was detained on September 7, 2021 in a criminal case on insulting the state flag. She, as well as two other men, were accused of tearing down the state flag on one of the streets of Homel. Released on June 23, 2022 after the expiration of her sentence.
1 year in prison .
detained on July 1, 2021 for bringing a ritual wreath to a policeman’s house.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2024 upon expiration of his sentence.
3 years in prison .
resident of Novogrudok. He has been serving his sentence since the end of August 2021.
2 years of restriction of liberty .
Convicted for comments under a photo of a government official and an employee of the authorities in the Odnoklassniki social network.
25.09.2023 | Должны были освободить |
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Convicted on 07/06/2021 by the Berestovitsky District Court for commenting on an official. He has been serving his sentence since September 10, 2021.
In October 2022, the punishment regime was replaced with a stricter one, he was transferred to a colony.
On November 16, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
19.10.2022 | On October 4, 22, he was transferred to SIZO-2, Vitebsk |
26.09.2021 | 09/14/2021 registered as prone to extremism |
1.5 years of restriction of freedom.
Mikhaltsov was charged with the fact that after voting in the presidential election on August 9, 2020, he went to the square in Rechitsa, and when they started detaining another guy there for no reason, he and a group of people prevented him from doing so. In particular, he allegedly went out onto the roadway on Chapaev Street and allegedly obstructed the movement of traffic. In addition, he was accused of violence against a policeman from the Rechitsa district police department, Dmitry Garay .
According to human rights activists, he was released in February 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
It is known that after Konstantin’s release he was tried again, under Part 2 of Art. 25.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (failure, without a good reason, by a person who has served his sentence and is under preventive supervision, to perform his duties upon prior notification by the internal affairs body of a change of residence, of leaving for personal matters in another area for a period of more than one month, or failure to appear when called without a good reason) .
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
The reason for the detention was painting more than 80 bales of haylage on the field. After the arrest, he was taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and a search was conducted at home. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed in Zhodzina Prison No. 8. Maxim faces up to six years in prison.
Released after expiration of sentence.
The reason for the detention was painting more than 80 bales of haylage on the field. After the arrest, he and his wife were taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and the house was searched. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed in Zhodzina Prison No. 8. Andrei faces up to six years in prison.
Released after expiration of sentence.
The reason for the arrest was the painting of more than 80 bales of haylage in the field. After her arrest, she was taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and the house was searched. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed him in Zhodino prison No. 8. Olga faces up to six years in prison.
She was released in May 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
The reason for the detention was painting more than 80 bales of haylage on the field. After the arrest, she was taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and her house was searched. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed in Zhodzina Prison No. 8. Elena faces up to six years in prison.
On May 10, 2022, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
The reason for the detention was painting more than 80 bales of haylage on the field. After the arrest, he was taken to the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs, and a search was conducted at home. Before the trial, they chose a preventive measure in the form of detention and placed in Zhodzina Prison No. 8. Alexander faces up to six years in prison.
Released after expiration of sentence.
According to the prosecution, he insulted Major of the Bobruisk District Department of Internal Affairs Suchugov I.V.
On March 21, 2021, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year of restriction of liberty in an open facility
Dmitry was a witness in the case of Brest political prisoners, bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov, who were sentenced to three years in a penal colony in April this year. As the activist told Brest human rights activists, a criminal case was opened against him for refusing to answer the questions of the judge, who considered the case of Petrukhin and Kabanov, because he did not show the official ID of the judge.
Released 02/26/2022
3 months of arrest .
Mikhail is the brother of Stanislav Luponosov, ex-employee of GUBOPiK , who during his service collaborated with the BYPOL initiative, and in December 2020 left for Ukraine. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against him for unauthorized copying of information that caused significant harm (Article 352 of the Criminal Code). Have a baby.
The charges brought against Mikhail at the beginning of using a forged document, committed repeatedly (Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 380 of the Criminal Code) and forgery of documents (Part 1 of Article 427 of the Criminal Code) during the trial were dropped.
In December 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
Inhabitant of Nesvizh. He was found guilty of hitting a policeman on the back during a protest in Nesvizh on August 11, 2020, who was detaining protesters. There are two children.
Released on May 30, 2022 after the expiration of the sentence.
1 year in prison.
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