarus Chat”, namely using the word “moron.”
According to human rights activists,he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
It is known that Adasko was detained in early May 2023, a protocol was drawn up under Art. 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (production, distribution or storage of extremist materials) and awarded an administrative arrest. He did not go free after his arrest.
Former executive director of Belarusbank. He was detained along with his wife for participating in protests in 2020.
In the fall of 2017, Anatoly Bogovik was sentenced to eight years in prison allegedly for corruption, but a few years later he was released on pardon.
On 20 October 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
On July 29, 2024, Anatolyhada trialin Volkovyskto establishpreventivesupervision .
According to human rights activists , he will be released at the end ofthe summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Heis expected to be released at the endof summer 2024.
Trial outcome 09.08.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The wife of Anatoly Anatolyevich Bogovik, former executive director of Belarusbank. They were detained for participating in the 2020 protests and charged with participating in the 2020 protests.
On 20.10.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
The Bogoviks have two children to support.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in 2025.
Trial outcome 09.08.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Anton Khadkevich is known to have worked as a power engineer for a Minsk company that at the time serviced the Mozyr Oil Refinery. He was detained in November 2022 by officers from the Gomel Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption and the Special Purpose Police (OMON) at his workplace. He was held in Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 pending trial.
He was scheduled to be released onNovember24,2025.
Trial outcome 08.08.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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