sentenced to six months of "home chemistry" under Art. 370 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. On appeal, the sentence was changed.
05/05/2022 released after the expiration of the sentence.
1 year restriction of freedom with a referral.
Resident of Brest.
The man was charged in a criminal case of insulting Alexander Lukashenko for three videos posted on the TikTok social network in November 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in September 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Arrested on December 5, 2021.
According to human rights activists, in December 2022, he fully served his sentence.
1 year in prison .
Sergey is 35 years old, has a wife and 3 minor children.
He was detained on October 13, 2021 in Ivanovo, Brest region.
On January 12, the court found Sergei Dubik guilty of committing crimes under Part 2 of Article 367 "Defamation of the President of the Republic of Belarus", Part 2 of Article 368 "Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus", Article 369 "Insulting a government official", Article 188 "Defamation".
In August 2024, he was released , having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was convicted for cutting the national flag. Released after the expiration of the sentence on 01/21/2022.
1 year restriction of liberty .
Convicted of insult for "desecration" of the state. symbols. July 10, 2021 began serving his sentence.
07/09/2022 released after the expiration of the sentence.
1 year restriction of liberty .
He was detained on October 1, 2021 for participating in the Unity March in Grodno on September 6, 2020, and a week later a preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen against him. The man was held in the Grodno prison until the trial.
The verdict was announced on December 13, 2021.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023.
2 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Russian citizen. Convicted for having removed the flag of the Republic of Belarus along with the tree, which was attached to the wall of the office of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Astravets District Executive Committee, and took it home. Arrested on October 22, 2021.
2 months of arrest .
He was detained on September 29, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, and Andrei Zeltser, an IT specialist, in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Mikhail Lapenas was detained on May 12, 2021. They are accused of insulting Yuri Karayev and calling for riots.
A witness at the trial stated that Mikhail called for participation in the actions, even invited him personally, and that he proposed to create a strike committee.
12/09/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A resident of Gomel. Convicted for a comment on Odnoklassniki under a post about a traffic cop.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the indictment, on the Odnoklassniki social network, Alexander Selitsky left an offensive comment under Olga Karach’s post about Bobruisk District Department of Internal Affairs policeman Andrei Komar.
The man was taken into custody in the courtroom immediately after the verdict was announced. He will also have to pay 1,000 rubles in compensation for moral damage to the victim.
According to human rights activists, he was released in March 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years 3 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the indictment, the man participated in the Unity March, which took place in Hrodna on September 6, 2020, at 13:20 he stood in a convoy near house No. 10 on Gornovykh Street. Avdik was held in custody from 6 to 16 September in a temporary detention center, then he was transferred to a Grodno prison. Released after expiration of sentence.
1 year in prison .
A resident of Rechitsa, convicted under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
According to human rights activists, Artem was released in early October 2022 after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony
A resident of Rechitsa, convicted under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
According to estimates by human rights activists, Valery was released in early October 2022 after the expiration of his sentence.
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