On August 17, 2022, and as the relatives of Sergei Sesitsky reported, the Vitebsk resident was detained for 72 hours and placed in a pre-trial detention center. He is charged with the crime of publicly insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus. Sergei's house, as well as his parents', were searched.
According to unspecified information, the reason for the detention was some post in social networks posted back in 2017.
A defendant in a criminal case initiated after the murder of KGB officer Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser. Before her arrest, she worked at BelTA in a management position.
She was releasedin the second half of April 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 07.09.2022:
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
On November 18, 2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force. He served his sentence in an open correctional facility in Grodno, but on May 17, 2023, Evgeniy’s regime was tightened.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the spring of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 25.08.2022
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 18.11.2022
unknown.
Regime change trial 17.05.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
He was detained for driving a car near Pinsk and looking at the location of military units. According to the investigation, Anton sent this data to a Belarusian Telegram channel and to someone in Ukraine.
Anton was tried for leaking state secrets. The trial was held behind closed doors, so the details of how the hearing went are unknown.
In November 2024, he was released after serving his sentence.
The young man was a first-year student, but after February 24 of this year, according to his testimony in court, he became less interested in his studies. He began looking for ways to help the Ukrainian side win.
During the court hearing, the young man explained his version of events: he decided to go to Ukraine to provide any assistance that might be needed. But the priority of assistance would be medical first, then logistical and technical.
On June 6, 2023, a young man was tried in Bobruisk under Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility."
He was released at the end of May 2025, having served his full sentence.
Trial outcome 23.08.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.11.2022
unknown.
Trial outcome 12.06.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
A Vitebsk resident was arrested for reposting on social media. The trial was closed, and the young man has no relatives. He is said to be around 30 years old, had left the country to work, and was detained in Belarus upon his return. His mother died three days after his arrest. He has no other relatives left.
He was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment. On October 31, 2022, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
Trial outcome 30.08.2022
1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
He held the position of system administrator. On September 29, 2021, he was detained at his workplace. He was convicted on August 25, 2022 under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or discord) and Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a government official) to a sentence of 2 years and 6 months in prison .
Released September 11, 2023.
Trial outcome 18.08.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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