According to the prosecution , the man repeatedly posted comments in an open telegram group in 2020. They saw a “negative assessment of a group of people united by activity” - the Belarusian army, members of election commissions, including its chairman, the police and riot police.
Ignatovich also “deliberately posted text messages on Telegram with calls for group actions that grossly violated public order, persuaded and encouraged them to participate in group actions, namely to unite and gather people, take them out onto the streets, disrupt the normal work of organizations and enterprises, government bodies, as well as law enforcement agencies.”
Trial outcome 24.10.2023: 2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The man was accused of writing a message about A. Lukashenko “in one of the telegram chats” on October 21, 2021. This comment was considered offensive.
20/05/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
Trial outcome 02.10.2023:
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
According to the prosecution , Olga Stabrovskaya in 2021 liked and left a short comment on the Odnoklassniki social network, in which the examination “found” an insult to Alexander Lukashenko.
Olga Stabrovskaya at one time received a diploma from the only Moscow State University of Printing in the entire former Soviet Union and worked at the Orsha printing house until her retirement. Recently, the woman’s illness has worsened and she has a third group disability. Her only daughter is also sick. She, like Olga’s grandson, has a hearing disability.
Trial outcome 27.09.2023:
1 year 3 months imprisonment in a general regime colony.
23-year-old Sergei was accused of tearing a red and green flag from a dormitory building in Grodno on the night of June 25 after drinking alcohol with friends and taking it with him, after which he threw the flag on the street near the building. The court valued the flag together with the tree at 35 rubles 70 kopecks. The man fully admitted his guilt.
Sergei was counted towards the term of his arrest for being held in custody. The court considered the imposed sentence to have been fully served and released the man in the courtroom.
Svetlana is a pensioner and cycling activist from Gomel, chairman of the regional public association “VeloGomel”. Previously, Korol worked as a teacher-organizer. In 2020, a woman joined the Gomel Coordination Council.
According to Viasna , security forces detained Korol in 2020 and conducted “preventive conversations.” At home, Svetlana has an old mother and a husband with cancer, whom she cares for.
Trial outcome 28.03.2024: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
crisis psychologist, consulting psychologist and therapist on problems of relationships and personal development, psychology teacher. She was detained for comments on the Internet and donation.
At the trial , Alesya Lyantsevich agreed that it was she who made the donations, but rejected the “extremist” motives and insults attributed to her by the prosecution. At the same time, the statute of limitations on this article has long expired.
At the court hearing on September 21, the state prosecution requested that Lentsevich be imprisoned for a term of four years.
As you know, Sergei Mozol was detained on March 9, 2023. First, he was tried twice for reposting under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences, and was sentenced to 5 and 15 days of arrest. And on March 29, 2023, the man was placed in custody on a criminal case.
The basis for the criminal case was that on March 11, 2022 Mozol sent one message to the telegram bot “NEXTA Editorial”: “Stolin, Brest region. Border with Ukraine. I confirm that missiles were fired from a fighter jet.” According to the prosecution, in this way Sergei Mozol deliberately contributed to the activities of the “extremist formation NEXTA.”
However, at the trial, Mozol said that he learned about the status of an “extremist formation” from the telegram channel “NEXTA” “only 4 months ago” (that is, in February 2023). When I found out about the status, I unsubscribed (and also unsubscribed from “BYPOL”, “Belaruski Gayun”, “Real Belarus”).
On September 05, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 23.06.2023: 2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alla was accused of leaving comments in a telegram for two years - from October 2020 to September 2022. They allegedly contained insults to Lukashenko and police officers and “obscene language and expressed a negative assessment of government officials.” Zueva admitted guilt.
Alla has a blood cancer; the court did not take this into account when passing the verdict.
29.09.2023
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Trial outcome 29.09.2023:
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
The Minsk resident was accused of participating in protests in 2020 (8 episodes), entering the roadway and blocking public transport. She indicated a partial admission of guilt, but did not actually admit guilt and did not recant her testimony. The woman said that she took part in the protests as an outside observer, and not as a participant. And she went out onto the roadway solely for the purpose of taking photographs, Inna said at the trial.
Inna Bogdanova has a higher education and worked as a legal consultant at the territorial center for social services for the population. She was kept in custody pending trial.
Trial outcome 19.09.2023: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
A resident of Loyivshchyna was detained at the end of August 2023 for insulting police officers while filming a video and then posting the video with insults on the Internet.
After the verdict, she was released in the courtroom due to the recalculation of the time spent in the pre-trial detention center.
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